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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert H Black, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06L / ; C11D / ; C11D / ; C11D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8137 ; 510337 ; 510340 ; 510341 ; 510356 ; 510360 ; 510535 ; 510342 ;
Abstract
A method of cleaning soiled fabrics, particularly fabrics that are hydrophobic, with an aqueous fabric cleaning composition having a non-ionic surfactant. The method involves alternately adjusting the wash temperature to above and below the cloud point of the non-ionic surfactant to remove oily soils from the fabrics.