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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, West Chester, OH (US);
William Michael Scheper, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Jeffrey Donald Painter, Loveland, OH (US);
Xiaoqing Song, West Chester, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A detergent tablet comprising i) a compressed solid body portion having therein at least one mould in said compressed solid body portion; and ii) at least one non-compressed, non-encapsulating portion mounted in said at least one mould of said compressed solid body portion, having an area of B, said at least one non-compressed, non-encapulating portion comprising at least one detergent active; wherein surface area of said detergent tablet, excluding area of said at least one mould, is A; and wherein further ratio of B to A is from about 1:50 to about 4:1, by area.