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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jelles Vincent Boskamp, Vlaardingen, NL;
Atze Jan van der Goot, Vlaardingen, NL;
Ronaldus Wilhelmus Westerhout, Vlaardingen, NL;
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/700 ; C11D 1/62 ; C11D 3/12 ; C11D 3/386 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/700 ; C11D 1/62 ; C11D 3/12 ; C11D 3/386 ;
Abstract
A detergent tablet for fabric washing is compacted from particulate detergent composition(s) with a fabric conditioning agent present in one zone (,) of the tablet at a greater concentration than in another zone (,). The conditioning agent may be a softening agent in a zone or region which disintegrates later than another zone or region of the tablet.