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EP 0 452 016 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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11.03.1992 Bulletin 1992/11 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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16.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/42 |
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Date of filing: 02.04.1991 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
12.04.1990 GB 9008462
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Applicant: SOUTHERN CLAY PRODUCTS, INC. |
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Gonzales, TX 78629 (US) |
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Inventors: |
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- Goodman, Howard
St. Austell,
Cornwall (GB)
- Lymath, Gary Arthur
Poole,
Dorset BH17 9DZ (GB)
- Stockley, David John
Swanage,
Dorset BH19 2SJ (GB)
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Representative: Green, Mark Charles et al |
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Urquhart-Dykes & Lord,
91 Wimpole Street
London W1M 8AH
London W1M 8AH (GB) |
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A process for preparing granules for detergent compositions |
(57) There is disclosed a process for preparing granules for incorporation into a detergent
composition, which process comprises the steps of
(a) tumbling together in a rotating pan a finely divided particulate smectite clay
and a finely divided particulate zeolite in a weight ratio of from 1:9 to 9:1 whilst
sufficient water is added slowly to the resultant mixture to bind the particles together
to form granules of a mixture of said smectite clay and said zeolite; and
(b) drying the resultant granules to reduce the water content to not more than 20%
of the total weight of the granules.
Also disclosed is a detergent composition including said granules.