Global Patent Index - EP 1866405 A1

EP 1866405 A1 20071219 - DISPENSING DEVICE

Title (en)

DISPENSING DEVICE

Title (de)

ABGABEVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE DISTRIBUTION

Publication

EP 1866405 A1 20071219 (EN)

Application

EP 06723561 A 20060316

Priority

  • EP 2006002544 W 20060316
  • GB 0506850 A 20050405

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2006105863A1] One or more laundry treatment tablets in combination with a dispensing device; said one or more laundry treatment tablets packaged individually or in groups corresponding with a unit dose, to treat laundry fabric in a washing machine, i) the one or more laundry treatment tablets having a plurality of discrete phases with differing compositions, wherein at least one first phase of the tablet(s) is a smooth phase having an outer surface and at least one second phase of the tablet(s) is a solid phase; and ii) the dispensing device comprising a receptacle, the receptacle comprising a plurality of dispensing apertures and an opening for reception of one or more laundry treatment tablets, characterised in that said dispensing apertures have an average size of from 1 to 20 mm and the receptacle comprises an inner surface and an outer surface spaced apart wherein in use during a laundry treatment cycle, a gap is formed which separates the outer surface of the smooth phase of the tablet(s) from the laundry fabric.

IPC 8 full level

C11D 17/04 (2006.01); C11D 10/04 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01); C11D 17/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C11D 17/0078 (2013.01 - EP); C11D 17/041 (2013.01 - EP); D06F 39/024 (2013.01 - EP US); C11D 2111/12 (2024.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2006105863A1

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 LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2006105863 A1 20061012; EP 1866405 A1 20071219; GB 0506850 D0 20050511

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2006002544 W 20060316; EP 06723561 A 20060316; GB 0506850 A 20050405