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US 6,898,951 B2Granted
Washing apparatus
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Cort Severns, Frederick Anthony Hartman, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Anna Vadimovna Noyes, Arseni V. Radomyselski, Paul Amaat France, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, John Christopher Deak, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating, refreshing or cleaning fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery.
Claims23
An apparatus for treating fabric articles comprising:
- a fabric article treatment chamber wherein a fabric article to be treated is contacted with a fabric treating liquor which comprises a cleaning fluid, a composition or both;
- a first container for providing the cleaning fluid which comprises a lipophilic fluid;
- a second container for providing a fabric treating composition which comprises an adjunct ingredient;
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- a metering device associated with the first and second sources and the chamber;
- wherein the first and/or the second containers are removably attached to the apparatus and the metering device is configured to control amount of the cleaning fluid and of the fabric treating composition in the fabric treating liquor.
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