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AssigneeAMCOL International Corporation
InventorsStephane Leclerc, Ralph Spindler, Stephen J. Urbanec, Alan McClellan, Melanie Jane Hughes
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A controlled delivery system for active ingredients, like a fragrance, for use in fabric softener products, such as tumble dryer sheets, rinse added liquids, and similar products, is disclosed. The delivery system enhances performance of an active ingredient, such as a fragrance. The controlled delivery system contains polymeric micro-particles highly loaded with the active ingredient. Other active ingredients that can be incorporated into a fabric softener composition using the delivery system include ironing aides, silicone fluids, antiwrinkle agents, antistatic agents, optical brighteners, fabric crisping agents, bleaching agents, germicides, fungicides, flow agents, and surfactants.
A fabric softener composition comprising a cationic fabric softener and a fragrance delivery system comprising (a) a fragrance loaded onto polymeric microparticles comprising a copolymer of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and lauryl methacrylate and (b) a barrier layer.
A fabric softener composition comprising a cationic fabric softener and a fragrance delivery system comprising a fragrance loaded onto polymeric microparticles comprising a copolymer of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and lauryl methacrylate, wherein the composition is incorporated into a sheet material.
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