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US 4,000,340 AGranted
Clothes dryer additive containing crisping agents
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsAlan Pearce Murphy, Fred Martin Habermehl, III
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Abstract
Applying water-insoluble, high melting alcohols, carboxylic acids or carboxylate salts to fabrics in an automatic clothes dryer provides a desirable crisp feel thereto.
Claims7
An article of manufacture adapted to be added to an automatic dryer, comprising:
- a. a fabric conditioning composition comprising a substantially homogeneous mixture of:
- i. a substantially water-insoluble fabric crisping component selected from the group consisting of alcohols, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid salts, and mixtures thereof, said crisping component having a melting point of at least about 38.degree. C;
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- ii. an oil-soluble surfactant component selected from the group consisting of nonionic ethoxylated alcohols and nonionic ethoxylated alkyl phenols having an HLB of from about 7 to about 9;
- wherein said crisping component is co-present with said surfactant component at a weight ratio of from about 1000:1 to about 1:1;
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- b. a dispensing means for releasing an effective amount of said fabric conditioning composition at automatic dryer operating temperatures, said dispensing means being a sponge, cloth or paper bag, or woven or nonwoven fabric substrate.
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