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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
David John Pung, Loveland, OH (US);
Denis Alfred Gonzales, Brussels, BE;
Tobias Heinz Steinke, Speyer, DE;
Peter Nessel, Ludwigshafen, DE;
David John Pung, Loveland, OH (US);
Denis Alfred Gonzales, Brussels, BE;
Tobias Heinz Steinke, Speyer, DE;
Peter Nessel, Ludwigshafen, DE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a cleaning implement based on melamine-formaldehyde foam comprising hollow microspheres, wherein said hollow microspheres have a median particle diameter (D, volume averaged, Malvern, Fraunhofer diffraction) in the range from 260 μm to 490 μm, and wherein the hollow microsphere are at least partly filled with a benefit agent. Additionally the present invention encompasses a method for cleaning a hard surface with a cleaning implement according to the present invention.