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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Denis Alfred Gonzales, Brussels, BE;
Iris Bogaerts, Mechelen, BE;
Karl Häberle, Speyer, DE;
Wolfgang Schrof, Neuleiningen, DE;
Volker Schwendemann, Neustadt/Weinstraβe, DE;
Stefan Frenzel, Mannheim, DE;
Denis Alfred Gonzales, Brussels, BE;
Iris Bogaerts, Mechelen, BE;
Karl Häberle, Speyer, DE;
Wolfgang Schrof, Neuleiningen, DE;
Volker Schwendemann, Neustadt/Weinstraβe, DE;
Stefan Frenzel, Mannheim, DE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A cleaning implement comprises a modified open-cell foam with a density in the range from about 5 to about 1,000 kg/mand with an average pore diameter in the range from about 1 μm to about 1 mm, comprising an amount in the range from about 1 to about 2,500% by weight, based on the weight of the unmodified open-cell foam, of at least about one water-insoluble polymer (b), selected from polystyrene, styrene copolymers, polybutadiene, butadiene copolymers, polyvinylesters, polyvinylethers, copolymers from (meth)acrylic acid with at least one (meth)acrylate, and polyurethanes, with the proviso that styrene-acrylonitrile-C-C-alkyl (meth)acrylate terpolymers, styrene-butadiene-n-butyl acrylate terpolymers, and styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers are excluded.