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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2002
Francesca Goldoni, Vlaardingen, NL;
Jan Kevelam, Vlaardingen, NL;
Arinus Frederikus Leerink, Vlaardingen, NL;
Pieter W. van Reeven, Vlaardingen, NL;
Pieter Van der Vlist, Vlaardingen, NL;
Wendi Hutchinson, Leeds, GB;
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
A device for spot cleaning a fabric with a liquid cleaning composition, said device comprising at least one absorbent means for absorbing at least some of said composition from the fabric wherein the ratio of the working surface and the thickness or height of the absorbent means is preferably lower than 3000 mm. In a method of use, the liquid cleaning composition is applied to the fabric and some of the composition so applied is absorbed into the absorbent means.