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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Kim R. Smith, Woodbury, MN (US);
Victor Fuk-pong Man, St. Paul, MN (US);
Wendy Wiseth, St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard Stardig, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kim R. Smith, Woodbury, MN (US);
Victor Fuk-Pong Man, St. Paul, MN (US);
Wendy Wiseth, St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard Stardig, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a molded detergent composition is provided. The method includes mixing a hydrated component and a hydratable component without heating to provide a mixture, molding the mixture to provide a molded detergent composition, and solidifying the molded detergent composition as a result of movement of the water of hydration from the hydrated component to the hydratable component to provide the molded detergent composition as a solid under conditions of room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The hydratable component includes water, if present at all, at a level of less than about 2 wt. % based on the weight of the hydratable component. The hydratable component is a component which successfully competes with the hydrated component for at least a portion of the water of hydration. Solidification of the mixture takes between about 1 minute and about 15 minutes.