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US 2014/0274868 A1Published application
Methods and compositions for treating laundry items
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsKAUSTAV GHOSH, WILLIAM L. MURCH, MIR A. QUDDUS, JASON M. SCHNEEMANN
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Abstract
A laundry treatment composition for reducing dye transfer from laundry during a treating cycle of operation in a laundry treating appliance includes a first dye transfer inhibitor (DTI), a second DTI, and a third DTI.
Claims12
A laundry treatment composition for reducing dye transfer from laundry during a treating cycle of operation in a laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a first dye transfer inhibitor (DTI) comprising a polymer having cationic functional groups and having an weight average molecular weight greater than 200 kDa;
- a second DTI comprising a cationic polymer having a weight average molecular weight less than 10 kDa and greater than 1 kDa;
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- a third DTI comprising at least one of a polymer or monomer having a cationic functional group or a cationic surfactant having a weight average molecular weight less than 1 kDa.
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