Unilever Home and Personal Care Usa, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa, a Division of Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Plc

Unilever, N.v.

Deborah Jane Cooke

Ezat Khoshdel

Neil Jones

Timothy David Finch

Andrew Philip Parker

Katharine Jane Shaw

Henri Derk Bijsterbosch

Sarah Dixon

David Moorfield

Peter Neil Jones

Colette Elizabeth Laurie

A method of treating coloured fabrics with a luminance (L*) less than 50, preferably black garments, which comprises contacting the fabrics with a wash liquor comprising 0.001-0.1 g/L of a hydroxyl C2-C4 alkyl derivative of a beta 1-4 polysaccharide, which is preferably hydroxyethyl cellulose, and a surfactant.

Method of laundering coloured fabrics

A method of conferring one or more benefits during the laundering of textile fabrics is disclosed. The method includes contacting the fabric with a modified naturally occurring polysaccharide gum having &#x3b2;1-4 linkages, and a weight average molecular weight of 250,000 or less.

Treatment for fabrics

A water-soluble or water-dispersible material for deposition onto a fabric substrate during a treatment process. The material comprises a &bgr; -linked polysaccharide structure having at least one substituent benefit agent group and optionally, one or more other substituent groups. The average degree of substitution of all substituent groups is from 0.01 to 1.2, preferably from 0.1 to 1.2, more preferably from 0.4 to 1.2. The polysaccharide structure has one or more regions with at least 3, preferably at least 4 consecutive unsubstituted saccharide rings.

A water-soluble or water-dispersible material for deposition onto a fabric substrate during a treatment process. The material comprises a &bgr;,-linked polysaccharide structure having at least one substituent benefit agent group and optionally, one or more other substituent groups. The average degree of substitution of all substituent groups is from 0.01 to 1.2, preferably from 0.1 to 1.2, more preferably from 0.4 to 1.2. The polysaccharide structure has one or more regions with at least 3, preferably at least 4 consecutive unsubstituted saccharide rings.

Fabric treatment with polysaccharides containing UV absorbing groups

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Wirral, United Kingdom

Deborah Jane Cooke