The Procter Gamble Company

Whirlpool Corporation

Carol Smith

Steven Frederick Kelsey

Merih Pasin

Tanya Cecile Van Rompuy

Tim Maria Joris Van Hauwermeiren

David Moore

Christopher Gordon Hamilton

Liesbeth Johanna Lemaire

Carl John Woolley

David Gordon

Tim Maria Jose Van Hauwermeiren

William John Davis

David John Wilford

An Josepha Maria Camps

Jean-Francois Etesse

The present invention is primarily directed to an appliance suitable for refreshing/cleaning cloth items in a refreshing/cleaning cycle, said appliance comprising a collapsible or expandable container that is made from a material that defines an interior void space, a container opening, a humidity provider, a heating element, at least one vent and/or filter, and an air circulation device, wherein said appliance further comprises a device to prevent accidental opening of the appliance's container by the user while a refreshing/cleaning cycle is running.

Appliance for cleaning and refreshing fabrics with a built-in working indicator

Cloth refreshing appliance

The present invention provides a package for dispensing tablets. The package comprises a dispensing opening. The dispensing opening comprises a hinged spout. The hinged spout enables the dispensing of the tablets from within the package in its open position. The hinged spout engages with the rest of the package in its closed position. The engagement between the hinged spout and the package comprises a hook and holder whereby the hook is flexibly and resiliently deflected from its rest position to engage with and to disengage from the holder. The hook is provided with reinforcing means located adjacent the hook so that the resiliency of the hook is enhanced by the reinforcing means for the engagement with and the disengagement from the holder.

Child resistant spout

A method of retaining and dispensing a detergent tablet in an automatic washing machine. The method includes the step of providing a dispensing device having a flexible and resilient cage structure which is liquid permeable. Another step is flexibly deforming the cage structure and inserting the detergent tablet in the cage structure such that said detergent tablet is retained therein. Yet another step is placing the dispensing device including the detergent tablet into an automatic washing machine for a washing cycle in which a wash liquor is caused to pass through the cage structure to progressively dissolve and dispense detergent from the detergent tablet.

Dispensing device for tablets

Container

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Carol Smith