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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Alison Lesley Main, Whitley Bay, GB;
Nathalie Sophie Letzelter, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, GB;
Barry Thomas Ingram, Whitley Bay, GB;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/08 ;
Abstract
A solid detergent composition comprising a clay system, said clay system comprises a hectorite clay and a dioctahedral smectite clay, wherein the weight ratio of said hectorite clay to said dioctahedral smectite clay is less than 1:1. The two clay types may be present in a solid detergent composition in the form of an agglomerate.