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(11) EP 0 253 566 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.01.1988 Bulletin 1988/03

(21) Application number: 87306045.3

(22) Date of filing: 08.07.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4C11D 17/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 12.07.1986 GB 8617058

(71) Applicants:
  • THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US)

    BE DE FR GB IT NL 
  • Procter & Gamble Limited
    Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1EE (GB)

    GB 

(72) Inventors:
  • Talkes, Brian Edward
    Mitford Northumberland (GB)
  • Lowery, Colin James
    Westerhope Newcastle upon Tyne (GB)
  • Tunnah, Brian George
    Cramlington Northumberland (GB)

(74) Representative: Brooks, Maxim Courtney et al
Procter & Gamble Limited Whitley Road Longbenton
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE12 9TS
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE12 9TS (GB)


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    (54) Laundry products


    (57) A laundry product comprising a particulate laundry composition releasably contained within a single- or multi-compartment sachet formed of or comprising a thermoplastic film of water-soluble poly(ethylene oxide) having a viscosity-average molecular weight of at least 100,000, said film having an outer covering of a flexible, apertured, water-insoluble but water-permeable non-woven, textile or paper sheet-like material. The products have acceptable storage characteristics and freedom from tackinesss under high humidity conditions as well as excellent product dissolution characteristics under typical European and US laundering conditions.





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