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EP 0 249 439 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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06.07.1988 Bulletin 1988/27 |
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16.12.1987 Bulletin 1987/51 |
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Date of filing: 09.06.1987 |
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CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE |
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11.06.1986 GB 8614233
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- UNILEVER PLC
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- UNILEVER NV
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- Foret, Roger
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- Walker, Adrian William
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- Wallaert, Raymond Jean
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(57) A sachet of flexible sheet material containing a composition, for example, for treating
fabrics in a washing machine, so shaped and dimensioned that when immersed in water
in the absence of the treatment composition its thickness at at least one point is
at least 1 cm . The thickness of the sachet thus remains at least 1 cm after delivery
of its contents, so that passage of the sachet between the inner and outer drums of
an automatic washing machine is prevented or substantially reduced.