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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
May. 14, 1998
Peter Stewart Allan, Chalfont St Peter, GB;
John Martin Cordell, Bebington, GB;
Graeme Neil Irving, Bebington, GB;
Suresh Murigeppa Nadakatti, Bangalore, GB;
Vijay Mukund Naik, Bangalore, GB;
Christine Ann Overton, Bebington, GB;
Frederick Edmund Stocker, Bebington, GB;
Karnik Tarverdi, Harrow, GB;
John Colin Wahlers, Bebington, GB;
Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A process for forming detergent bars by injection moulding in which a pressure is applied to a partially structured detergent composition to deliver it to a mould. The detergent composition can be delivered to the mould in a substantially semi-solid state, at a temperature below 70° C. and at a pressure at the point of injection of greater than 20 psi. Apparatus for forming detergent bars according the invention are also described