EP 1073479 A1 20010207 - FABRIC SANITIZATION PROCESS
Title (en)
FABRIC SANITIZATION PROCESS
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUR DESINFEKTION VON TEXTILIEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE DE NETTOYAGE DE TEXTILE
Publication
Application
Priority
- IB 9900688 W 19990416
- US 8290798 P 19980424
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9955390A1] A process for sanitizing a fabric article which is contaminated with one or more microbials. The process steps include: a) placing the fabric article in a vapor venting bag together with a cleaning/refreshing composition comprising water; and b) subjecting the vapor venting bag to a heat source which supplies sufficient heat to vaporize the water, thereby exposing the microbials to the resulting water vapor. This process results in at least about 50 % of the microbials being killed. The cleaning/refreshing composition preferably comprises at least one antimicrobial agent selected from the group consisting of 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol, trichlorocarbanalide, hydrogen peroxide, other oxygen bleaches, 4-chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol, iodine/iodophors, chlorhexidine, phenols, phospholipids, thymol, eugeniol, geraniol, oil of lemon grass, limonene and mixtures thereof. The process of this invention preferably further comprises the step of pre-treating at least a portion of the fabric with a pre-treating composition comprising an antimicrobial agent selected from the group consisting of 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol, trichlorcarbanilide, hexachlorophene, chlorhexadine, o-phenylphenol, benzylquaternium salts and mixtures thereof.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61L 2/06 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); A61L 2/16 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); C11D 3/48 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01); D06L 1/04 (2006.01); C11D 1/22 (2006.01); C11D 1/29 (2006.01); C11D 1/52 (2006.01); C11D 1/66 (2006.01); C11D 1/75 (2006.01); C11D 1/90 (2006.01); C11D 3/39 (2006.01); C11D 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 2/23 (2013.01); C11D 3/48 (2013.01); C11D 3/485 (2013.01); C11D 17/047 (2013.01); D06L 1/04 (2013.01); A61L 2202/181 (2013.01); C11D 1/22 (2013.01); C11D 1/29 (2013.01); C11D 1/525 (2013.01); C11D 1/662 (2013.01); C11D 1/75 (2013.01); C11D 1/90 (2013.01); C11D 3/39 (2013.01); C11D 2111/46 (2024.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9955390 A1 19991104; AR 019099 A1 20011226; AU 3048299 A 19991116; BR 9909851 A 20001226; CA 2329335 A1 19991104; CN 1306443 A 20010801; EP 1073479 A1 20010207; JP 2002512854 A 20020508
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 9900688 W 19990416; AR P990101878 A 19990423; AU 3048299 A 19990416; BR 9909851 A 19990416; CA 2329335 A 19990416; CN 99807779 A 19990416; EP 99911985 A 19990416; JP 2000545586 A 19990416