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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1997
Carol Smith, Brussels, BE;
Tanya Cecile Van Rompuy, Mechelen, BE;
Steven Frederick Kelsey, London, GB;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of retaining and dispensing a detergent tablet in an automatic washing machine. The method includes the step of providing a dispensing device having a flexible and resilient cage structure which is liquid permeable. Another step is flexibly deforming the cage structure and inserting the detergent tablet in the cage structure such that said detergent tablet is retained therein. Yet another step is placing the dispensing device including the detergent tablet into an automatic washing machine for a washing cycle in which a wash liquor is caused to pass through the cage structure to progressively dissolve and dispense detergent from the detergent tablet.