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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Guido Waschenbach, Schriesheim, DE;
Ralf Wiedemann, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Enric Carbonell, Barcelona, ES;
Antonio Cordellina, I-Abano, IT;
Manuela Bosco, Castagnole di Paese, IT;
Giorgio Franzolin, Scaltenigo, IT;
Joan Clotet, Barcelona, ES;
Dora Zamuner, Chiarano, IT;
Paul W. Robinson, Ladenburg, DE;
Reckitt Benckiser N.V., Hoofeldorp, NL;
Abstract
Composition for use in a washing machine, characterized by a basic composition evolving its function essentially in the main washing cycle of the washing machine and in the form of a tablet, and at least one particle with at least one core comprising at least one substance evolving its function essentially in the rinsing cycles, and a covering substantially completely surrounding the core or cores comprising at least one compound, whose solubility increases with decreasing concentration of a specific ion in the surrounding medium, the at least one particle being placed in or on the tablet in such a way that the surface of the particle or particles is at the most in partial direct contact with the surface of the basic composition surrounding the same and the concentration of the specific ion in the local environment of the particle or particles is sufficiently high up to a substantially complete dissolving of the tablet in order to prevent a substantial dissolving of the covering or a substantial detachment of the covering from the core or cores, as well as processes for performing a washing cycle in a washing machine using the composition according to the invention.