Detergent tablet
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsPatrizio Ricci, Brenda Frances Bennie, Christopher James Binder
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Abstract
A multi-phase detergent tablet for use in a washing machine, the tablet comprising: a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein; and b) a second phase in the form of a compressed body adhesively contained within the mould, wherein the tablet composition comprises one or more detergent actives which is predominantly concentrated in the second phase, and wherein the second phase additionally comprises a binder. The multi-phase tablets provide improved dissolution and cleaning characteristics together with excellent tablet integrity and strength.
Claims7
A multi-phase detergent tablet for use in a washing machine, the tablet comprising:
- a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein, the shaped body being prepared at a compression pressure from about 400 kg/cm2 to about 2,000 kg/cm2;
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- b) a second phase in the form of a compressed body adhesively contained within said mould the second phase being compressed at a pressure from about 40 kg/cm2 to less than 350 kg/cm2;
- wherein the tablet comprises an enzyme and optionally, one or more detergent actives which is predominantly concentrated in the second phase, and wherein the second phase additionally comprises a binder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.