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Track and Field | Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Winger Receives NWC Men's Track Student-Athlete of the Week Recognition
Excels in Two Events at Oregon Preview
SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University senior runner Paul Winger (Bonney Lake, WA/Bonney Lake HS) has been selected as the Northwest Conference Men's Track Student-Athlete of the Week for his efforts at the Oregon Preview on Sunday, March 18. The Oregon Preview was hosted by the University of Oregon at Hayward Field in Eugene.
It is the second time this season that Winger has been chosen for the award. He also earned NWC Student-Athlete of the Week recognition for his success at the Willamette Opener on March 3.
Winger placed third in the 200-meter dash at the Oregon Preview with a time of 22.42 seconds. He was just 0.20 out of second place. He took sixth place in the 400-meter dash, earning a time of 49.68 seconds. He finished 0.06 out of fifth place and was only 0.19 out of third place in the 400.
He is ranked in both events on the national performance list for NCAA Division III this season. Winger is fifth in the nation in the 400-meter dash with a top time of 49.04 at the Willamette Invitational. He is listed 16th in the 200-meter dash after recording his top time so far this year at the Oregon Preview.
The Bearcat track and field teams will return to action on Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 when they host the Willamette Invitational at the Charles Bowles Track. Competition will begin at 3 p.m. (PDT) on March 30 and will start at 10 a.m. on March 31.

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Mini Turkey Meatloaves
What's better than comfort food that doesn't leave you feeling like a slump of mashed potatoes unable to do anything other than plop out on the couch contemplating whether-or-not you really needed to go there?
Oh don't even pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about!
It's a pretty, simple straight forward recipe. My personal favorite part of the recipe is the "mini" part. One mini-meatloaf is ONE serving which really excites me because I just love that I get to put the entire meatloaf on my plate and finish the whole thing. It just feels so wrong, (and there is some sick part of me loves that) but as we know there is nothing wrong about it.
Serve this protein packed dish with some green veggies and potatoes and you've got yourself a "Clean-Eating-Comfort-Meal" to be proud of.
Mini Turkey Meatloaves
Yield: Serves 6
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
- 1.25 lb of extra lean ground turkey
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 heaping cup of Cremini mushrooms, minced
- ½ cup chopped parsley
- 1 cup of salsa plus an extra ½ cup for the tops
- 1 cup of rolled oats
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp of dried thyme
- Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 375.
In a large bowl combine onions, mushrooms, parsley, one cup of salsa, oats, egg, garlic powder, thyme, and ground turkey. Give it a hit of salt and pepper and then use your hands to mix everything together until well incorporated.
Lightly coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
Using your hands (once again) to free-form six mini meatloaves and place on the baking sheet. Top each loaf with about a tablespoon of the remaining salsa.
Bake for 25 minutes or until cooked through. Enjoy!
Serves 6.
Nutritional Analysis
Nutrients per meat loaf: Calories: 208; Total Fat: 3g; Saturated Fat: 0.5g; Cholesterol: 99mg; Sodium: 348mg; Carbohydrate: 18.7g; Dietary Fiber: 3.4; Sugars: 5.2g; Protein: 28.8g
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Hi Dani,
I noticed you always provide nutrition info for your meals.
Do you work w/a nutritionist or how do you get accurate information for your meals?
– Kim
these look really good and handy for lunches. do you think they would freeze well?
I made these on Friday – they were delicious! Everyone loved them. I made them a little smaller, made 8 of them so my husband and I could have the leftovers for lunches.
thank you!
Kim – I use Myfooddiary.com to provide me with the nutritional analysis for all of my recipes.
Elizabeth – Yes. I think this is a great recipe for freezing!
Rose – So glad everyone enjoyed them. Thanks for letting me know:). PS – I love the idea of making them even smaller!!
I love the idea of salsa instead of ketchup! I love mealoaf, but I'm not a ketchup fan, and I'm always looking for a suitable alternative. I also like the idea of having my own meatloaf to polish off.
hey dani! Love your blog all the recipes are so delish and fresh and healthY! this one looks awesome, I believe it will be made for dinner tonight thanks again!
love, love, love this recipe. So good! Thank you!


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Who's responsible for the security failures at the consulate in Benghazi? According to Dana Milbank, the blame lies with fiscal hawks in the House GOP:
For fiscal 2013, the GOP-controlled House proposed spending $1.934 billion for the State Department's Worldwide Security Protection program — well below the $2.15 billion requested by the Obama administration. House Republicans cut the administration's request for embassy security funding by $128 million in fiscal 2011 and $331 million in fiscal 2012. (Negotiations with the Democrat-controlled Senate restored about $88 million of the administration's request.) Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Republicans' proposed cuts to her department would be "detrimental to America's national security" — a charge Republicans rejected.
If Milbank was right, and this was just the predictable result of budgetary constraints, then the State Department had no business keeping an outpost open in a high-risk area, if it knew it couldn't provide adequate security. The thing is, the State Department didn't refuse to send additional security because it couldn't afford it. It refused to send additional security because it said (and continues to say) that the security situation was adequate based on the knowledge at the time. Meanwhile, Ambassador Kennedy said yesterday that he has no faith in the diplomatic security services ever being able to defend against an attack of that level. "Under that kind of lethality, we're never going to have enough guns," he said. "We're a diplomatic service. We are not an armed camp."
This isn't to diminish State Department funding, which is very important, but it's also true that the budget has more than doubled since 2004. The big issue, according to the Government Accountability Office's extensive report on diplomatic security in 2009, is that the security service's funding and scope has expanded so rapidly that it's suffered systematic organizational problems as a result.
Blaming the Republicans for that is a cheap shot, and it shows how desperate Democrats are getting on this issue. The State Department was aware of multiple security breaches and red flags in Benghazi in the months leading up to the attack; House Republicans were not. The Security Department had security personnel on the ground warning that the situation was reaching a crisis level; House Republicans did not. House Republicans have a say in the budget, but the State Department is responsible for how that money is spent. And their spending choices were revealing: Officials increased "danger pay" for security personnel in Benghazi, instead of hiring additional security or sending supplies. The buck stops with the officials who made the security decisions and the commander-in-chief, not the House Republicans.


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text: A majority of Hindu homes across the world have at least one Tulsi plant so that they may regularly worship Vrinda Devi. Many plant several Tulsi, creating their own small forest, which is referred to as a Vrindavan. Tulsi Vivah is a holiday that glorifies Vrinda Devi by celebrating her marrage to Lord Vishnu. The holiday includes elaborate ceremonies performed in everyone's own private Vrindavans – their home Tulsi garden


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Coastal Bend county, city officials plan week of hurricane exercises
CORPUS CHRISTI - With hurricane season less than a month away, Corpus Christi and area county officials are preparing for the worst.
Officials have planned a week filled with drills, conferences, training and mock evacuations for the county's 2012 Coastal Bend Hurricane Conference and the city's regional exercise.
"We're planning it as if a category five storm is headed directly for the city and is projected to hit on Friday," Nueces County Emergency Management Coordinator Danielle Hale said.
Both city and county conferences start today with workshops on disaster agencies, long term recovery, hurricane lessons, flooding and distribution of supplies.
More than 500 area officials, emergency responders and others are expected to attend the week's activities.
Today, county participants will gather at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown to tour an array of emergency response vehicles and disaster relief trucks including an H-E-B mobile pharmacy and kitchen.
Officials from the 12 Coastal Bend counties will meet for a round table talk on Wednesday.
Coast Guard Station Corpus Christi, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Department of Public Safety, Corpus Christi police and fire officials, Christus Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi International Airport, Texas Department of Transportation also will participate in this week's activities.
Hurricane season begins June 1.
City officials will kick off their hurricane conference with calls to the Texas Department of Health and the Texas International Guard on how to prepare for Friday's mock storm.
On Wednesday, officials will call for an evacuation of residents as part of the mock scenario.
More than 60 practice patients from Del Mar College and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will ride an ambulance to the airport from Christus Spohn Hospital for Thursday's air evacuation drill.
Patients will go through a screening process and get cleared for flight, City Spokeswoman Kim Womack said.
They will fly to Dallas and go through processing. Womack said it is so staff can practice tracking patients and see how long it takes.
Transportation and public safety officials along with Corpus Christi police will participate in their own drill on Thursday.
Starting about 9 a.m. officials will clear all the hurricane lanes that lead out of the city and police will be staged at every entrance to block contraflow. The drill will take about five hours.
Friday will be a day to assess what worked, what didn't work and what city and county officials can do better next time.
"It's a long time in the making but something that our region can be proud of," Womack said.
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GCU has entered into a new waste contract with Shanks which took effect from 1 September 2011 and will see the University divert 80% of its waste from landfill within the first 6 months of the contract and by continual improvement eventually have zero waste to landfill. How will we achieve this?
GCU has traditionally provided a waste to landfill service for staff and students with limited access to recycle points. This is no longer sustainable or desirable and we have therefore entered into a contract with Shanks which will see us diverting 80% of waste from landfill within 6 months and by continual improvement eventually have zero waste to landfill, in line with the Scottish Government's target.
At present staff and students are given access to waste paper bins which are lined with black sacks. These are serviced daily by the domestics who take the black sacks to a collection point on each floor where storemen then remove them to the compactor. When full the compactor is emptied to landfill.
All food waste on campus is either routed to landfill by various collecting methods throughout the campus or via waste disposal units in the catering kitchen.
On or around 3 October 2011, recycle bins, known as Tree Huggers will be placed on all floors. Open plan areas where there are a number of staff working will have the Tree Huggers in their office. Other rooms with just a couple of staff will have access to Tree Huggers in the corridors and circulation areas.
When we deliver Tree Huggers to an area the domestic will leave the waste paper bin in place for one month but will remove the black sack. This should help persuade people not to use the bin. If the bins are used the domestic should empty into a black sack and leave a flyer asking for the person's help to recycle with a contact number to discuss. After one month the waste bins should be removed altogether.
The clear bin liners in the Tree Huggers will be collected by the domestics and delivered to the collection points where storemen will uplift them and transport them to the compactor. The compactor will now become our recycle compactor. This will be emptied on request by Shanks who will take the waste to their recycle centre.
Any waste to landfill we get will be collected in black sacks and stored in general waste bins, which will be uplifted by Shanks and taken to their waste centre where it will go through processes to remove items and the residue will go to landfill.
Food waste will now be collected within all the university catering outlets and stored separately in dedicated brown bins which will be lined with clear plastic bags.
Food waste in pantries will be collected in bespoke bins with signage in place showing what food items can be recycled. Bins will be checked daily with a contact number to call when full.
Shanks will collect food waste through a programmed uplift and on-call basis. All food will be taken to an Anaerobic Digestion Plant for process.
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Before a recent trip to Hong Kong and Taipei, I'd heard that a major Taipei attraction is the food at night markets. So I did a search on Google Video for Taipei night markets, and was pleasantly surprised to see that there's a PBS show called "Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions." And before my trip it aired an episode on Taiwan. The first segment of the show focused on, yes, night markets. Perfect. After watching it, I knew enough to jostle among the locals and eat incredible treats like dou hua, dumplings, squid stew and oyster omelets.
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Reba Williams of Columbus, Ohio, finished her last class back in 1925. But the 106-year-old didn't receive her high school diploma until Wednesday. Her daughter told the Mansfield News-Journal that young Reba, who was a good student for all 12 years, was headstrong. She refused to read a book assigned by her teacher that she'd already read and didn't like.


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Demijohn - Stoneware, Salt Glazed (Fragment) Reg. No: LL 1721
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- This salt glazed polychrome demijohn was excavated at Casselden Place in 2003.
Food and eating.
Kitchen facilities in the homes of Little Lon were rudimentary. Few people had ovens or ice chests, so perishable foods were bought fresh daily. Most meals were fried or boiled over an open fire. Families with limited facilities would take their Sunday roasts to a nearby bakery for cooking. Even the poorest residents of Little Lon seem to have eaten a considerable amount of meat. Mutton, beef, rabbit and pork came from the Eastern Market in Bourke Street. Oysters and fish were sold from barrows in Flinders Street. Fresh fruit and vegetables were hawked on the streets by Chinese and Italian vendors.
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Here is an update of the Tower Of Power project at WLVR. The station has purchased the antenna in 2012. All the contractors have been hired to install a new tower and antenna on the rooftop of the Iacocca Building on Mountaintop Campus.
This project has seen many delays and the project stopped when our Station Manager was away due to illness in 2013. Now that he is back, the project has been picked up again with a new fervor.
WLVR is in the process of applying to the City of Bethlehem for a construction permit, once that is approved we can move forward with the install. The FCC has granted our permit to increase the signal and that will expire in November of 2015. That is our absolute deadline, however WLVR is not waiting for that date to arrive. We are anticipating a completion by summer or early fall of 2014.
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Nelson Mandela remembered as great leader by Lipscomb ...
A man who changed the world over his 95 years — a man President Bill Clinton said, in an interview on NBC, was in a class shared only by Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. – Nelson Mandela has died.
To many, he's known as a ground-breaking politician and social reformer who helped heal South Africa from the wounds of apartheid, a system of racial prejudice and social injustice literally meaning "the state of being apart" that sometimes violently discriminated against black residents and kept the minority white Afrikaners in power from 1948-1994.
Tributes and memories have been pouring in from all over the world on television, on the internet and in newspapers. The importance of this man and significance of his loss reaches all the way to Lipscomb University, not only because the changes he led affected the entire world, but because there are students from South Africa who today are themselves remembering and asking what's next?
South African Miguel Hof, a sophomore and Bisons soccer player, says Mandela's passing signifies the end of an era.
"Obviously, it's a tremendous blow for our country," Hof said.
"Because, if it wasn't for Mandela, we would've most probably had a civil war in 1994 after the apartheid."
When Mandela – who served 27 years in prison for his youthful battles against apartheid – was released in 1990, he worked for peaceful resolution of the institution and worked with the white government to end apartheid and establish democratic elections in 1994, when he was elected president of his homeland.
Instead of coming out of prison embittered and preaching revolution, Mandela focused on forgiveness and worked to bring all together in the "Rainbow Nation." At least one of his prison guards remained friends with Mandela to the end.
According to Hof, the death of the leader "basically signifies the ending of an era and the start of a new one."
Mandela's health had been declining over the past year. Hof says that the preparation for Mandela's passing had been widespread in the country. Indeed, it has been said that Mandela helped to prepare the nation – where by many he was viewed as a superman — for his death so that the movement could continue.
"We could see his declining health for a year now. So it's not like it's a total shock. Not like this is out of the blue," Hof said. "He's been struggling and people [in South Africa] have been preparing for his death for five or six months now. Obviously, him being as big as a politician, was a hero. It's a shock that he is dead. That he is finally dead."
"He changed Africa," said sophomore Mignonne Bryant, who grew up in South Africa before moving to the United States. She says that Mandela's passing came as a surprise to her.
"I was shocked, I mean, but, you know, at the same time, he was 95 years old, so, I mean, he lived a very full life. Definitely a lot happened during his life," Bryant said. "But, I was surprised."
Bryant's father Guy, a musician, actually co-wrote with a friend a song called "Madiba" – the leader's affectionate nickname — about Mandela's rise from prison to leader and he played it for the South African president on one occasion.
"Nelson Mandela just made a huge impact," Bryant said.
Bryant noted the many charities that Mandela helped, including the Nelson Mandela Foundation, which helped children, those in poverty and those with HIV/AIDs, a massive problem in Africa.
To Hof, Mandela's passing needs to ignite a passion of positive change across the country, using the leader's lessons as a foundation.
"Obviously, his death is a tragic one, but we need to look forward into the future because we still have a lot of problems in South Africa," Hof said. "The gap between the rich and the poor is huge, and the crime rate is becoming unacceptable.
"So, we need to mourn for his death, but, at the same time, we need to take what he taught us, which is living together in harmony and loving one another no matter what race you are, and he also taught us forgiveness.
"However, we are still a country that, even though we lived together in peace … you can still see that apartheid has played a role in black people being really poor today."
Bryant said she believes we all can glean from Mandela's leadership qualities.
"I think the thing about Nelson Mandela is he was a great leader," Bryant said. "He was a great man. We can all learn so much from his life and the legacy that he left behind. He made such a huge impact on South Africa. He overcame so many things.
"So, I think we can just learn so much from what he was able to do in his life, and how much change that he brought to those around in South Africa."
Hof says that he expects people to pick up where Mandela left off by looking to the future.
"People are going to look at this and say, 'he did wonderful things for our country,' and 'he made our country to what it is today.' And basically support what he used to say, 'the past is the past, and we need to look towards the future now.'"
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Don't know if anyone else noticed it, but the Yankee game on YES tonight looked really overcompressed. Fast action was really "soft" looking, and while compression artifacts weren't visible, the picture wasn't sharp at all. Did anyone else notice this, or am I out in left field?
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Missed the game, sorry. Probably not off-base as all NY locals seem to be off since the blackout.
WPIX has a ghost audio track or PBS13 that hasn't subsided since.
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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2004 Any U.S. troop realignments in South Korea won't degrade the deterrence capability against possible aggression by North Korea, DoD's senior civilian told a noted journalist Aug. 17.
The United States in consultation with its allies has worked the past three years in developing plans to realign its global military presence in Europe and Asia, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told PBS television news host Jim Lehrer.
Rumsfeld also addressed critics of the decision to move U.S. troops stationed in South Korea away from the demilitarized zone and out of the capital city of Seoul to locations further south. "We obviously wouldn't have done it if there were any risk of a weakening in the deterrent up there," he said.
The long-range goal, the secretary noted, is to "transfer over time, carefully in a measured way, responsibilities to the South Korean military."
Rumsfeld suggested the South Koreans are almost ready to provide the majority of their national security, noting they "have an enormous military" and a robust economy.
North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. The U.S. and the United Nations sent troops to assist the South Koreans. Later, China came into the conflict on the side of the North Koreans, who were also receiving support from the Soviet Union. The end of the 1950-53 Korean War left the peninsula with a shaky truce between the communist north and democratic south.
It's been 50 years since the end of the war, Rumsfeld observed, noting 21st century military technology enables the U.S. military to do more to support South Korea with fewer troops.
Consequently, he reiterated, "there won't be any weakening of the deterrent" in South Korea, "because I happen to know for a fact that the capability of the United States will be in fact as strong or stronger" after the troop moves.
Rumsfeld said China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea -- as well as the United States -- are involved in talks with North Korea as part of efforts to persuade it to jettison its suspected nuclear weapons program.
North Korea could be bluffing about having nukes, Rumsfeld noted. But he pointed out that the North Korean government has been "clearly announcing that they are interested in having nuclear weapons and may have nuclear weapons."
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Efficient dry cleaning compositions with pleasant odor qualities comprise water, butoxy propoxy propanol cleaning solvent and a perfume ingredient. The compositions also comprise 1,2-octanediol as a wetting agent, and a polyacrylate emulsifier. Dry cleaning sheets impregnated with the composition are suitable for inhome use.
1. A method for cleaning fabrics comprising agitating said fabrics with an article comprising an integral substrate having releasably containing or having releasably affixed thereto a fabric cleaning composition comprising
(a) at least about 4%, by weight, of butoxy propoxy propanol;
(b) at least about 0.0001%, by weight, of a perfume;
(c) at least about 80%, by weight, of water; and
(d) no more than about 0.2%, by weight, of a polyacrylate emulsifier.
2. An method according to claim 1 wherein said substrate is lint-resistant.
3. A method according to claim 1 wherein said substrate is in the form of a pad or sheet.
4. A method according to claim 1 wherein said cleaning composition comprises from about 5% to about 25%, by weight, of butoxy propoxy propanol, and from about 75% to about 95%, by weight, of water.
5. A method according to claim 1 which is conducted in a hot air clothes dryer.
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/413,326, filed Mar. 30, 1995 now abandoned.
The present invention relates to dry cleaning processes and compositions which are especially adapted for use in the home.
By classical definition, the term "dry cleaning" has been used to describe processes for cleaning textiles using nonaqueous solvents. Dry cleaning is an old art, with solvent cleaning first being recorded in the United Kingdom in the 1860's. Typically, dry cleaning processes are used with garments such as woolens which are subject to shrinkage in aqueous laundering baths, or which are judged to be too valuable or too delicate to subject to aqueous laundering processes. Various hydrocarbon and halocarbon solvents have traditionally been used in dry cleaning processes, and the need to handle and reclaim such solvents has mainly restricted the practice of conventional dry cleaning to commercial establishments.
While solvent-based dry cleaning processes are quite effective for removing oily soils and stains, they are not optimal for removing particulates such as clay soils, and may require special treatment conditions to remove proteinaceous stains. Ideally, particulates and proteinaceous stains are removed from fabrics using detersive ingredients and operating conditions which are more akin to aqueous laundering processes than to conventional dry cleaning.
In addition to the cleaning function, dry cleaning also provides important "refreshment" benefits. For example, dry cleaning removes undesirable odors and extraneous matter such as hair and lint from garments, which are then generally folded or pressed to remove wrinkles and restore their original shape. Of course, such refreshment benefits are also afforded by aqueous laundering processes.
As can be seen from the foregoing, and aside from the effects on certain fabrics such as woolens, there are no special, inherent advantages for solvent-based immersion dry cleaning over aqueous cleaning processes with respect to fabric cleaning or refreshment. Moreover, on a per-garment basis, commercial dry cleaning is much more expensive than aqueous cleaning processes.
In contrast with conventional laundry and dry cleaning processes which involve the total immersion of fabrics into aqueous or non-aqueous baths, spot removal involves the application of cleaning ingredients directly to a specific spot or stain, usually with brisk manual agitation. Traditional spot remover compositions typically are formulated as sticks or sprays, and can comprise a variety of cleaning ingredients, including some solvents.
There are certain limitations to the formulation of both dry cleaning and spot remover compositions, especially when such compositions are intended for use in the home. In particular, safe and effective cleaning ingredients which are not malodorous are required for such compositions. Unfortunately, many excellent dry cleaning solvents have noxious odors and would not be tolerated for home use.
By the present invention, it has been discovered that butoxy propoxy propanol (BPP) not only is an acceptable solvent with regard to its odor qualities, but also is an excellent cleaner for soiled fabrics. Importantly, BPP's odor characteristics allow it to be combined with perfume ingredients to provide cleaning compositions which have pleasant odor qualities.
Dry cleaning processes are disclosed in: EP 429, 172A1, published May 29,1991, Leigh, et al.; and in U.S. Pat. No. 5,238,587, issued Aug.24, 1993, Smith, et al. Other references relating to dry cleaning compositions and processes, as well as wrinkle treatments for fabrics, include: GB 1,598,911; and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,126,563, 3,949,137, 3,593,544, 3,647,354; 3,432,253 and 1,747,324; and German applications 2,021,561 and 2,460,239, 0,208,989 and 4,007,362. Cleaning/pre-spotting compositions and methods are also disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,102,573; 5,041,230; 4,909,962; 4,115,061; 4,886,615; 4,139,475; 4,849,257; 5,112,358; 4,659,496; 4,806,254; 5,213,624; 4,130,392; and 4,395,261. Sheet substrates for use in a laundry dryer are disclosed in Canadian 1,005,204. U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,956,556 and 4,007,300 relate to perforated sheets for fabric conditioning in a clothes dryer. U.S. Pat. No. 4,692,277 discloses the use of 1,2-octanediol in liquid cleaners.
The present invention encompasses a cleaning composition especially adapted for use on fabrics; comprising:
(a) at least about 4%, by weight, of butoxy propoxy propanol;
(b) an aesthetic amount of a perfume ingredient;
(c) at least about 60%, by weight, of water;
(d) an emulsifier;
(e) optionally, a detersive surfactant; and
(f) optionally, 1,2-octanediol.
A preferred composition herein comprises from about 5% to about 25%, by weight, of butoxy propoxy propanol, from about 75% to about 95%, by weight, of water, and from about 0.5% to about 1.5%, by weight, of perfume.
The invention also encompasses an article of manufacture, comprising an integral substrate releasably containing or having releasably affixed thereto a cleaning composition comprising butoxy propoxy propanol. The substrate used herein is preferably lint-resistant and is most preferably polyester based. Such articles are conveniently in the form of a pad or sheet.
A preferred article for dry cleaning is wherein said cleaning composition comprises:
(a) at least about 7%, by weight, of butoxy propoxy propanol;
(b) at least about 0.5%, by weight, of a perfume;
(c) at least about 80%, by weight, of water; and
(d) no more than about 0.2%, by weight, of a polyacrylate emulsifier.
A highly preferred dry cleaning article according to this invention is in the form of a lint-resistant pad or sheet, wherein said cleaning composition comprises from about 5% to about 25%, by weight, of butoxy propoxy propanol and from about 75% to about 95%, by weight, of water.
All percentages, ratios and proportions herein are by weight, unless otherwise specified. All documents cited are, in relevant part, incorporated herein by reference.
The ingredients of the dry cleaning compositions and their use in the process of the present invention are described seriatim hereinafter.
Cleaning Compositions
The chemical compositions which are used to provide the cleaning function in the present dry cleaning and spot removal processes comprise ingredients which are safe and effective for their intended use. Since the processes herein do not involve an aqueous rinse step, the cleaning compositions employ ingredients which do not leave undesirable residues on fabrics when employed in the manner disclosed herein. Moreover, since the dry cleaning process may be carded out in a hot air clothes dryer, the compositions contain only ingredients whose flash points render them safe for such use. The cleaning compositions do contain water, since water not only aids in the cleaning function, but also can help remove wrinkles and restore fabric drape and appearance, especially in hot air dryers. While conventional laundry detergents are typically formulated to provide good cleaning on cotton and cotton/polyester blend fabrics, the cleaning compositions herein must be formulated to also safely and effectively clean and refresh fabrics such as wool, silk, rayon, rayon acetate, and the like.
In addition, the cleaning compositions herein comprise ingredients which are specially selected and formulated to minimize dye removal from the fabrics being cleaned. In this regard, it is recognized that the solvents typically used in immersion dry cleaning processes can remove some portion of certain types of dyes from certain types of fabrics. However, such removal is tolerable in immersion processes since the dye is removed relatively uniformly across the surface of the fabric. In contrast, it has now been determined that high concentrations of certain types of cleaning ingredients at specific sites on fabric surfaces can result in unacceptable localized dye removal. The preferred cleaning compositions herein are formulated to minimize or avoid this problem.
The dye removal attributes of the present cleaning compositions can be compared with art-disclosed cleaners using photographic or photometric measurements, or by means of a simple, but effective, visual grading test. Numerical score units can be assigned to assist in visual grading and to allow for statistical treatment of the data, if desired. Thus, in one such test, a colored garment (typically, silk which tends to be more susceptible to dye loss than most woolen or rayon fabrics) is treated by padding-on cleaner using an absorbent, white paper hand towel. Hand pressure is applied, and the amount of dye which is transferred onto the white towel is assessed visually. Numerical units ranging from: (1) "I think I see a little dye on the towel"; (2) "I know I see some dye on the towel"; (3) I see a lot of dye on the towel"; through (4) "I know I see quite a lot of dye on the towel" are assigned by panelists.
Having due regard to the foregoing considerations, the following illustrates the ingredients used in the cleaning compositions herein, but is not intended to be limiting thereof.
(a) Solvent--The compositions will comprise at least about 4%, typically from about 5% to about 25%, by weight, of the "BPP" solvent described herein. The objective is to provide at least about 0.4 g, preferably from about 0.5 g to about 2.5 g, of BPP solvent per kg of fabrics being cleaned.
(b) Perfume--The perfume used herein can be simple and can comprise individual odoriferous ingredients, such as those noted hereinafter, or can comprise complex blends of multiple ingredients which provide a more complex sensory impression. Whether simple or complex, the perfume is used herein in an aesthetic amount. By "aesthetic amount" herein is meant an amount which is sufficient to at least cover the inherent odor of the cleaning composition. Of course, if a highly perfumed composition is desired, more perfume can be added. Typically, the perfume will comprise at least about 0.0001% by weight of the cleaning compositions herein.
(c) Emulsifier--The cleaning compositions will comprise sufficient emulsifier to provide a stable, homogeneous composition comprising components (a), (b), (d) and (e). For the preferred emulsifiers disclosed hereinafter, levels as low as 0.05%, preferably 0.07% to about 0.20%, by weight, are quite satisfactory. If less efficient emulsifiers are used, levels up to about 2%, by weight, can be used, but may leave some noticeable residues on the fabrics.
(d) Water--The compositions will comprise at least about 60%, typically from about 80% to about 95%, by weight, of water. Stated otherwise, the objective is to provide at least about 6 g of water per kg of fabrics being cleaned.
(e) Optionals--The compositions herein may comprise various optional ingredients, including conventional surfactants, and the like. If used, such optional ingredients will typically comprise from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight, of the compositions, having due regard for residues on the cleaned fabrics.
The solvent herein is butoxy propoxy propanol (BPP) which is available in commercial quantities as a mixture of isomers in about equal amounts. The isomers, and mixtures thereof, are all useful herein. The isomer structures are as follows: ##STR1##
BPP is outstanding for cleaning; moreover, it allows for the formulation of effective cleaning compositions herein without the use of conventional surfactants. Importantly, the odor of BPP is of a degree and character that it can be relatively easily masked by conventional perfume ingredients. While BPP is not completely miscible with water and, hence, could negatively impact processing of the cleaning compositions herein, that potential problem has been successfully overcome by means of the PEMULEN-type polyacrylate emulsifiers, as disclosed hereinafter.
It has now been determined that 1,2-octanediol ("OD") also affords special advantages in the formulation of the cleaning compositions herein. From the standpoint of aesthetics, OD is a relatively innocuous and low odor material. Moreover, OD appears to volatilize from fabric surfaces without leaving visible residues. This is especially important in a dry cleaning process of the present type which is conducted without a rinse step. From the performance standpoint, OD appears to function both as a solvent for greasy/oily stains and as what might be termed a "pseudo-surfactant" for particulate soils and water-soluble stains. Whatever the physical-chemical reason, OD has now been found to be a superior wetting agent with respect to both cleaning and ease-of-use in the present context of home-use cleaning compositions and processes.
The BPP solvent used herein is preferably a mixture of the aforesaid isomers. The BPP solvent is so effective for cleaning that it allows the amount of relatively expensive ingredients such as 1,2-octanediol to be minimized. In a preferred mode, the cleaning compositions comprise a mixture of the 1,2-octanediol and BPP, at a weight ratio of OD:BPP in the range of from about 1:250 to about 2:1, preferably from about 1:200 to about 1:5.
In view of the superior odor characteristics of the BPP solvent employed herein, the formulator has the luxury of choosing from a wide variety of perfume ingredients in order to arrive at a perfumed formulation. The perfumed formulations herein can be prepared from perfume ingredients including, but not limited to: 7-acetyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-1,1,6,7- tetramethyl naphthalene; ionone methyl; ionone gamma methyl; methyl cedrylone; methyl dihydrojasmonate; methyl 1,6,10-trimethyl-2,5,9-cyclododecatrien-1-yl ketone; 7-acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyl tetralin; 4-acetyl-6-tert-butyl-1,1-dimethyl indane; para-hydroxy-phenyl-butanone; benzophenone; methyl beta-naphthyl ketone; 6-acetyl-1,1,2,3,3,5-hexamethyl indane; 5-acetyl-3-isopropyl-1,1,2,6-tetramethyl indane; 1-dodecanal, 4-(4-hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-3- cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde; 7-hydroxy-3,7-dimethyl ocatanal; 10-undecen-1-al; iso-hexenyl cyclohexyl carboxaldehyde; formyl tricyclodecane; condensation products of hydroxycitronellal and methyl anthranilate, condensation products of hydroxycitronellal and indol, condensation products of phenyl acetaldehyde and indol; 2-methyl-3-(para-tert-butylphenyl)-propionaldehyde; ethyl vanillin; heliotropin; hexyl cinnamic aldehyde; amyl cinnamic aldehyde; 2-methyl-2-(para-iso-propylphenyl)-propionaldehyde; coumarin; decalactone gamma; cyclopentadecanolide; 16-hydroxy-9-hexadecenoic acid lactone; 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta-gamma-2-benzopyrane; beta-naphthol methyl ether; ambroxane; dodecahydro-3a, 6,6,9a-tetramethylnaphtho[2,1b]furan; cedrol; 5-(2,2,3-trimethylcyclopent-3-enyl)-3-methylpentan-2-ol; 2-ethyl-4-(2,2,3-trimethyl-3-cyclopenten-1-yl)-2-buten-1-ol; caryophyllene alcohol; tricyclodecenyl propionate; tricyclodecenyl acetate; benzyl salicylate; cedryl acetate; and para-(tert-butyl) cyclohexyl acetate; anisaldehyde; and vanillin.
Other perfume materials include essential oils, resinolds, and resins from a variety of sources including but not limited to orange oil, lemon oil, patchouli, Peru balsam, Olibanum resinoid, styrax, labdanum resin, nutmeg, cassia oil, benzoin resin, coriander, lavandin and lavender. Still other perfume chemicals include phenyl ethyl alcohol, terpineol and mixed pine oil terpenes, linalool, linalyl acetate, geraniol, nerol, 2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-cyclohexanol acetate, benzyl acetate, orange terpenes, eugenol, and diethylphthalate.
While the perfume ingredients disclosed herein and others may be combined in various ways, according to the desires and aesthetic needs of the formulator, the following are given by way of illustration, and not limitation, of complex perfumes which can be used herein. The perfumes A, B and C of Table 1 are shown with their Perfume Ingredients and amounts of each ingredient (as % weight). Blends of A, B and C may also be used.
TABLE 1______________________________________Perfume Ingredient A B C______________________________________Hexyl cinnamic aldehyde 10.0 -- 5.02-methyl-3-(para-tert-butylphenyl)- 5.0 5.0 --propionaldehyde7-acetyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-1,1,6,7- 5.0 10.0 10.0tetra-methyl naphthaleneBenzyl salicylate 5.0 -- --7-acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyltetralin 10.0 5.0 10.0Para-(tert-butyl) cyclohexyl acetate 5.0 5.0 --Methyl dihydro jasmonate -- 5.0 --Beta-naphthol methyl ether -- 0.5 --Methyl beta-naphthyl ketone -- 0.5 --2-methyl-2-(para-iso-propylphenyl)- -- 2.0 --propionaldehyde1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8,- -- 9.5 --hexamethyl-cyclopenta-gamma-2-benzopyraneDodecahydro-3a,6,6,9a- -- -- 0.1tetramethylnaphtho[2,lb]furanAnisaldehyde -- -- 0.5Coumarin -- -- 5.0Cedrol -- -- 0.5Vanillin -- -- 5.0Cyclopentadecanolide 3.0 -- 10.0Tricyclodecenyl acetate -- -- 2.0Labdanum resin -- -- 2.0Tricyclodecenyl propionate -- -- 2.0Phenyl ethyl alcohol 20.0 10.0 27.9Terpineol 10.0 5.0 --Linalool 10.0 10.0 5.0Linalyl acetate 5.0 -- 5.0Geraniol 5.0 -- --Nerol -- 5.0 --2(1,1-dimethylethyl)-cyclohexanol 5.0 -- --acetateOrange oil, cold pressed -- 5.0 --Benzyl acetate 2.0 2.0 --Orange terpenes -- 10.0 --Eugenol -- 1.0 --Diethylphthalate -- 9.5 --Lemon oil, cold pressed -- -- 10.0Total 100.0 100.0 100.0______________________________________
A highly preferred emulsifier herein is commercially available under the trademark PEMULEN, The B. F. Goodrich Company, and is described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,758,641 and 5,004,557, incorporated herein by reference. PEMULEN polymeric emulsifiers are high molecular weight polyacrylic acid polymers. The structure of PEMULEN includes a small portion that is oil-loving (lipophilic) and a large water-loving (hydrophilic) portion. The structure allows PEMULEN to function as a primary oil-in-water emulsifier. The lipophilic portion adsorbs at the oil-water interface, and the hydrophilic portion swells in the water forming a network around the oil droplets to provide emulsion stability. An important advantage for the use of such polyacrylate emulsifiers herein is that cleaning compositions can be prepared which contain solvents or levels of solvents that are otherwise not soluble or readily miscible with water. A further advantage is that effective emulsification can be accomplished using PEMULEN-type emulsifier at extremely low usage levels (0.05-0.2%), thereby minimizing the level of any residue left on fabrics following product usage. For comparison, typically about 3-7% of conventional anionic or nonionic surfactants are required to stabilize oil-in-water emulsions, which increases the likelihood that a residue will be left on the fabrics. Another advantage is that emulsification (processing) can be accomplished effectively at room temperature.
While the cleaning compositions herein function quite well with only the BPP, perfume, PEMULEN, water, and optional OD, they may also optionally contain detersive surfactants to further enhance their cleaning performance. While a wide variety of detersive surfactants such as the C12 -C16 alkyl sulfates and alkylbenzene sulfonates, the C12 -C16 ethoxylated (EO 0.5-10 avg.) alcohols, the C12 -C14 N-methyl glucamides, and the like can be used herein, it is highly preferred to use surfactants which provide high grease/oil removal. Included among such preferred surfactants are the C12 -C16 alkyl ethoxy sulfates (ALES), especially in their magnesium salt form, and the C12 -C16 dimethyl amine oxides. An especially preferred mixture comprises MgAE1 S/MgAE6.5 S/C12 dimethyl amine oxide, at a weight ratio of about 1:1:1. If used, such surfactants will typically comprise from about 0.05% to about 2.5%, by weight, of the cleaning compositions herein.
In addition to the preferred solvents and other ingredients disclosed above, the cleaning compositions herein may comprise various optional ingredients, such as preservatives, co-solvents, brighteners, salts for viscosity control, pH adjusters or buffers, anti-static agents, softeners, colorants, mothproofing agents, insect repellents, and the like.
When used in a home dry cleaning mode the foregoing cleaning compositions are preferably used in combination with a carrier, such that the cleaning composition performs its function as the surfaces of the fabrics being cleaned come in contact with the surface of the carrier.
The carrier can be in any desired form, such as powders, flakes, shreds, and the like. However, it will be appreciated that such comminuted carriers would have to be separated from the fabrics at the end of the cleaning process. Accordingly, it is highly preferred that the carrier be in the form of an integral pad or sheet which substantially maintains its structural integrity throughout the cleaning process. Such pads or sheets can be prepared, for example, using well-known methods for manufacturing non-woven sheets, paper towels, fibrous batts, cores for bandages, diapers and catamenials, and the like, using materials such as wood pulp, cotton, rayon, polyester fibers, and mixtures thereof. Woven cloth pads may also be used, but are not preferred over non-woven pads due to cost considerations. Integral carrier pads or sheets may also be prepared from natural or synthetic sponges, foams, and the like.
The carriers are designed to be safe and effective under the intended operating conditions of the present process. The carriers must not be flammable during the process, nor should they deleteriously interact with the cleaning composition or with the fabrics being cleaned. In general, non-woven polyester-based pads or sheets are quite suitable for use as the carrier herein.
The carrier used herein is most preferably lint-resistant. By "lint-resistant" herein is meant a carrier which resists the shedding of visible fibers or microfibers onto the fabrics being cleaned, i.e., the deposition of what is known in common parlance as "lint". A carrier can easily and adequately be judged for its acceptability with respect to lint-resistance by rubbing it on a piece of dark blue woolen cloth and visually inspecting the cloth for lint residues.
The lint-resistance of sheet or pad carriers used herein can be achieved by several means, including but not limited to: preparing the carrier from a single strand of fiber; and employing known bonding techniques commonly used with nonwoven materials, e.g., point bonding, print bonding, adhesive/resin saturation bonding, adhesive/resin spray bonding, stitch bonding and bonding with binder fibers. In an alternate mode, a carrier can be prepared using an absorbent core, said core being made from a material which, itself, is not lint-resistant. The core is then enveloped within a sheet of porous, lint-resistant material having a pore size which allows passage of the cleaning compositions, but through which lint from the core cannot pass. An example of such a carrier comprises a cellulose or polyester fiber core enveloped in a non-woven polyester scrim.
The carrier should be of a size which provides sufficient surface area that effective contact between the surface of the carrier and the surface of the fabrics being cleaned is achieved. Of course, the size of the carrier should not be so large as to be unhandy for the user. Typically, the dimensions of the carrier will be sufficient to provide a macroscopic surface area (both sides of the carrier) of at least about 360 cm2, preferably in the range from about 360 cm2 to about 3000 cm2. For example, a rectangular carrier may have the dimensions (x-direction) of from about 20 cm to about 25 cm, and (y-direction) of from about 18 cm to about 45 cm.
The carrier is intended to contain a sufficient amount of the cleaning composition to be effective for its intended purpose. The capacity of the carrier for the cleaning composition will vary according to the intended usage. For example, carrier/cleaning composition pads or sheets which are intended for a single use will require less capacity than such pads or sheets which are intended for multiple uses. For a given type of carrier the capacity for the cleaning composition will vary mainly with the thickness or "caliper"(z-direction; dry basis) of the sheet or pad. For purposes of illustration, typical single-use polyester sheets used herein will have a thickness in the range from about 0.1 mm to about 0.7 mm and a basis weight in the range from about 30 g/m2 to about 100 g/m2. Typical multi-use polyester pads herein will have a thickness in the range from about 0.2 mm to about 1.0 mm and a basis weight in the range from about 40 g/m2 to about 150 g/m2. Open-cell sponge sheets will range in thickness from about 0.1 mm to about 1.0 mm, and sponge pads will range in thickness from about 1.5 mm to about 2.5 ram. Of course, the foregoing dimensions may vary, as long as the desired quantity of the cleaning composition is effectively provided by means of the carrier.
The present dry cleaning process is conducted using a flexible container. The fabrics to be cleaned are placed within the container with the carrier/cleaning composition article, and the container is agitated, thereby providing contact between the carrier/cleaning composition and the surfaces of the fabrics.
The flexible container used herein can be provided in any number of configurations, and is conveniently in the form of a flexible pouch, or "bag", which has sufficient volume to contain the fabrics being cleaned. Suitable containers can be manufactured from any economical material, such as polyester, polypropylene, and the like, with the proviso that it must not melt if used in contact with hot dryer air. It is preferred that the walls of the container be substantially impermeable to water vapor and solvent vapor under the intended usage conditions. It is also preferred that such containers be provided with a sealing means which is sufficiently stable to remain closed during the cleaning process. Simple tie strings or wires, various snap closures such as ZIP LOK� closures, and VELCRO�-type closures, contact adhesive, adhesive tape, zipper-type closures, and the like, suffice.
The container can be of any convenient size, and should be sufficiently large to allow tumbling of the container and fabrics therein, but should not be so large as to interfere with the operation of the tumbling apparatus. With special regard to containers intended for use in hot air clothes dryers, the container must not be so large as to block the air vents. If desired, the container may be small enough to handle only a single shirt, blouse or sweater, or be sufficiently large to handle a man's suit.
The present cleaning process can be conducted in any manner which provides mechanical agitation, such as a tumbling action, to the container with the fabrics being cleaned. If desired, the agitation may be provided manually. However, in a convenient mode a container with the carrier/cleaning composition and enveloping the soiled fabric is sealed and placed in the drum of an automatic clothes dryer. The drum is allowed to revolve, which imparts a tumbling action to the container and agitation of its contents concurrently with the tumbling. By virtue of this agitation, the fabrics come in contact with the carrier releasably containing the cleaning composition. It is preferred that heat be employed during the process. Of course, heat can easily be provided in a clothes dryer. The tumbling and optional (but preferred) heating is carried out for a period of at least about 10 minutes, typically from about 20 minutes to about 30 minutes. The process can be conducted for longer or shorter periods, depending on such factors as the degree and type of soiling of the fabrics, the nature of the soils, the nature of the fabrics, the fabric load, the amount of heat applied, and the like, according to the needs of the user.
The following illustrates a typical process in more detail, but is not intended to be limiting thereof.
A dry cleaning article in sheet form is assembled using a sheet substrate and a cleaning composition prepared by admixing the following ingredients.
______________________________________Ingredient % (wt.)______________________________________BPP* 7.01,2-octanediol 0.5PEMULEN TR-1** 0.15KOH 0.08Perfume*** 0.75Water 91.52______________________________________ *Isomer mixture, available from Dow Chemical Co. **PEMULEN TR2, B. F. Goodrich, may be substituted. ***Perfume A, B, C or mixtures thereof may be used.
A non-linting carrier sheet is prepared using a non-woven two-ply fabric stock comprising polyester fibers, caliper 0.25 mm to 0.34 mm, basis weight 84 g/m2. The fabric is cut into square carrier sheets approximately 25 cm on a side, i.e., 625 cm2 sheets. Three or four rows of regularly-spaced 1.27 cm (0.5 in.) diameter circular holes are punched through the sheet. (The finished sheet can later be folded for packaging, and when unfolded and used in the manner disclosed herein, the holes help maintain the sheet in the desired unfolded configuration.)
23 Grams of the above-noted cleaning composition are evenly applied to the sheet by spreading onto the sheet with a roller or spatula using hand pressure. In an alternate mode, the cleaning composition can be applied by dipping or spraying the composition onto the substrate, followed by squeezing with a roller or pair of nip rollers, i.e., by "dip-squeezing" or "spray squeezing".
A dry cleaning sheet of the foregoing type is unfolded and placed fiat in a plastic bag having a volume of about 25,000 cm3 together with up to about 2 kg of dry garments to be cleaned. When the garments and the dry cleaning sheet are placed in the bag, the air is preferably not squeezed out of the bag before closing and sealing. This allows the bag to billow, thereby providing sufficient space for the fabrics and cleaning sheet to tumble freely together. The bag is closed, sealed and placed in a conventional hot-air clothes dryer. The dryer is started and the bag is tumbled for a period of 20-30 minutes at a dryer air temperature in the range from about 50� C. to about 85� C. During this time, the dry cleaning sheet remains substantially in the desired open position, thereby providing effective contact with the fabrics, After the machine cycle is complete, the bag and its contents are removed from the dryer, and the spent dry cleaning sheet is discarded. The plastic bag is retained for re-use. The garments are cleaned and refreshed. The water present in the cleaning composition serves to minimize wrinkles in the fabrics.
In an alternate mode, heavily soiled areas of the fabric being cleaned can optionally be pre-treated by pressing or rubbing a fresh dry cleaning sheet according to this invention on the area. The sheet and pre-treated fabric are then placed in the container, and the dry cleaning process is conducted in the manner described herein.
The compositions prepared in the manner of this invention can also be directly applied to isolated spots and stains on fabrics in the manner of a spot remover product. The following illustrates this aspect of the invention, but is not intended to be limiting thereof.
A spot remover composition comprises the following:
______________________________________Ingredients % (wt.)______________________________________BPP 7.0PEMULEN 0.151,2-Octanediol 0.5Surfactant Mixture* 0.25Perfume** 0.75Water Balance______________________________________ *Mixture of MgAE1 S,MgAE6.5 S and C12 amine oxide, in the range of 1:1:1 to 0.5:1:1. **A, B or C, as disclosed above.
The composition is directly padded or sprayed onto spots and stains, followed by rubbing, to effect their removal. In an alternate mode, the composition can be gelled or thickened using conventional ingredients to provide a "stick-form" spot remover.
Having thus described and exemplified the present invention, the following further illustrates various cleaning compositions which can be formulated and used in the practice thereof.
______________________________________Ingredient % (wt.) Formula Range______________________________________BPP* 5-25%1,2-Octanediol 0.1-7%MgAE1 S 0.01-0.8%MgAE6.5 S 0.01-0.8%C12 Dimethyl Amine Oxide 0.01-0.8%PEMULEN** 0.05-0.20%Perfume Ingredient 0.01-1.5%Water BalancepH Range from about 6 to about 8.______________________________________ *Other organic solvents or cosolvents which can be used herein include various glycol ethers, including materials marketed under trademarks such as Carbitol, methyl Carbitol, butyl Carbitol, propyl Carbitol, and hexyl Cellosolve, methoxy propoxy propanol (MPP), ethoxy propoxy propanol (EPP) propoxy propoxy propanol (PPP), and all isomers and mixtures, respectively, of MPP, EPP, and PPP, and the like, and mixtures thereof. Having due regard for odor shortcomings and safety for inhome use, variou conventional chlorinated and hydrocarbon dry cleaning solvents such as 1,2dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, isoparaffins, and mixtures thereof, are preferably not used herein. **As disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,758,641 and 5,004,557, such polyacrylates include homopolymers which may be crosslinked to varying degrees, as well as noncrosslinked. Preferred herein are homopolymers having a molecular weight in the range of from about 100,000 to about 10,000,000, preferably 200,000 to 5,000,000.
Excellent cleaning performance is secured using any of the foregoing non- immersion processes and articles to provide from about 5 g to about 50 g of the cleaning compositions per kilogram of fabric being cleaned.
A dry cleaning composition with reduced tendency to cause dye "bleeding" or removal from fabrics as disclosed above is as follows.
______________________________________INGREDIENT PERCENT (wt.) (RANGE)______________________________________Butoxypropoxy propanol 7.000 4.0-25.0%(BPP)NEODOL 23 - 6.5* 0.750 0.05-2.5%1,2-Octanediol 0.500 0.1-10.0%Perfume 0.750 0.1-2.0%Pemulen TR-1 0.125 0.05-0.2%Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) 0.060 0.024-0.10Potassium Chloride 0.075 0.02-0.20Water (distilled or 90.740 60.0-95.00%deionized)Target pH = 7.0______________________________________ *Shell; C12 -C13 alcohol, ethoxylated with average EO of 6.5.
15-25 Grams of a composition of the foregoing type are placed on a carrier sheet for use in the manner disclosed herein, A preferred carrier substrate comprises a binderless (or optional low binder), hydroentangled absorbent material, especially a material which is formulated from a blend of cellulosic, rayon, polyester and optional bicomponent fibers. Such materials are available from Dexter, Non-Wovens Division, The Dexter Corporation as HYDRASPUN�, especially Grade 10244. The manufacture of such materials forms no part of this invention and is already disclosed in the literature. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,009,747, Viazmensky, et al., Apr. 23, 1991 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,292,581, Viazmensky, et al., Mar. 8, 1994, incorporated herein by reference. Preferred materials for use herein have the following physical properties.
______________________________________ Grade Optional 10244 Targets Range______________________________________Basis Weight gm/m2 55 35-75Thickness microns 355 100-1500Density gm/cc 0.155 0.1-0.25Dry Tensile gm/25 mmMD 1700 400-2500CD 650 100-500Wet Tensile gm/25 mmMD* 700 200-1250CD* 300 100-500Brightness % 80 60-90Absorption Capacity % 735 400-900 (H2 O)Dry Mullen gm/cm2 1050 700-1200______________________________________ *MD -- machine direction; CD -- cross direction
As disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,009,747 and 5,292,281, the hydroentangling process provides a nonwoven material which comprises cellulosic fibers, and preferably at least about 5% by weight of synthetic fibers, and requires less than 2% wet strength agent to achieve improved wet strength and wet toughness.
Surprisingly, this hydroentangled carrier is not merely a passive absorbent for the cleaning compositions herein, but actually optimizes cleaning performance. While not intending to be limited by theory, it may be speculated that this carrier is more effective in delivering the cleaning composition to soiled fabrics. Or, this particular carrier might be better for removing soils by contact with the soiled fabrics, due to its mixture of fibers. Whatever the reason, improved dry cleaning performance is secured.
In addition to the improved cleaning performance, it has now been discovered that this hydroentangled carrier material provides an additional, unexpected benefit due to its resiliency. In-use, the dry cleaning sheets herein are designed to function in a substantially open configuration. However, the sheets are packaged and sold to the consumer in a folded configuration. It has been discovered that carrier sheets made from conventional materials tend to undesirably revert to their folded configuration in-use. This undesirable attribute can be overcome by perforating such sheet, but this requires an additional processing step. It has now been discovered that the hydroentangled materials used to form the carrier sheet herein do not tend to re-fold during use, and thus do not require such perforations (although, of course, perforations may be used, if desired). Accordingly, this newly-discovered and unexpected attribute of the carrier materials herein makes them optimal for use in the manner of the present invention.
A sheet of the foregoing type is placed together with the fabrics to be dry cleaned in a flexible containment bag having dimensions as noted hereinabove and sealing means. In a preferred mode, the containment bag is constructed of thermal resistant film in order to provide resistance to hot spots (350� F.-400� F.; 177� C. to 204� C) which can develop in some dryers. This avoids internal self-sealing and external surface deformation of the bag, thereby allowing the bag to be re-used.
In a preferred embodiment, 0.0025 mm to 0.0075 mm thickness nylon film is converted into a 26 inch (66 cm)�30 in. (76 cm) bag. Bag manufacture can be accomplished in a conventional manner using standard impulse heating equipment, air blowing techniques, and the like. In an alternate mode, a sheet of nylon is simply folded in half and sealed along two of its edges.
In addition to thermally stable "nylon-only" bags, the containment bags herein can also be prepared using sheets of co-extruded nylon and/or polyester or nylon and/or polyester outer and/or inner layers surrounding a less thermally suitable inner core such as polypropylene. In an alternate mode, a bag is constructed using a nonwoven outer "shell" comprising a heat-resistant material such as nylon or polyethylene terephthalate and an inner sheet of a polymer which provides a vapor barrier. The non-woven outer shell protects the bag from melting and provides an improved tactile impression to the user. Whatever the construction, the objective is to protect the bag's integrity under conditions of thermal stress at temperatures up to at least about 400-500� F. (204� C. to 260� C.). Nylon VELCRO�-type, ZIP-LOK�-type and/or zipper- zipper-type closures can be used to seal the bag, in-use.
Besides the optional nonionic surfactants used in the cleaning compositions herein, which are preferably C8 -C18 ethoxylated (E01-15) alcohols or the corresponding ethoxylated alkyl phenols, the compositions can contain enzymes to further enhance cleaning performance. Lipases, amylases and protease enzymes, or mixtures thereof, can be used. If used, such enzymes will typically comprise from about 0.001% to about 5%, preferably from about 0.01% to about 1%, by weight, of the composition. Commercial detersive enzymes such as LIPOLASE, ESPERASE, ALCALASE, SAVINASE and TERMAMYL (all ex. NOVO) and MAXATASE and RAPIDASE (ex. International Bio-Synthesis, Inc.) can be used.
If an antistatic benefit is desired, the compositions herein can contain an antistatic agent. If used, such anti-static agents will typically comprise at least about 0.5%, typically from about 2% to about 8%, by weight, of the compositions. Preferred anti-stats include the series of sulfonated polymers available as VERSAFLEX 157, 207, 1001, 2004 and 7000, from National Starch and Chemical Company.
The compositions herein can optionally be stabilized for storage using conventional preservatives such as KATHON� at a level of 0.001%-1%, by weight.
If the compositions herein are used in a spot-cleaning mode, they are preferably pressed (not rubbed) onto the fabric at the spotted area using an applicator pad comprising looped fibers, such as is available as APLIX 200 or 960 Uncut Loop, from Aplix, Inc., Charlotte, N.C. An underlying absorbent sheet or pad of looped fibers can optionally be placed beneath the fabric in this mode of operation.
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FORT DRUM, N.Y., Sept. 8, 1998 "I could stay in my Pentagon office every day and just deal with paperwork," said Defense Secretary William S. Cohen. "But you need to see what people are really concerned about."
The secretary traveled to Moody Air Force Base, Ga., in August, and this upstate New York post Sept. 2, to speak with service members and hear their concerns. He will visit Navy and Marine Corps bases later this year. In both places so far, service members are concerned about pay, personnel tempo, housing, medical care and other quality of life aspects.
Cohen said decision papers he receives in the Pentagon are "bloodless" by the time they are through the bureaucratic mill. "You need to hear the sound of the voice of a person these policies affect," he said.
A concern at Moody over parts and personnel shortages didn't emerge at Drum, home of the 10th Mountain Division. The top concerns among Drum soldiers were retirement and the erosion of that military benefit.
"When I was in Congress, it was important to go back to Maine and find out what people were concerned with and how they felt about legislation and decisions," Cohen said. "The same is true in my current job as secretary of defense. I cannot serve the men and women of the armed forces without knowing what concerns them."
Cohen promised to use what he learns when he shapes DoD's budget. He also said he will further convey service members' concerns to Congress.
"Nothing [the service members] said was a surprise to me, but now I know personally how strongly they feel about them," Cohen said.


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The project, which starts in April and is expected to take about five months, will bring 75 new jobs and consolidate several dozen more jobs to the industrial park, said Ralph Kline, assistant executive director of the Ironton-Lawrence County Area Community Action Organization.
Minova USA, based in Georgetown, Ky., signed a 15-year lease with options for three more five-year extensions, according to records in the office of County Recorder Sharon Gossett Hager. Company officials couldn't be reached this week for comment.
The company will lease up to eight acres that currently includes a 60,000 square foot shell building, said Bill Dingus, executive director of the Lawrence Economic Development Corporation.
"We're very pleased," Dingus said. "I believe they'll be extremely successful at The Point. It shows the real value of having a shell building. We plan to build another shell building or two at the industrial park.
Mullins Construction of Wheelersburg, Ohio, is building a 20,000 addition for manufacturing floor space and another 7,000 for employee support and offices, Dingus said. That will make the building the largest in the industrial park. The work, which includes a road and 99 parking spaces, is expected to be completed in about five months, he said. The work will start in April, he said.
The project has received a $200,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Development, $170,000 from the Ohio Department of Transportation and $40,000 in local funds from the development corporation, Kline said.
The road and infrastructure project will be put out for bid, Dingus said.
Minova USA already has several dozen employees at a location along County Road 12 in Rome Township. Minova, an international company based in Australia, produces mining related supplies and products.
The company also will be eligible for Ohio Job Tax Credits based on the number of new employees, Kline said.
"Ohio has become the friendly state for manufacturing," Dingus said. Ohio has no inventory, personal property or corporate franchise taxes, he said.
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