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EP 1574563 B1 20070613 - Use of detergent tablets

Title (en)

Use of detergent tablets

Title (de)

Verwendung von Waschmitteltabletten

Title (fr)

Utilisation des comprimés détergents

Publication

EP 1574563 B1 20070613 (EN)

Application

EP 05075207 A 20050126

Priority

EP 05075207 A 20050126
EP 04075807 A 20040312

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1574563A1] Use of a multi-phase laundry cleaning tablet comprising a compressed particulate phase and a semi-solid phase for pretreating a region of a fabric prior to washing by rubbing the semi-solid phase on the region and wherein an intermediate phase is at least partly situated between the semi-solid phase and the compressed particulate phase.

IPC 8 full level

C11D 17/00 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C11D 17/0078 (2013.01); C11D 2111/12 (2024.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1574563 A1 20050914; EP 1574563 B1 20070613

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 05075207 A 20050126