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

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

Henri Derk Bijsterbosch

Deborah Jane Cooke

Ezat Khoshdel

Neil Jones

Andrew Hopkinson

Peter Neil Jones

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 fiber rebuild polymer comprising a cellulose or other &bgr;-1,4 linked polysaccharide backbone with acetate groups pendant thereto, the average degree of substitution of acetate groups on the saccharide groups of the backbone being 0.55-0.70, is used to inhibit wrinkling and improve ironability of cloth during a laundry process.

Laundry 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.

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Henri Derk Bijsterbosch