Packaged unit dose of detergent and method of treating fabrics
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJacky Pierre Duquet, Jose Luis Vega, Jean Wevers
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Abstract
Packages which comprise a substrate and one or more fabric treatment chemicals, wherein the fabric treatment chemicals are released from the substrate through the action of temperature, friction and/or contact with water. Methods for treating fabrics, the methods comprising the step of opening a package, the package containing at least one unit dose of detergent, and subsequently dissolving and/or dispersing the detergent composition to provide a wash liquor, and wherein the package comprises an insoluble substrate and one or more fabric treatment chemicals, the chemical-containing substrate being used to directly or indirectly apply the fabric treatment chemicals to the fabrics.
Claims14
A package for containing at least one unit dose in the form of at least one tablet of a detergent composition, wherein the package comprises a substrate and at least one fabric treatment chemical, and wherein the fabric treatment chemicals are released from the substrate through an action selected from the group consisting of temperature, friction, contact with water, and mixtures thereof:
- a) wherein the fabric treatment chemical is impregnated into the substrate;
- b) wherein the fabric treatment chemical is selected from the group consisting of:
- i) surfactants for fabric stain pre-treatment;
- ii) solvents for fabric stain pre-treatment;
- iii) fabric softening agents;
- iv) fabric integrity ingredients including carboxymethyl celluloses;
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- v) mixtures thereof and
- c) wherein the at least one tablet is wrapped into the impregnated substrate.
A package for containing at least one unit dose in the form of at least one tablet of a detergent composition, wherein:
- a) the package comprises a wet-laid or air-laid substrate and at least one fabric treatment chemical;
- b) wherein the fabric treatment chemicals are released from the substrate through an action selected from the group consisting of temperature, friction, contact with water, and mixtures thereof;
- c) wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride film, and mixtures thereof;
- d) wherein the fabric treatment chemical is impregnated into the substrate and
- e) wherein the at least one tablet is wrapped into the impregnated substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.