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Title:
SPHERICAL COMPACTED UNIT DOSE SOFTENER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001081521
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A unit dose laundry composition for softening or conditioning fabrics which is suitable as an additive to the wash cycle of an automatic washing machine, said unit dose composition comprising a compacted granular composition comprising a fabric softener or a fabric conditioner, said compacted granular composition being characterized by having a spherical shape and having no discrete outer layer surrounding said fabric softener or conditioner, which outer layer is comprised of an alkaline material such that the pH of the wash water is increased upon the dissolution of said outer layer in said wash water.

Inventors:
JACQUES ALAIN
ROUSSELET JULIETTE
CAO HOAI-CHAU
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/013080
Publication Date:
February 07, 2002
Filing Date:
April 23, 2001
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Assignee:
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (US)
International Classes:
D06M23/08; C11D1/66; C11D3/00; C11D3/10; C11D3/12; C11D3/20; C11D17/00; C11D17/04; D06M11/00; D06M13/224; (IPC1-7): C11D3/00; C11D17/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO1999040171A11999-08-12
Foreign References:
EP0048163A21982-03-24
EP1048718A12000-11-02
US5972870A1999-10-26
EP0530958A21993-03-10
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1997, no. 07 31 July 1997 (1997-07-31)
DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 198703, Derwent World Patents Index; Class D25, AN 1987-018526, XP002174417
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