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US 6,982,245 · App. 10/048,043 · Granted Jan 3, 2006

Portioned cleaning shaped bodies

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Patent No.
US 6,982,245
App. No.
10/048,043
Granted
Jan 3, 2006
Kind
B1
Abstract

The invention relates to portioned cleaning shaped bodies which are comprised of solid cleaning agent and of a water-soluble coating and which are used for producing liquid cleaning agent concentrates. The invention also relates to the use of the cleaning shaped bodies in the area of building cleaning or industrial cleaning services or in the area of household cleaning.

Claims (8)

1. A process for the preparation of a cleaning concentrate comprising:

a) placing a shaped cleaning body in a bottle having a holding capacity of 0.3 to 10 liters, the shaped cleaning body consisting of a solid cleaner mass and a water-soluble polymeric shell consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, the shell surrounding the solid cleaner mass and having a narrow elongate form, the width of the shaped cleaning body at its widest point where it is cylindrical, elliptical or rectangular in shape being 1 to 3 cm and the length of the shaped cleaning body being at least 3.2 times its width at its widest point where it is cylindrical, elliptical or rectangular in shape; and

b) filling the bottle with water.

2. A process as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the bottle is made of plastic, glass or metal.

3. A process as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the solid cleaner mass contains one or more surface cleaner ingredients selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, components with complexing properties, acids, perfume and dyes.

4. A process as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the shaped cleaning body is contacted with water in a ratio by volume of 1:10 to 1:300 to provide a liquid cleaning concentrate which, on further dilution with water by a factor of 10 to 300, forms a ready-to-use solution for the cleaning of surfaces.

5. A process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein placing the shaped cleaning body in the bottle is done before filing the bottle with water.

6. A process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein filling the bottle with water is done before placing the shaped cleaning body in the bottle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2021
From: ECOLAB, INC.
To: ECOLAB USA INC.
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