The Procter Gamble Company

Fatema Amen Abdelhalem Mohamed Beder

Ahmed Ibrahim Sayed Ahmed

Yara Tarek Mohamed Mahdally

William Alexander Caufield

An example system comprises a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble fibrous non-woven sheet and a granular laundry detergent. The water-soluble fibrous non-woven sheet is shaped to form a partially sealed internal compartment and has an air permeability comprised between 5 m/m/min and 200 m/m/min. The granular laundry detergent is comprised within said internal compartment and comprises a plurality of particles, wherein the plurality of particles comprises zeolite particles. The system comprises sealing jaws, wherein at least one of the sealing jaws is a heated sealing jaw, wherein a bottom seal of the internal compartment is sandwiched between the jaws. The jaws comprise a non-stick coating in contact with the bottom seal and a first dust extraction conduct to direct a gas flow away from an area surrounding a top section of the sealing jaws or away from a bottom section of the internal compartment.

Dust extraction conducts and processes

An example system comprises a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a fibrous non-woven sheet shaped to form a sealed internal compartment and a granular laundry detergent comprised within the internal compartment. The sheet comprises fibres which comprise polyvinyl alcohol polymer. The granular laundry detergent comprises perfume particles. The system also comprises sealing jaws, whereby at least one of the sealing jaws is a heated sealing jaw. A top seal of the internal compartment is sandwiched between the jaws. A first of said jaws comprises a protruding portion along a longitudinal direction of the seal. The protruding portion has a base along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the seal. The base has a dimension of more than 3 times and of less than 20 times a thickness of the water-soluble fibrous non-woven sheet.

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Cairo, Egypt

Fatema Amen Abdelhalem Mohamed Beder