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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Lynda Anne Speed, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Jeffrey Donald Painter, Loveland, OH (US);
Peter Robert Foley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William Michael Scheper, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Mark Robert Sivik, Mitchell, KY (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A detergent tablet comprising a non-compressed, gelatinous portion, wherein the gelatinous portion comprising a thickening system and at least one detergent active. The thickening system preferably includes a non-aqueous diluent and a gelling agent and the detergent active is preferably selected from the group consisting of enzymes, surfactants, effervescing agents, bleaching agents, silver care agents, builders, and mixtures thereof. The non-compressed, gelatinous portion, may contain one, two or a plurality of non-compressed, gelatinous portions, all of which comprise a thickening system and at least one detergent active.