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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Francesca Corbellini, Dusseldorf, DE;
Eckhard Purkner, Dusseldorf, DE;
Elisabeth Baumgarten, Duisburg, DE;
Hans Bouten, Geldern, DE;
Arndt Scheidgen, Essen, DE;
Franz Aschenbrenner, Kastl, DE;
Doohong Kim, Singapore, SG;
Priscilla Eng Choo Goh, Singapore, SG;
Francesca Corbellini, Dusseldorf, DE;
Eckhard Purkner, Dusseldorf, DE;
Elisabeth Baumgarten, Duisburg, DE;
Hans Bouten, Geldern, DE;
Arndt Scheidgen, Essen, DE;
Franz Aschenbrenner, Kastl, DE;
Doohong Kim, Singapore, SG;
Priscilla Eng Choo Goh, Singapore, SG;
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The use of a decolorizing composition for removing colored substances from aqueous fluids (e.g., colored pigments, blood-containing fluids, etc.) is provided. The decolorizing composition contains one or more inorganic salts. In one embodiment, for example, the composition contains a mixture of sodium sulfate (NaSO) and monopotassium phosphate (KHPO). The decolorizing composition may be placed in fluid communication with an absorbent core, a liquid-permeable layer, or combinations thereof, in an absorbent article to help decolorize blood-containing fluids (e.g., menses) exuded from the body.