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US 2013/0239338 A1Published application
Laundry article having cleaning properties
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsMatthias Sunder, Michael Voelker
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Abstract
The invention discloses a laundry article used for cleaning fabrics comprising a water-insoluble nonwoven substrate and coated thereon into at least one zone each a detergent composition and an enzyme-containing composition. The enzyme-containing composition comprises an enzyme embedded in a thickened matrix.
Claims11
A laundry article used for cleaning fabrics comprising:
- a. a water-insoluble nonwoven substrate;
- b. a detergent composition solidified on the substrate in at least one zone;
- and,
- c. an enzyme-containing composition solidified on the substrate in at least one zone,
- wherein the enzyme-containing composition comprises an enzyme embedded in a matrix and
- wherein the matrix comprises a fatty acid soap and a shear activated thickener.
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A method of producing a laundry article laundry article used for cleaning fabrics comprising a water-insoluble nonwoven substrate, a detergent composition and an enzyme-containing composition comprising the steps of:
- a. melting a detergent composition;
- b. melting a matrix material;
- c. adding an enzyme to the molten matrix material;
- d. shearing the molten enzyme-containing composition,
- e. supplying a length of nonwoven substrate;
- and,
- f. coating said substrate with both the molten detergent composition and the molten enzyme-containing composition into at least one zone each and allowing the resulting detergent and enzyme-containing composition zones to cool and solidify on the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.