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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1978
Stephen A Morganson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard C Christenson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Economics Laboratory, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Fabrics are treated in machine drying apparatus to reduce static electricity carried by the fabrics, soften the fabrics and improve other fabric properties. A reusable dispenser of solid or semi-solid fabric-conditioning agent is placed in the dryer drum and tumbled with the fabrics in the dryer thereby causing some of the fabric-conditioning agent to be transferred to the fabric. The fabric-conditioning agent comprises a fabric conditioner, a softening point modifier, and a viscosity modifier. When the dryer is heated, the heat of the dryer helps cause the fabric-conditioning agent to soften and assist in its distribution over the surface of fabric with which it is brought into tumbling contact.