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The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain removal, bleaching, and bluing; with the advantage being that both the detergent and the prespotter are uniquely packaged together as one product, negating the need to purchase and store separate products for each end use function, and also, unavoidably providing presentation of the pre-spotter to the detergent user at the time of laundering. The invention also concerns methods of use of such products during laundering.
1. In the method of laundering fabric, the steps that include:
(a) providing a first volume of detergent a portion of which is to be added to fabric laundry wash water,
(b) providing a second and smaller volume of a prespotter composition in close transported association with said first volume of detergent for presentation at the time of laundering,
(c) and separating some of said prespotter composition from said close association with the detergent volume and applying same to a soiled portion or portions of fabric that is thereafter laundered in said wash water containing said added portion of detergent,
(d) said first volume of detergent being provided in a relatively large container, provided with a neck,
(e) said prespotter composition being provided in a fitment substantially smaller than said relatively large container,
(f) said (b) step including locating the fitment in the relatively large container, via said neck,
(g) and gaining access to the fitment in the large container and via said neck so that prespotter composition may be dispensed, and at the time of also gaining access to the detergent in the large container, via said neck prior to said step (c) application.
2. The method of claim 1 including:
(i) providing said neck at the top of said relatively large container containing said first volume of detergent,
(ii) providing a sub-container containing said smaller volume of prespotter composition, and
(iii) mounting said sub-container on said neck in close transported association with said container.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said (iii) step includes mounting the sub-container in transported relation to the container as defined in claim 1, for presentation to the user of the detergent at the time of laundering.
4. The method of claim 1 including incorporating beads admixed with the detergent and useful in a fabric aqueous laundering process to impart to the fabric, when dried, at least one of the properties (i) softness, and (ii) antistatic effect, each bead comprising
(a) a porous substrate,
(b) and substance absorbed into said substrate to produce at least one of said (i) and (ii) properties in the fabric.
5. The method of claim 4 including a barrier layer formed about said bead substrate and absorbed substance and characterized as dispensing in laundry wash water, and allowing said barrier layer to so disperse in the wash water.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the bead substrate is selected from the group that consists of puffed borax, dendritic salt, and clay.
7. The method of claim 5 including a solubilizing or dispersion aid mixed with said substance and also absorbed into the the bead substrate.
8. The method of claim 5 including a hardener mixed with said substance and also absorbed into the bead substrate.
9. The method of claim 7 including a hardener mixed with said substance and aid, and also absorbed into the bead substrate.
10. The method of claim 6 wherein said substance is cationic.
11. The method of claim 6 wherein said substance comprises a material selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium compounds and imidazolinimum compounds.
12. The method of claim 7 wherein said solubilizing or dispersion aid is selected from the group consisting of
(x1) ampholytic surfactants which contain both anionic and cationic moieties,
(x2) Zwitterionic surfactants which also contain both anionic and cationic moieties,
(x3) fatty acid soap.
13. The method of claim 5 wherein said barrier layer is water soluble and is selected from the group that includes amorphous silica, inorganic salts, starch and powdered dyes.
14. The method of claim 4 wherein between about 1% and 90% of the bead weight is defined by the substrate and between about 5.0% and 75% of the bead weight is defined by said substance.
15. The method of claim 9 wherein between 1% and 90% of the bead weight is defined by the substrate and between about 0.5% and 75% of the bead weight is defined by said substance, and said mix consists of from about 1% to 100% by weight of said substance, from about 1% to 100% by weight of said solubilizing or dispersion aid, and from about 0.1% to 100% by weight of said hardener.
16. The method of claim 14 including from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a barrier layer in finely divided solid form extending about said substrate and absorbed substance and characterized as dispersing in laundry wash water.
17. The method of claim 15 including from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a barrier layer in finely divided solid form extending about said substrate and absorbed substance and characterized as dispersing in laundry wash water.
18. The method of any one of claims 4-17 wherein multiple beads as defined are admixed with dry laundry detergent.
19. The method of claim 1 including providing said container with a transparent wall via which said fitment can be seen in the container neck from the exterior.
20. The method of claim 1 including (d) adding said detergent portion and fabric to the wash water in a washing machine and initiating operation of said machine to launder the fabric, said (c) step carried out just prior to said addition of the fabric to the wash water.
This invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain removal, bleaching, and bluing; with the advantage being that both the detergent and the prespotter are uniquely packaged together as one product, negating the need to purchase and store separate products for each end use function, and also, unavoidably providing presentation of the pre-spotter to the detergent user at the time of laundering. Currently, products are available that combine several functions such as detergency/fabric softening, detergency/stain removal, etc. In addition, detergent products often come with use directions suggesting methods for using the product itself as a prespotter for pretreating stains or heavily soiled areas prior to laundering. These products are not nearly as desirable as the product comprising the present invention, which is unique in that it combines a detergent product with an effective self-contained prespotter, all in one package which facilitates storage, handling, use and effectiveness.
The invention contemplates a prespotter product, either liquid or solid, packaged in a dispensing container. The latter is uniquely combined with the container used to package the laundry detergent in such manner as to facilitate storage, handling and use of both the prespotter and the detergent at the time of laundering. The design is such that the prespotter dispensing container is not only attached to or integral with the detergent container, but can be detached from or otherwise used separately from the detergent product container. Such structural incorporation of the prespotter container into the detergent container is referred to herein as a "fitment", the various unusually advantageous forms of which can best be described by reference to the following drawings and descriptions. Detergent containers useful with the fitment can take the form of bottles or folding cartons as will appear.
The invention also contemplates or enables an improved method for laundering fabric, and which embodies the following steps:
(a) providing a first volume of detergent a portion of which is to be added to fabric laundry wash water,
(b) providing a second and smaller volume of a prespotter composition in close transported association with the first volume of detergent for presentation at the time of laundering,
(c) and separating some of said prespotter composition from such close association with the detergent volume and applying same to a soiled portion or portions of fabric that is thereafter laundered in the wash water containing said added portion of detergent.
As will appear, the step (c) is typically carried out just prior to addition of the fabric to the wash water at the time of laundering, the user being unavoidably alerted to carry out step (c) by virtue of steps (a) and (b). In addition, the method may be further enabled by the following steps:
(i) providing a container containing said first volume of detergent,
(ii) providing a sub-container containing said smaller volume of prespotter composition, and
(iii) mounting said sub-container in close transported association with said container. The sub-container may take the unusually advantageous form of the "fitment" referred to, and to be described, as well as their methods of mountings on the principle container.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention, as well as the details of an illustrative embodiment, will be more fully understood from the following description and drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a vertical section showing a fitment adhered to the underside of a bottle overcap;
FIG. 2 is a vertical section showing a fitment cap seated on the bottle finish;
FIG. 3 is a section showing a fitment cap snapped into a friction sleeve in a bottle overcap;
FIG. 4 is a section showing a fitment thread connected to a double threaded bottle overcap;
FIG. 5 is a section showing a fitment flange engaging an indent on a bottle neck;
FIG. 6 is a section showing a tapered fitment wedged into a bottle tapered neck;
FIG. 7 is a section showing a fitment seated on a shelf formed in the bottle, as an indent or part of the bottle handle;
FIG. 8 is a section showing an inner prespotter container seated inside a flanged cup fitment which engages the top of the bottle finish;
FIG. 9 is a section showing a collar under a fitment cap engaging a bottle sealing surface, and the bottle cap sealing on a bottle shoulder;
FIG. 10 is a section showing a collar under a fitment cap engaging an indent on a bottle neck;
FIG. 11 is a section showing a fitment contained in a bottle snap-on overcap;
FIG. 12 is a section showing a fitment molded as an integral part of a bottle overcap;
FIG. 13 is a section showing an inverted fitment thread connected into a double threaded overcap;
FIG. 14 is a section showing a fitment thread connected over the bottle finish, the fitment having a cap attached to a rotary dispensing closure;
FIG. 15 is a section showing a fitment snap connected onto a plug in the bottle overcap;
FIG. 16 is a section showing a fitment received within a recess formed in the bottle as an indent or handle;
FIG. 17 is a vertical elevation showing a fitment molded as an integral part of a bottle, thereby forming a dual chambered container; and
FIG. 18 is a vertical elevation, partly in section, showing a fitment contained in a separate compartment that is an integral part of a folding carton used to hold the detergent.
Referring first to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates a first container in the form of a bottle 10 having a threaded neck 10a, the bottle containing flowable detergent 100 (as per example liquid detergent or flowable dry granules). The bottle has a removable cap 11 which in turn has a top horizontal wall 12 overlying the neck 10a, and a depending skirt 13 that extends in interfitting section with the neck. As shown, the skirt and neck have interfitting screw threads 14 and 15, other type connections being usable. The bottle, neck and cap may all consists of usable plastic material.
Also provided is a dispensing container as defined by fitment 16 containing a fabric prespotter composition 17. The fitment is indirectly carried by the bottle 10, and directly by the cap 11, to be readily detachable, at least in part, for dispensing the prespotter composition onto fabric as at the time of fabric laundering. Thus, for example, removal of the cap 10 to provide access to the detergent immediately presents the user with the fitment projecting from the removed cap, reminding the user that the fitment is ready to be used for application of prespotting composition to heavily soiled portions of the fabric, as at the precise time of laundering and in conjunction therewith, to obtain a resulting higher quality cleaning of the fabric.
As shown, the fitment has a sub-container 16a and a sub-container cap 16b, the latter being retained by the top wall 12, and specifically to its underside 12a as by means of adhesive, double tape, VELCRO stripping, or other means, each of which is represented by the layer 19. In use, the sub-container 16a may be removed from the cap, as by reverse rotation to unscrew threads 20a and 20b. The prespotter stick carried by sub-container 16a is then exposed for use. Note that the stick may be suitably advanced from the sub-container as by rotation of rotor 22 which serves to advance plunger 23 on a threaded stem 24. Other advancing means may be provided. The prespotter 17 may comprise a stick (as in U.S. Pat. No. 3,953,353) or a liquid, or a composition as defined subsequently herein.
The dispensing device itself can be made from plastic, glass, metal or other suitable material for holding a liquid or a solid. For a liquid prespotter, the product can delivered to the pretreatment area by a number of means including aerosol spray, pump spray, roll-on, squeeze bottle with suitable dispensing cap, etc. A solid prespotter can be packaged as described above in a push-up or screw-up container allowing the user to rub the prespotter solid on the pretreatment area and expose fresh material as needed.
The detergent container can be made from any suitable material including polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and other plastics, glass, metal, or paperboard. In the case of paperboard, a suitable moisture barrier would be advantageous to maintain the product's effectiveness during storage and use.
In FIG. 2, the elements bearing the same numbers as in FIG. 1 are the same. The fitment cap 16b in addition has a radially projecting flange 23a extending over the rim 10b of the bottle neck 10a and retained on that rim by the underside 12a of the bottle cap 11. Thus, the fitment 16 is completely detachable from the cap 11 when the bottle is removed from the neck 10a.
In FIG. 3, the elements bearing the same numbers as in FIG. 1 are the same. The cap top wall 12 in addition has an integral sleeve 24b depending therefrom, within the bottle neck. The fitment cap 16b may extend telescopically into the sleeve bore 24a, and a flange 25 on the cap may removably snap into an annular recess 26 in the bore wall, as shown.
In FIG. 13, the elements bearing the same numbers as in FIG. 1 are the same. The cap top wall 12 in addition has an integral sleeve 27 depending therefrom, within the bottle neck. The fitment sub-container 16b in this embodiment has threaded connection with the sleeve 27, as afforded by threads 28 and 29. The fitment sub-container cap 16a is thus presented to the user. He may detach the cap 16a and pull the cap and a pre-spotter stick 29a completely free of the sub-container 16b. Both cap and sub-container frictionally interfit at 30, other methods of connection being usable. FIG. 4 is like FIG. 13 except the fitment 116 is in one piece and has an open top at 117, directly below wall 12. Fitment thread 28 engages sleeve thread 29. Prespotter granules in the fitment appear at 118.
In FIG. 15, the elements bearing the same numerals as in FIG. 1 are the same. The fitment cap 16b and the bottle cap top wall 12 include removably interfitting snap connection elements, as for example small flanged boss or plug 31 depending from top wall 12 and received through an opening 32 in the fitment cap top wall 33. Opening 32 is slightly smaller in diameter than the flange 31a, providing a snap-on interfits. Other forms of snap connection are usable.
In FIG. 12, the elements bearing the same numerals as in FIG. 1 are the same. The fitment sub-container 16a has a side wall 35 integrally molded with the bottle cap top wall 12, at 35a, and wall 35 projects and is externally threaded at the upper exterior side of the wall 12. Subcontainer cap 16b' is internally threaded at 36 to engage the external thread 37 on wall 35, as shown. Thus, cap 16b' is easily removable, exteriorly, to allow pouring or other dispensing of the prespotter 17' which may be in liquid or flowable granules, or other form.
In FIG. 11, the fitment 16 is primarily (as for example completely) located outside and above the cap top wall 12, and auxiliary means is provided to retain the fitment in position, just above wall 12. In the example, such auxiliary means has the form of a thin-walled plastic overcap 39, having a top wall 40 located to compressively retain the fitment vertically between walls 40 and 12, as shown. The overcap depending skirt 41 is removably mounted on the bottle cap, so that it may be easily detached. As shown, two lips 42 engage the lower rim 43 of the cap 11, and may be pulled free (see arrows 44) to release the overcap, providing access to the fitment 16.
In FIG. 14, the fitment 44 includes a sub-container 45 integral with the bottle cap 11, and extending thereabove. Sub-container cap structure 46 is connected to the sub-container 45, to allow dispensing of the flowable prespotter composition. As shown, the cap structure includes first and second walls 48 and 49, each containing ports 48a and 49a normally out of registration. The walls extend adjacent one another, and are relatively rotatable (i.e. wall 49 may rotate relative to wall 48, for example) to bring ports 48a and 49a into registration, allowing dispensing of prespotter. Wall 49 is shown as having a skirt 50 with annular detent connection at 51 to the sub-container wall 45a, allowing rotation of the skirt and wall 49. Flowable prespotter granules are indicated at 17'.
In FIG. 5, the bottle neck 10a has an internal ledge or ledges 52 seating the fitment sub-container 53. The latter has a flanged undersurface 53a engaging the ledge, which may be annular. In FIG. 6, the modified ledge 52' tapers downwardly, and cooperatively engages or seats the frusto-conical outer surface 53' of the fitment sub-container 53, to position the fitment. Caps for the fitment sub-container appear at 54 in FIGS. 5 and 6, and the fitments are loosely contained within the bottle neck to be completely removable when the bottle cap 11 is removed.
In FIG. 9, the bottle neck 10a has an upper rim 55, and an external flange 56 on the fitment 16 seats on that rim to retain the fitment sub-container 16a within the neck 10a, and the sub-container cap 16b projecting upwardly within the cap upper interior 57. The lower edge or rim 58a of the cap skirt 58 seats and seals against the bottle shoulder 60 between neck 10a and bottle wall taper 10b. In FIG. 10, the bottle neck 10a has an internal integral flange or shoulder 61; and an external flange 62 on the fitment 16 seats on that flange 61. The flange is annular, and the fitment sub-container 16a projects downwardly through the flange into the bottle upper interior 63. Top wall 12 of cap 11 seats and seals on the upper rim 55 of the neck 10a.
In FIG. 8 a receptacle 64 has an external flange 65 seating on the bottle neck rim, and retained in position by the top wall 12 of the cap 11. The upwardly opening receptacle extends downwardly within the bottle neck 10a, and fitment 16 is loosely received in the receptacle, and confined between bottom wall 66 of the receptacle and top wall 12. Receptacle 64 is removable after cap 11 is removed.
In FIG. 7, the bottle 10 has side wall structure that forms a lateral hand reception opening 66 and a manually graspable handle 67 associated with that opening. The wall structure includes vertical walls 68 and 69, and wall upper portion 70 presented internally of the bottle and generally upwardly toward neck 10a and neck opening 71. The fitment 16 is seated at 72 on wall upper portion 70, within upper interior 73 of the bottle, and also extends upwardly into and within the neck opening 71, as shown. The fitment may be sufficiently large in diameter so as to be retained in position by the neck and by the wall portion 70. The opening 66 may be merely an indent, and other than associated with a handle. See also flowable detergent granules at 80, filling the bottle. In FIG. 16, the fitment 16 is received within the opening or indent 66, removably retained as by frictional engagement with the wall structure, as at points 74 and 75.
In FIG. 17, the fitment 85 extends externally of the bottle 10 and is attached thereto, as per example at the vertical location 85a, merging with the bottle side wall. Thus, the vertically elongated fitment may include a portion 85b forming a bottle handle associated with lateral opening 87 through the bottle for finger reception. The fitment is shown to extend upwardly from a location 85c near the bottom of the bottle to a location 85d near the top of the bottle. Fitment cap 88 is exposed externally of the bottle and its cap 11, and is offset laterally from cap 11, so that if cap 88 is removed, the flowable (liquid or dry) prespotter contents of the fitment container can be poured onto fabric to be washed, and if cap 88 is replaced and cap 11 removed, detergent can be poured into the wash water.
In FIG. 18, the carton 89 (as for example cardboard) contains detergent such as dry granules seen at 90. A pour spout appears at 91. The fitment 16 is carried in a separate compartment 92 defined by the carton, as for example by carton walls 93-95 at the top of the carton. A flap 96 is releasable to allow fitment removal.
Prespotters in the form of liquids, powders, aerosols and sticks are known, and are designed to deliver a concentrated amount of effective stain removal ingredient to the stained or heavily soiled area of the garment. Common stain removal ingredients incorporated in laundry prespotter compounds are surfactants, solvents, bleaches, and enzymes. See in this regard U.S. Pat. No. 3,953,353 to Barrett et al, disclosing a stick form prespotter.
Surfactants are classed as anionics, nonionics, cationics, amphoterics and zwitterionics. The anionic and nonionic surfactants find the greatest utility in laundry prespotters. Suitable surfactants are described in "McCutcheon's Detergents and Emulsifiers 1982 Annual" and are listed by trade name and chemical type. Without going into great detail, the suitable anionic surfactants include organic sulfonates, sulfates, phosphate and phosphonates which contain hydrophilic as well as lipophilic groups. These include, for example, linear higher alkyl benzene sulfonates, higher olefin sulfonates, higher alkyl sulfonates, higher paraffin sulfonates, higher alcohol sulfates, the sulfates of condensations of higher alcohols and lower alkylene oxides, and the fatty acid soaps. The higher alkyl chain lengths will generally be from 12 to 18 carbons. The salt forming cations of these compounds are usually alkali metal cations, ammonium, amines or alkanolamines.
Nonionic surfactants useful in the prespotter product include all surface active agents possessing both lipophilic and hydrophilic groups which do not ionize in water. Suitable nonionic surfactants are the polyoxyalkylene alkylphenols wherein the hydrophobic group contains a phenolic nucleus having a substituent alkyl group of at least 4 but preferably 8-12 carbon atoms and the hydrophilic portion is composed of at least 3 but preferably 6-100 moles of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide per mole of alkylphenol.
Also, suitable nonionic detergents are the polyoxyalkylene alcohols wherein the hydrophobic group is derived from natural or synthetic primary or secondary straight chain fatty alcohols having about 8-22 carbon atoms and the hydrophilic group is composed of at least 3 but preferably 5-100 moles of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide.
Other suitable nonionics are the polyalkylene esters of the higher organic acids usually having 8 or more carbon atoms in the acid hydrophobe and 10 or more moles of ethylene oxide as the hydrophilic group.
Further suitable nonionics are the polyalkylene alkylamides having a hydrophobic group derived from an amide of a fatty acid or ester. Also, suitable are the polyalkylene alkylamines whose hydrophobic group is from a primary, secondary or tertiary amine and whose ethylene oxide content is sufficiently high to impact both water solubility and nonionic characteristics in neutral or alkaline environments.
A further class of suitable nonionics are the fatty acid esters of various polyols including glycols, glycerols, polyglycerol, hexitols and sugars and their polyoxyethylene condensates.
An additional group of suitable nonionic detergents are the polyalkylene oxide block copolymers made by condensing alkylene oxides with a hydrophobic base, itself obtained by condensing alkylene oxides with a reactive organic molecule.
Further suitable types of nonionic detergents include fatty alkanolamides, amine oxides, phosphine oxides, acetylenic glycols, and polyoxyethylene actylenic glycols.
Numerous organic compounds have found use in prespotter formulations based on their ability to solubilize oily and greasy soils, and hydrocarbon based stains such as ink. These compounds differ from the surfactants in that their mode of action is a solvent effect as opposed to a surface tension reduction effect. These compounds include the lower mono, di and polyhydric alcohols, their alkyl or aryl ethers, their alkyl esters and their alkoxy derivatives. Examples are ethanol, isopropanol, ethylene glycol, glycerol triacetate, the Cellosolves1 and the Carbitols..sup.1
Other compounds exhibiting desirable solvent properties are the lower hydrocarbons and their halogenated derivatives. Examples are pentane, hexane, decane, trichloroethane, perchloroethylene and carbon tetrachloride. Compounds of this type with sufficiently high vapor pressure often serve a dual function as the propellant in the aerosol products. Examples are propane, butane, and the Freons.2
Enzymes find use in prespotter products in treating protein or starch based soils which are not readily removed by the other prespotter ingredients. The enzymes catalyze the breakdown of the soil into simpler compounds that can be washed away in the laundering process. Enzymes suitable for use in prespotters are well described in the patent literature and generally are alkaline or neutral pH stable proteinases and/or amylases. Examples are the Esperases and Termamyl enzymes manufactured by Novo Industries A/S of Copenhagen, Denmark and the Maxacal and Maxamyl enzymes manufactured by Gist-Brocades NV. of Delft, Holland.
Fabric safe bleaches and in particularly those bleaches that release nascent oxygen as the bleaching agent are suitable for use in a laundry prespotter. These compounds include both inorganic and organic peroxides. Examples of inorganic bleaching agents are sodium perborate, sodium percarbonate, hydrogen peroxide and potassium peroxymonosulfate. Examples of organic oxygen bleaches include monoperoxyphthalates, alkylbutanediperoxoic acids, and diperoxydodecanedioic acids.
Other compounds find use in laundry prespotters for aesthetic, stability, and physical reasons and not for their stain removal abilities. These could include perfume, fluorescent whitening agents, colorants, diluents, binders and fillers.
The following are examples of typical prespotter formulations which are usable:
I. The following is a solid prespotter composition suitable for melting and casting into sticks for use in a push-up or screw-up container, (weight percentages being indicated):
40% Igepal CO-630 (GAF's polyethoxylated nonylphenol)
30% Tergitol 15-S-40 (Union Carbide ethoxylated alcohol)
29% Carbowax 4000 (Union Carbide polyethylene glycol)
1% Esperase 4.0T (Novo Industries enzyme)
II. The following is an example of aerosol prespotter:
10% tetrachloroethylene
15% Neodol 23-6.5 (Shell ethoxylated alcohol)
70% C10 -C16 hydrocarbon
5% isobutane (propellant)
III. An example of a suitable liquid prespotter is:
20% Neodol 23-6.5
15% Alfonic 1412-A (Conoco ether sulfate)
2% enzyme
q.s. water, perfume, dye
The detergent composition (indicated for example at 10 in FIG. 1) can be any of those types currently well known in the laundry detergent art, including liquids and powders. The main purpose of the detergent is to provide soil removal; however, for this invention a multifunctional detergent product is the preferred embodiment. Additional available functions of the detergent compound are fabric softening, static prevention, bleaching, stain removal and/or whitening, bluing and water softening. Ingredients useful in preparing detergent products include: surfactants, builders, bleaching agents, soil suspending agents, optical brighteners, hydrotopes, dyes and perfumes, borax, enzymes, bluings, and anti soil redeposition agents.
Suitable surfactants for the detergent compound include those listed previously in the prespotter description. The preferred surfactants because of their cost, availability and performance are linear alkylbenzene sufonates, alkylsulfates, alkyl ether sulfates, alpha olefin sulfonates, fatty acid soaps, ethoxylated nonylphenols, the ethoxylated long chain alcohols and polyalkylene oxide block copolymers. The above surfactants can be formulated alone or in combination to achieve the desired soil removal performance.
Alkaline builders are often incorporated, especially in dry detergent formulations. These compounds are well known in the art and serve the purpose of overcoming water hardness and boosting detergency of the product. Suitable inorganic builder salts include pyrophosphates, tripolyphosphates, orthophosphates, carbonates, silicates, sesquicarbonate, bicarbonate, borates, zeolites and the like. Suitable organic builders include citrate, tartrate, gluconate, EDTA and NTA.
Unbuilt detergent compositions are common, especially in liquid forms. Effective performance is achieved by providing generally higher levels of surfactants or recommending higher useage levels.
Other components of detergent composition which may be included are dyes, perfumes, fillers and diluents which tend to improve the aesthetic and processing characteristics of the product.
In order to achieve a multifunctional product, one or more of the following can be added to the detergent composition: enzymes, bleach, fabric softener/antistat. Enzymes have been described elsewhere herein and are available in the form of prills or granules for addition to dry products and as liquids for addition to liquid detergent products. Stable enzyme products, either liquid or powder can be formulated by those skilled in the art.
A preferred embodiment of this invention includes a detergent in combination with a fabric softener/antistat. The combination of fabric softeners with unbuilt liquid detergents and low alkalinity dry detergent is known in the art. The incorporation of fabric softeners, especially the preferred quaternary ammonium compounds with highly alkaline built dry detergents, however, requires a novel approach. We have found that by absorbing the cationic softener onto a highly absorbent water soluble substrate and coating the resulting material with a finely divided solid to act as a barrier between the cationic and the alkaline builder, we can obtain a free flowing bead that when added to a dry detergent imparts effective softening/antistat properties without the stability problems previously associated with fabric softener/alkaline detergent mixtures. The fabric softener bead is composed of the following:
(a) from about 1% to about 90% by weight porous substrate such as puffed borax, dendritic salt, and clay
(b) from about 0.5% to 75% by weight of a fabric softener mixture consisting of one or more of:
(1) from about 1% to 100% by weight of a material or mixture of materials known in the art to provide useful softening and/or antistatic effects on textiles, (usually alkyl quaternary ammonium or (imidazolinium compounds);
(2) optionally and preferably from about 1% to 100% by weight of a suitable solubilizing or dispersion aid admixed with (1). Such aids may be selected from groups consisting of nonionic surfactants, amphoteric, zwitterionic surfactants or fatty acid soaps;
(3) optionally and preferably from about 0.1 to about 25% by weight of a hardener such as a wax or high molecular weight polyethylene glycol, admixed with (1);
(c) from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a finely divided solid which provides an external coating on the bead, acts as a barrier, and removes tackiness. Such a solid is selected from the group consisting of amorphous silica, starch, inorganic salts, and other anti-tacky material that dissolve in wash water.
The beads are manufactured in a suitable mixer preferably one which provides gentle agitation. The substrate material is charged into the mixer and the softener mixture applied. Once all of the substrate is coated with the softener mixture, the finely divided solid is charged to the mixer in an amount sufficient to coat the beads and make them free flowing.
The finished fabric softener beads may then be added to any dry detergent. The detergent may be spray dried, dry mixed or agglomerated. It may contain anionic, nonionic, amphoteric or zwitternionic surfactants or mixtures thereof. It may also include one or more of the auxiliary ingredients previously mentioned.
Suitable fabric softening/antistat compounds are the quaternary ammonium compounds of the following structure, ##STR1## where R1 represents an aliphatic group of from 1 to 22 carbons, or hydrogen; R2 represents an aliphatic group of from 12 to 24 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 represent alkyl groups of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; X represents an anion selected from the group consisting of halogen, sulfate, methyl sulfate, phosphate, nitrate and acetate.
Other suitable fabric softening/antistat compounds are the quaternary imidazoline compounds of the following structure, ##STR2## where R5 represents an aliphatic group of from 1 to 22 carbon atoms or hydrogen; R6 represents an alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R7 represents an alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or hydrogen; and R8 represents an aliphatic group of from 8 to 24 carbon atoms; and X is an anion as mentioned previously.
Other useful quaternary ammonium compounds include dimethyl alkyl benzyl chlorides, complex diquaternary chlorides, diamidoamine based methyl sulfates and other various other quaternary derivatives.
While many possible detergent formulas are usable for this invention, the following examples are typical detergent formulations are typical of those that can be used with highly advantageous results:
I Liquid Detergent/Fabric Softener
5% sodium linear dodecylbenzene sulfonate
10% nonylphenol ethoxylate
5% sodium xylene sulfonate
3% cationic fabric softener
q.s. water, perfume, dye
II Liquid Detergent/Enzyme
20% ethoxylated lauryl alcohol
15% ethoxylated alcohol sulfate
2% protease enzyme
q.s. water, perfume, dye
III Dry Detergent/Enzyme
15% sodium linear alkyl benzene sulfonate
10% sodium silicate
25% sodium tripolyphosphate
1% Esperase 4.0T enzyme
0.1% perfume
0.05% fluorescent whitening agent
q.s. sodium sulfate
IV Dry Detergent/Bleach/Enzyme/Fabric Softener
15% sodium silicate
22% fabric softener bead*
6% sodium percarbonate
31% sodium carbonate
10% sodium chloride
4% ethoxylated nonylphenol
1% protease enzyme
1% Sipernat 50-S
In the above, the indicated percentages are approximate and by weight.
The subject matter of Deborah Winetzky U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 596,037, entitled "Porous Substrate with Adsorbed Antistat or Softener, Used with Detergent", filed contemporaneously herewith, is incorporated by reference.
From the above, it will be understood that the detergent composition as at 100 is in flowable form, and is characterized as having soil removal properties as well as having one or more of the following properties or capabilities:
fabric softening
enzymatic dissolution of protein and/or carbohydrate bound soils
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European governments forcibly evict thousands of people from their homes, ignoring their obligations under international law. Most of those forcibly evicted are people who live in poverty or on the margins of society. Romani people are an easy target as they are often poor, socially excluded, and treated with hostility by the public. The effects of forced evictions are catastrophic. This leaflet explains the right to adequate housing which includes the right not to be forcibly evicted – rights that belong to all human beings, everywhere. THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN ROMANY. PLEASE CLICK HERE
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Hi, folks- As mentioned on today's telcon, I have taken the liberty to model the IndieUI WG's Use Cases and Requirements document on that of the Audio WG. This model includes separate scenarios with priorities and derived requirements, and through the process of building up multiple scenarios, we consolidate and refine requirements that are shared across scenarios. I put in a template page [1] earlier, and have now updated it to start a strawman example of a scenario (use case), to get the ball rolling (I tried to be realistic, but the scenario still needs work and discussion). While I think it's best that we ultimately have a single person responsible for this document (where that person is not me...), at the start everyone should feel free to add scenarios and requirements themselves (e.g. please edit the wiki!). I am happy to talk to anyone who needs some help getting started on this process. Please note that requirements are derived from scenarios... don't put in requirements that do not have their basis in a scenario! Scenarios are useful for illustrating and evaluating the real-world needs of the spec, and for focusing us on pragmatic outcomes. [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirements Regards- -Doug Schepers W3C Developer Relations Project Coordinator, SVG, WebApps, Web Events, and Audio WGs On 6/13/12 3:07 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > > use cases > > <shepazu> > [11]http://www.w3.org/2011/audio/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirement > s > > [11] http://www.w3.org/2011/audio/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirements > > DS: I am working on the UCs wiki > > … based on the Audio WG's UCs work > > Rich: I like the priorities > > … who sets them? > > DS: the Audio WG decides, on calls > > … about the priorities over discussion related to versions > > … and this helps us identify the highest priority for v1 > > … v1 is aimed at something that can be broadly implemented ASAP > > … This WG may choose to do something else > > <shepazu> > [12]http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requiremen > ts > > [12] http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirements > > AB: UCs work with Touch Events spec was very useful > > … for capturing priorities > > … and to have a place to log UC and Reqs for v.next > > DS: > [13]http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requiremen > ts > > [13] http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirements > > … Let me talk about Audio WG's UC work > > … We give each UC an ID > > … and then describe a story > > … For each UC we include some Notes as well as a Priority > > … For each UC we also document the related Requirements > > <andy> can't get back in > > <andy> The conference is restricted at this time > > … A UC's Notes can include some points of the group's consensus > on the UC > > <andy> ok - I'll watch IRC then > > DS: we have noticed that some requirements can span more than > one UC > > Rich: I like this > > Janina: I agree; this is awesome > > DS: Rich, can your UCs map to this structure? > > Rich: yes; thanks very much > > DS: well, it's the Audio WG that we need to thank ;-) > > Janina: yes, I like this a lot > > DS: I will try to fill out at least one UC and some Reqs before > the next call > > … and include "real" data > > Janina: ok; great please do that > > … and Michael will continue to do the Hg work > > … I will try to get a draft CfP to Doug, Mike and Art by end of > this week > > … Thanks all for a productive meeting! > > Summary of Action Items > > [End of minutes] > > > >Received on Wednesday, 13 June 2012 19:59:51 GMT
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25 Rules for Spring Cleaning Your Mandrobe
25 Rules for Spring Cleaning your Mandrobe
(Some of these may seem obvious, but I've heard girls make excuses for every single rule on this list)
1) His last name is still listed as the name of a bar, a venue, or an online dating site (or his name is listed as Santa Claus, or Led Zeppelin Avenue A, or something similarly ridiculous).
2) You have no idea who the person is.
3) You have more than three of that name in your phonebook. Have six Mike's? Get rid of four.
4) He canceled on you at the last minute, via text, without renegotiating for another time and date.
5) He only contacts you after 11 pm.
6) He never actually sets a time for a date.
7) You heard that he's also been hitting on one of your friends.
8) You're pretty sure he moved overseas.
9) When you call him, he texts you back- and doesn't call after work.
10) He has sent you ANY dirty pictures.
11) He has sexted you. (Eeww. This does NOT turn girls on).
12) He lives more than 25 miles away from you in a place you know you're never going (or going back to).
13) You met him on vacation in Acapulco and haven't talked to him since.
14) He takes FOREVER to respond to a text. I'm talking two days. Give me a break.
15) You haven't talked to him since college (or high school).
16) Everytime you see his name in your phone book you get angry or want to throw up.
17) He only makes plans with you at the last minute.
18) Whenever you hang out, he insists that you come to him.
19) He has argued with you- EVER- about using a condom.
20) He has EVER called you clingy, needy, or crazy.
21) He has EVER said anything to you mean or condescending.
22) He didn't show up to your birthday party and gave some lame excuse (if any at all).
23) He drinks to the point where he is throwing chairs, getting in fights, or getting kicked out of bars.
24) You really have ZERO interest in being his friend.
25) He has a girlfriend, is engaged, or married.
Bonus Rule: This last one is on behalf of my fifteen year-old sister and her first puppy love- who turned out to be not so lovely. You have ever heard him say "Feelings are gay."
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Of all Ron Shelton's sports movies, and there have been many, perhaps he peaked with 1988s Bull Durham at the start of his career. As with all successful sports movie, Bull Durham captures the essence of the sport while developing a successful off-field conflict. In this film, that conflict is the complicated love triangle between Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.
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Former minor leaguer Shelton has returned time and again to the field or court or course to create his art. His other baseball movie, Cobb, based on the well-known baseball biography, didnt fare as well as Bull Durham , but Shelton has shown that any sport is fair game for his pen and lens.
He has tackled basketball ( White Men Cant Jump and Blue Chips , boxing (The Great White Hype and Play It To The Bone) and even golf (working again with Costner on Tin Cup. He has worked with a veritable whos who among popular stars including Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Tommie Lee Jones, Nick Nolte and Robert Wuhl. He even repaid Wuhl by later appearing on the actors HBO series, Arliss.
Abandoning sports may have been a bad career move for Shelton. In less than twenty years he moved from Bull Durhams Academy Award-nominated script to working on Bad Boys II.
Heres The Pitch
Bull Durhams strong leading cast carry enough of the dramatic load so that writer-director Shelton can get extra mileage from the ensemble cast.
Robert Wuhl as the pitching coach and Trey Wilson as the manager are perfect in their roles as baseball men -- perhaps ex-players who cant abandon their game. Wilson died a short time after the film was released, and it was by far the best movie he appeared in.
Meanwhile, Costner, Robbins and Sarandon all play their characters with a hint of greatness. Costner is the great baseball player, destined forever to play in obscurity while Robbins is the young upstart whose great talent will eventually bring him to the major leagues. Sarandon is a great thinker, one who says she "knows things" and gives a delightful soliloquy that begins, "I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan"
It is Sarandons sultry and mysterious ways that capture Robbins youthful exuberance and Costners world-weary desire to be a part of something new. And Sarandons Annie Savoy is always newl from her quoting great works of poetry to her sexual escapades, Annie is an authentic original American character.
There are baseball cliches, of course. No sports movie is complete without them, and they include the obligatory baseball players in familiar roles, as well as the long-suffering, but finally rewarded fans.
But there are also great moments of improv that lend a chaotic, truthful aura to the dialogue. IMdb reports that "In the scene where the batboy tells Crash Davis "Get a hit, Crash", Kevin Costner ad-libbed the response of "Shut up." Since the kid actor playing the batboy obviously didn't know this response was coming, he started crying."
The actors also recount a pitchers mound conference during a game that covered multiple, non-baseball topics. Wuhl is credited with turning the scene into a gem with a line that viewers wont forget, "Okay, well, uh...candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she's registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. Okay, let's get two! Go get 'em."
Its A Home Run!
Kevin Costners portrayal of Crash Davis is as real as baseball gets. His later work that covered baseball included Field of Dreams, which may have been a better movie although less about baseball and 1999s For Love of the Game, which was more about baseball, but not as good a movie. In Bull Durham, the then 33 year old actor linked the past to the future in a way that Costner has rarely been able to do. He was old enough to know better, but not an older man attempting to play a younger man as in For Love Of The Game
Ultimately, Bull Durham is about capturing the spirit of minor league baseball -- its quirky marketing schemes, the small but rabid following and the
hopes and dreams of two dozen men who are on their way up or down, but cant stop playing the game.
Nowhere is this captured as well as when Costners character supposedly breaks the record for the most career home runs in the minor leagues. Its a record he doesnt want because it shows that he stayed longer than other, perhaps less talented players, in the minor leagues, but Sarandons Annie marks the occasion in a delightful voiceover.
You see, Annie knows things.
The Bottom Line, Popcorn Kernels and All
Ron Shelton does a fine job in ridding Bull Durham of most sports clich�s. The ending is a little unsettling, but pleasant in its uniqueness. There is a strong story woven throughout that includes a coming of age story, a sports movie, a buddy film and a complicated love story.
The special edition DVD includes commentary by Costner and Robbins that is informative, yet accessible and friendly.
Meanwhile, there are no real drawbacks to this film. The language and adult themes mean you cannot screen the film for your Little League team, but baseball and non-baseball fans alike should find something to enjoy.
Five Things To Remember From This Review
1) Writer-Director Ron Shelton was a former minor league baseball player.
2) His script for Bull Durham was nominated for an Academy Award.
3) Susan Sarandons Annie Savoy should have been nominated, but the competition that year was named Foster, Streep and Close.
4) This is the first, and perhaps most well-rounded, of Kevin Costners three baseball films.
5) Want to know what minor league baseball is, but cant go to a game? Watch Bull Durham
6) An extra one Yes, Virginia, there really is a Durham Bulls baseball team.
Jouberts FunLink
ESPN conducted a viewer poll to select the best baseball movie ever. I dont agree with their choices, but they set up the competition like an NCAA
tournament bracket, so you have to give them points for originality. See the results at the URL below:
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We all knew it was coming, and today is has been confirmed that Microsoft will soon be charging for a range of pretend clothes with which to adorn your twee little Avatar. Images of the NXE's summer update reveal a whole new ...
10:20 AM on 07.08.2009
MS believes Avatars are more popular than Gears of War 2?
According to Xbox Australia, NXE Avatars are ranking amongst the country's most popular wastes of time. Being "played" more than likes of Gears of War 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV, the Avatar Editor would rank at numbe...
11:20 AM on 06.26.2009
Left 4 Dead NXE theme comes with free OXM issue
A hot new Left 4 Dead premium theme is available, and you can buy it from your local UK newsagent! It comes wrapped in this weird thing called Official Xbox Magazine Issue 49, but you can throw that away and to get your hands...
12:00 PM on 05.16.2009
How to improve Xbox 360 Avatars
When Microsoft revealed the New Xbox Experience, an unwitting world found itself stunned by the revelation of Avatars. This unique and original phenomenon turned the world of gaming on its head, introducing a new social eleme...
8:20 AM on 05.15.2009
There is a Crackdown Xbox 360 theme you can spend money on
If you like shelling out money for JPEGs, then you'll drop your trousers with delight with the news that a funky Crackdown theme is now available for your Xbox 360. It can be yours for the silly price of 240 Microsoft Points,...
11:00 AM on 05.13.2009
New motherf*ckin' shoes for your Avatar!
Microsoft's plan to turn thousands of Xbox Live homophobes gay continues apace, with community manager and sensual funfair Major Nelson confirming that six new pairs of shoes are available for your smirking, soulless Avatars ...
8:40 AM on 04.28.2009
Avatars vs Home? MS survey suggests so
A new survey from Microsoft suggests that Avatars could soon be in direct competition with PlayStation Home, after questions surrounding a "Virtual Setting" for Xbox Live's twee little freaks have appeared to gage p...
1:00 PM on 04.25.2009
1 vs 100 is free for Xbox Live Gold members
Remember 1 vs 100? It was that ridiculous game show tie-in idea that Microsoft used as one of the key selling points of the New Xbox Experience before everybody forgot it existed. Well, 1 vs 100 is due to to launch this Sprin...
9:00 AM on 04.22.2009
Fo Shizzle and other stupid things: Hip Hop Avatar clothes
Check it out, mah homie dawgs, Microsoft has released some new Avatar clothes fo sho, and they gutz a hip hop vibe. Now you can get down with the hardcore thugz like Will Smith and Vanilla Ice. Wicked to the max, dudes. Radic...


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10 years after introducing 43 Things to the world, we have decided we have met our last goal: completing the incredible experience that has been 43 Things. Please join us in giving one last cheer to all the folks who have shared their goals with the world, as well as all the people who have worked at The Robot Co-op to build this incredible website. We won a Webby Award, published a book, and brought happiness to a lot of people.
Starting today, 43 Things users can export their goals and entries from the site. Starting August 15, we will make the site "read only". 43 Things users will still be able to view the site and export their content, but we won't be taking any new content from users. We hope to leave the site up for folks to see and download their content until the end of the year. Ending on New Year's Eve takes us full circle.
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How I did it: wrote him a 100 reasons why i love him, listed them off from our personal experiences to his laughter, his beautiful blue eyes, blonde hair, toned body, his athleticness, his over protectiveness, his loyalty, faithfulness, how he can make my heart melt, how i trust him with the world, how we will be married in a few years. <3 i love you so much. Read how I did it… 2 years ago
!. his kindness
2. his sexy blue eyes
3. his chiseled face
4. his blond hair
5. his KILLER rock-hard bod
6. his laugh
7. his southern accent
8. his 6-pack
9. his huge chest
10. his massive biceps
11. his height
12. his chivalry
13. his humor
14. his 6'2 frame
15. his freckles
16. the fact that he is a model too
17. his long legs
18. his faith
19. his consistency
20. how protective he is
21. his masculinity
22. how he's a country-boy
23. his spontaneity
24. his thoughtfulness
25. his ability to communicate
26. how he remembers every tiny little thing i say
27. his work ethic
28. that he's moving across the country to be with me
29. how he holds my hand everywhere we are
30. how he shows me off to everyone he knows
31. how close he is with his family
32. how he takes care of me
33. how he makes love to me
34. how he works to please me
35. how he surprises me with kisses at random
36. how he cherishes me
37. how he takes no bs from anyone
38. his courage
39. his trust
40. his big hands
41. how he makes me feel so delicate
42. his sureness
43. his ambition
44. his loyalty
45. how he calls me without fail every day, 2x a day, at least
46. how much he says he loves me
47. his music
48. he sings to me
49. his courtesy
50. his outgoing nature
51. he watches movies that i want to watch
52. he cooks for me
53. he calls me his queen, and treats me as such
54. his temper (sexy!)
55. his heart
56. he's a leo
57. how he shows me new things
58. his optimism
59. how he reassures me whenever i need it
60. he'll take me dancing
61. he wants to marry me
62. how much he wants kids
63. his HUGE D#*&!
64. his willingness to do the new and unknown
65. how much he loves sports
66. he likes the red sox cuz I like the red sox
67. he talks about the future with me
68. he's not afraid to speak his mind
69. he understands emotion
70. he SHOWS his emotion
71. his style
72. how he cleans up
73. he loves exotic animals
74. he's supportive
75. he spoons me even if his arm falls asleep
76. he gets my sarcasm
77. he can't wait to meet my family
78. he likes the Lion King
79. he wants to travel the world with me
80. he's a daredevil
81. the fact that he was a playboy til he met me
82. he wants his mother and me to be close
83. he wants to give me the spotlight and be my #1 fan
84. that he discusses serious topics with me
85. that he asks for my advice (sometimes)
86. that he thinks i'm the sexiest girl alive
87. his big truck
88. that he can be gentle and tender
89. that he's a little bit of a bad boy
90. that tells me he needs me
91. that he sees us as a team
92. that i can tell him anything
93. that he's diligent about his fitness
94. that he scoops me up like he'll never let go
95. that he's responsible when needed
96. that we can lounge around and still be wildly in love
97. that he brags about me
98. that he wants us to be together for eternity
99. his reliability
100. THE FACT THAT ALL OF HIS LOVE IS FOR ME!!!!!! <3 2 years ago