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US 6,171,346 B2Granted
Dual-step stain removal process
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsBruce Albert Yeazell, Michael Peter Siklosi
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Abstract
Stained areas (2) of fabric are separately treated with a non-aqueous cleaning composition, followed by an aqueous cleaning composition, and by using a hand-held device (1) which is rocked back and forth on said stained areas (2). The fabric (3) is then placed in a bag or other container, together with a sheet substrate releasably containing an aqueous cleaning composition. The bag is tumbled in a hot air clothes dryer to clean and refresh the entire fabric (3).
Claims9
A method for removing stains from a stained area of fabrics, comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying a non-aqueous cleaning composition to said stained area;
- (b) concurrently or consecutively with Step (a), contacting the stained area of the fabrics with treatment means;
- (c) applying compressive force to the treatment means;
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- (d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) using an aqueous cleaning composition.
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A dry cleaning kit, comprising:
- (a) multiple, single-use sheets containing a non-aqueous dry-cleaning composition;
- (b) multiple, single-use sheets containing an aqueous dry-cleaning composition;
- (c) a re-usable containment bag;
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- (d) optionally, a re-usable holding tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.