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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Feng-lung Gordon Hsu, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Daniel Joseph Fox, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Edward John Giblin, Hopatcong, NJ (US);
Ronald Frederick Vogel, New York, NY (US);
Gary Hsu, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Mohammad Hosseini-nejad, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Daniel Joseph Fox, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Edward John Giblin, Hopatcong, NJ (US);
Ronald Frederick Vogel, New York, NY (US);
Gary Hsu, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a device for dispensing a unit dose water-soluble pouch containing a laundry additive during the spin cycle of a washing machine process having a spinning wash drum. The device is attached to the vertical center post of a washing machine and holds a water-soluble pouch above the high water level. During the spin cycle, the spinning center post will create sufficient centrifugal force so that the water-soluble pouch is released from the device. The water-soluble pouch will then fall into the laundry where the water-soluble pouch will dissolve when rinse water fills the machine thereby releasing the laundry additive to treat the washed articles.