Treatment for fabrics
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsHenri Bijsterbosch, Deborah Cooke, Neil Jones, Ezat Khoshdel
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Abstract
A water-soluble or water-dispersible material for deposition onto a fabric substrate during a treatment process. The material comprises a β1-4-linked polysaccharide structure having at least one substituent benefit agent group and optionally, one or more other substituent groups. The average degree of substitution of all substituent groups is from 0.01 to 1.2, preferably from 0.1 to 1.2, more preferably from 0.4 to 1.2. The polysaccharide structure has one or more regions with at least 3, preferably at least 4 consecutive unsubstituted saccharide rings.
Claims18
A water-soluble or water-dispersible material for deposition onto a fabric substrate during a wash, rinse, and drying process, wherein the material comprises a β1-4-linked polysaccharide structure having at least one substitutent benefit agent group, wherein the average degree of substitution of all substitutent groups is from 0.1 to 1.2, the polysaccharide structure having one or more regions with at least 3 consecutive unsubstituted saccharide rings;
- and wherein the benefit agent group is selected from:
- (a) fabric softening and conditioning agents;
- (b) lubricants;
- (c) fungicides, insect repellents and insecticides;
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- (d) perfumes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.