CN101374937A

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Publication number: CN101374937A
Application number: CNA2007800031934A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卡尔-路德维格·吉布斯; 克里斯·埃夫斯塔西奥斯·豪斯麦克雷德斯; 雷纳·林克
Original assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Netherlands NV
Current assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Netherlands NV; Reckitt Benckiser NV
Priority date: 2006-01-21
Filing date: 2007-01-19
Publication date: 2009-02-25
Also published as: CN101400291A; CN101400291B; GB0601247D0; CN101370418B; CN101370418A

Abstract

The invention relates to an article, comprising support of a solid rod (12) of dishwasher cleaning agent, the support is held on cushioning material in the form of bushing, optimally as barrel. The busing article is inserted into a retainer, the retainer is made of rigid and firm plastic. The retainer is installed into the dishwasher as a permanent part, while the article belonging to refilling material, which extremely reduce waste when the article runs out.

Description

Goods

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of goods that recharge thing that include a plurality of cleaning compositions dosage elements that are used as, it is used for using in washing machine (for example dishwasher or washing machine).

Summary of the invention

According to a first aspect of the invention, provide a kind of goods, these goods comprise the support of the solid dosage element of cleaning compositions, and the described support of dosage element remains on the cushioning material and can form nested form.

Described support can be the form of the parallel array of elongate solid dosage element.

Described goods can be the equatorial form, and can form nested form, are inserted in the retainer, and are positioned at maybe and will be positioned in the washing machine.

Preferably, described nested form roughly is tubular.

Preferably, under described nested form, described cushioning material is positioned at the outside, thereby described dosage element inwardly stretches out.But do not get rid of such embodiment, that is, wherein under described nested form, described cushioning material is positioned at the inboard, thereby described dosage element is protruding, and for example attached on the center core of cushioning material have an outwardly directed dosage element.

Preferably, described dosage element is the form of bar or rod, and remains on substantially parallel on the described cushioning material each other.

Preferably, described goods comprise at least 6 dosage elements, more preferably at least 8, and most preferably at least 10.

Preferably, described goods comprise nearly 20 dosage elements, more preferably reach 18, most preferably reach 16.

Preferably, described cushioning material is a sheet material, or is made of the part that is movably connected of a series of for example panels, thereby can realize described nested form.When described cushioning material is sheet material, can by roll described goods (preferably up to an end touch the other end or even with the other end overlapping till) form it into nested form.When described cushioning material is a series of part that is movably connected, can by roll or folding described goods (preferably up to an end touch the other end or with the other end overlapping till) form it into nested form.

Preferably, be fixed on another part (preferably an end is fixed on the other end) by a part and keep described nested form described cushioning material.Be that described stationary installation can be that self adhesive tape or other are positioned to prevent described goods unwinding or the stationary installation that trails, and depends on the circumstances easily.

Preferably, have little gap between the dosage element of non-nested form being, thereby described dosage element can form their nested form without barrier.

Preferably, each dosage element for example all remains in the sleeve pipe of being made by plastic material.Optionally, can adopt any other suitable material, for example (particularly cover) material based on cardboard by water-proof material.A kind of material that can adopt is for having suitable stratified pertinax.Each sleeve pipe can have at least one opening, to allow in use to rinse out described dosage element.Preferably, each sleeve pipe has two openings in opposite end, make water can enter an end (upper end in the use), and is carrying lysed or the cleaning compositions that decomposed and leave the other end (lower end in the use).Suitable is that the area of upper shed is at least 10mm ², be preferably 30mm at least ², most preferably be 60mm at least ²Suitable is that its area is up to 200mm ², preferably up to 160mm ², most preferably up to 120mm ²Suitable is that described telescopic upper surface is the standard-sized sheet mouth.Suitable is that the area of lower opening is at least 3mm ², be preferably 6mm at least ², most preferably be 10mm at least ²Suitable is that its area is up to 200mm ², preferably up to 60mm ², most preferably up to 20mm ²Preferably, described telescopic lower surface is the standard-sized sheet mouth not, thereby it remains on correct position with described dosage element, in using till the dissolves.In described telescopic side, promptly between upper shed and lower opening, one or more intermediate openingss can be arranged, and the gravel size decision of described intermediate openings meets the above qualification that provides at described lower opening.

Preferably, described sleeve-shaped becomes single-piece.This single-piece can be the form of the molded or hot formed dish with a plurality of compartments that will put into described dosage element therein.Described cushioning material can be fixed on the described dish, states dosage element with the circle residence.In a such embodiment, described dish and cushioning material form described sleeve pipe together.

Described dosage element is a solid cleaning composition, can be particulate material equally, and for example powder or granule are as long as can for example remain in the aforesaid sleeve pipe before described material in use is flushed away.Yet preferably, described dosage element is the solid cleaning composition on can not the mobile meaning.Preferably, they are cohesive bodies; Preferably form by molded or the processing (for example injection molding, extruding, cast or compression molding) that is shaped.Optionally, described dosage element can be the form of viscous gel or paste, and these gels or paste preferably have enough viscosity staying in the described container, contacts with water and till being flushed to outside the container up to it.

Preferably, described dosage element is mutually the same.

Preferably, described dosage element has essentially identical cross section along their length; Particularly, they preferably can not attenuate.

Dosage element of the present invention is preferably monomeric, but in some embodiments, described dosage element constitutes by can be used as an independent cleaning compositions two or more members charging, end-to-end setting in cleaning operation; For example these members can remain in as previously discussed the telescopic holding member end-to-end together.Such parts also can keep monolithic dosage element certainly.

In further qualification to preferred, elongate dosage element, can adopt long-width ratio, it refers to the ratio of length to width.Width (or thickness) refers to the size perpendicular to length.Yet,, complicated thereby such qualification can become because dosage element of the present invention may be irregularly shaped.For example, it may have the end of one or two inclination, thereby needs further to limit " length "; And/or cross section may be irregular, thereby need further to limit " width ".Reasonably be to limit length and width from the angle of mean value, but mean value may be difficult to determine, thereby to those skilled in the art, mean value finally may be Mathematics structural, rather than actual measured value.

Consider the problems referred to above, we select to use following parameter further to limit elongate dosage element: minimum length; Maximum width; The maximum cross-section area maximum area of length (that is, perpendicular to); Total surface area; And volume.Even may think that use mean value is more reasonable, the minimum and maximum parameter that only need measure but we still select these to need not to calculate.We can provide practical and testable qualification with regard to having guaranteed like this.All numerical definitenesses of being explained here are all based on these parameters.For example long-width ratio is the ratio of minimum length to maximum width.

The following qualification of preferred dose element of the present invention is applicable to monomeric elongate dosage element, also is applicable to the elongate dosage element that the two or more members by end-to-end setting constitute.In the embodiment of the elongate dosage element that the two or more members by end-to-end setting constitute, to give a definition these dosage elements being used as monomer handles: what for example length was represented is the length that merges, and surface-area is represented is the surface-area of the dosage element of end-to-end setting, rather than the surface-area sum of member separately.

Preferably, the length of elongate dosage element (that is, minimum length is referring to above) is at least 4cm, is preferably 5cm at least, is preferably 6cm at least.

Preferably, the length of elongate dosage element is up to 14cm, preferably up to 12cm, preferably up to 10cm.

Preferably, the thickness of elongate dosage element (that is, maximum ga(u)ge is referring to above) is at least 0.8cm, is preferably 1.4cm at least, is preferably 1.8cm at least.

Preferably, the thickness of elongate dosage element is up to 5cm, preferably up to 3.5cm, preferably up to 2.5cm.

Preferably, the cross-sectional area of elongate dosage element (that is, the maximum cross-section area is referring to above) is at least 0.6cm ², be preferably 1cm at least ², be preferably 1.5cm at least ²

Preferably, the cross-sectional area of elongate dosage element is up to 5cm ², preferably up to 3.5cm ², preferably up to 2.5cm ²

Preferably, the surface-area of elongate dosage element is at least 30cm ², be preferably 35cm at least ², preferably be at least 40cm ²

Preferably, the surface-area of elongate dosage element is up to 60cm ², preferably up to 55cm ², preferably up to 50cm ²

Preferably, the volume of elongate dosage element is at least 6ml, is preferably 9ml at least, preferably is at least 12ml.

Preferably, the volume of elongate dosage element is up to 25ml, preferably up to 20ml, preferably up to 16ml.

Preferably, the weight of elongate dosage element is at least 8g, is preferably 12g at least, preferably is at least 15g.

Preferably, the weight of elongate dosage element is up to 32g, preferably up to 26g, preferably up to 24g.

Preferably, elongate dosage element has at least 2:1, preferred 2.5:1 at least, the preferred long-width ratio of 3:1 at least (that is, minimum length is to the ratio of maximum ga(u)ge, referring to above).

Preferably, elongate dosage element have up to 12:1, preferably up to 8:1, preferably up to the long-width ratio of 6:1.

Preferably, the length of elongate dosage element is at least 2:1 to the ratio of cross-sectional area, preferably is at least 2.5:1, and (unit is a length to be preferably at least 3:1 ^-1).

Preferably, up to 12:1, preferably up to 8:1, preferably (unit is a length to the length of elongate dosage element up to 6:1 to the ratio of cross-sectional area ^-1).

Preferably, the surface-area of elongate dosage element is at least 1.5:1 to the ratio of volume, is preferably 2:1 at least, and (unit is a length to be preferably at least 3:1 ^-1).

Preferably, up to 8:1, preferably up to 6:1, preferably (unit is a length to the surface-area of elongate dosage element up to 4:1 to the ratio of volume ^-1).

Described goods are preferably such, that is, under its nested form, the every pair of dosage element is spaced apart certain interval on the part of its degree of depth at least.Preferably extend towards described liner part in this gap, for example extends to apart from 1/3rd to 2/3rds of the distance of described liner.The independent retainer of putting into the suit goods in the use therein preferably has from the radially-protruding a series of walls of hub, and wherein, when being placed into described goods in the described retainer, the gap must be complementary with partition wall.Between gap and partition wall, can have correspondence one by one, but preferably, the gap is more than partition wall.Three or four partition walls just are enough to make goods correctly be positioned in the described retainer usually.As a rule, preferably have 3 to 8 partition walls, be preferably 4 to 6.

Described retainer is generally rigidity and firm plastic body, but in case after taking described dosage element away, these goods are just lighter, even may be quite fragile.Suitable is that it only comprises cushioning material and sleeve pipe (described sleeve pipe can be light thermoforming sheet material or film).Described goods are intended to as the thing that recharges that is kept by described retainer.When goods exhausted, the waste of material was considerably less.Thereby the present invention can think ideal environmental protection solution.

In this first aspect of the present invention, described retainer is not a part of the present invention.According to a second aspect of the invention, provide a kind of multiple doses cleaning product, it comprises the goods that are defined as above, and these goods are nested form, remain in the aforesaid retainer.

Preferably, described retainer has and is used for it can be remained on device in the washing machine with unloading.For example, it can have hook, so that can hang on the support of dishwasher; It perhaps has anchor clamps, so that can be clipped on the support of dishwasher; Or be designed to be assemblied in the compartment of support of dishwasher; Perhaps can have and make on its wall that can be able to be assembled to dishwasher or washing machine or the device on the window of washing machine with unloading.

Preferably, described retainer has the lid that is suitable for water transport is delivered to selected dosage element.Preferably, described retainer has the device that water is transported to successively dosage element (the each cleaning is transported to a dosage element).Such device operable automatically perhaps can begin to clean the line operate that advances by the user.

According to a third aspect of the invention we, a kind of manufacture method of the goods according to described first aspect is provided, this method comprises: form the dish that comprises one group of cavity, cleaning compositions is packed in the described cavity, seal described cavity with described liner sheets, and described goods are formed described nested form.

Described dish can be plastic material, is preferably formed by mold treatment, and this mold treatment is preferably thermoforming.

Described cleaning compositions can be rendered in the described cavity with the form of the dosage element that formed, or is encased in the described cavity.Suitable is that they can form by injection molding or extruding.

Can described cleaning compositions be encased in the described cavity by any suitable method, for example,, or even pass through manual procedure by fully automated process or semi-automatic process.If described cushioning material is positioned at the inboard of the described nested form of the described support that comprises described solid dosage element, thereby described dosage element is protruding, then can by any suitable device (as tackiness agent, flexible tie etc.) with as described in dosage element maintain under the nested form.

According to a forth aspect of the invention, a kind of method of cleaning in washing machine is provided, this method comprises that the goods that comprise X dosage element with first aspect are inserted in the described retainer, make X circulation of described washing machine operation, take out the end-of-use goods, insert new goods, and make the more circulation of described washing machine operation.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, provide according to the goods of described first aspect or the purposes of in washing machine, cleaning according to the multiple doses cleaning product of second aspect.

Description of drawings

Further describe the present invention hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawing in the mode of embodiment, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 shows the goods that are nested form of the present invention substantially with stereographic map from the top;

Fig. 2 shows the goods that are nested form of Fig. 1 with side-view;

Fig. 3 shows the goods of Fig. 1 with the equatorial form;

Fig. 4 shows the dosage element of Fig. 3 with vertical view;

Fig. 5 a shows the goods of the Fig. 1 in the retainer of load map 5b, has wherein removed the lid that contains the dosage element selecting arrangement shown in Fig. 5 c;

Fig. 6 shows the goods of the Fig. 1 in the retainer that is positioned at Fig. 5 b; And

Fig. 7 shows the device of having assembled fully, and wherein the lid of Fig. 5 c is placed on the article assembly of retainer and Fig. 6 a.

Embodiment

The goods of Fig. 1 are processed to the form of the open and flat vinyl disc of elongated blisters bag 2 shown in Figure 3, and it comprises hot formed vinyl disc.The opening end of each blister pouch 2 all is formed with annular flange 4 (in Fig. 2 as seen) around its whole periphery.The solid rod of cleaning compositions or rod 6 (being intended to be used for the cleaning of automatic dishwasher in the present embodiment) are inserted in the blister pouch.Can realize this point in a different manner.For example, in one embodiment, can or render in the bag the cleaning compositions injection.Yet, in the present embodiment, be pre-formed bar or rod by injection molding or extruding, then bar or rod are cut into certain-length, be inserted in the bag then.The mode at top end slot milling 10 is inserted in the bag with the bottom 8 of filling each bag to it should be noted that them.Reserving this space 10 is in order to make water to enter into bag via the opening in the upper end wall of bag 12.In the present embodiment, each such opening 12 all is circular, and diameter is 8mm.In the lower end wall of goods, form identical opening (not shown), so that water and be carried or the dissolved cleaning compositions can be discharged bag.

The physical parameter of each bar or rod is as follows:

Length: 80mm

Thickness (maximum value): 22mm

Cross-sectional area: 2cm ²

Surface-area: 40cm ²

Weight: 18.5g

Volume: 14.8cm ³

In case all bags all provide the bar or the rod of (no matter by which kind of mode) cleaning compositions, just liner sheets 14 are covered on the opening end, and are fixed on the flange 4.Can liner be attached on the flange by any mode easily, for example by heating or bonding.

Then, can be the bar or the support of rod or the open and flat goods of linear array form this moment and be rolled into its nested form shown in Figure 1.In the present embodiment, this nested form is roughly cylindrical array.It can remain under its nested form by a self adhesive tape 16.

Can be in the information of printing such as trade mark, product style (get-up) and/or the information of use on the outer side of liner.

As shown in Figure 4, every bar or rod and accordingly each bubble-cap all have smooth basal wall 18 against liner sheets 14.Every bar or rod and each bubble-cap are narrower distal end wall 20 from basal wall 18 overall taper all.Sidewall was tapered before this, as at 22,24 places, pass through some precipitous inside dislocation (dislocation) 26 then, sentence medium speed (

sidewall sections

22 and 26 the speed between the speed of attenuating of misplacing) 27 then and shrink, till arriving distal end wall 20.

Can think that bar or rod have the general shape of triangular prism (that is section triangle).Definite more, as mentioned above, sidewall attenuates in discrete mode.

It should be noted that bar or rod are positioned on the liner sheets, there is gap 28 in basal wall 18 places at them between them.

Also should further notice,,, have gap 30. between them in their distal end regions when bar or rod are in nested form following time

Liner sheets is (in manufacturing processed, liner sheets by thermoforming in this mould) former thereby have preferential fold line 32 because mould.These fold lines 32 are aimed at the gap 28 between bar or the rod.

The net result of these features is as follows, and can clearly see from Fig. 1: when goods were formed its nested form, liner sheets was shifted around its fold line 22 in the mode that flexibly

connects.Gap

28 and 30 allows this suit or folding; If bar or rod just mutually against, then because obstruction physically and can not carry out such operation.As appreciable from Fig. 1, even under nested form, also may retention gap 30 (but obviously narrowing down) in the remote area.

In use, goods of the present invention are for recharging thing with what its nested form provided shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 a.Under this nested form, this recharges thing and is inserted in the retainer, shown in Fig. 5 b.This retainer is a cylindrical tub, and this cylindrical tub has the upwardly extending hub shape of the whole substantially axial length axial projections 40 from its base portion along bucket.From projection 40 protruding four fins 42 that have with 90 ° of interval settings.Described fin roughly extend retainer radial distance 4/10ths.

This retainer has the handle 44 of suspension.

The diapire of retainer is a bigger opening (not shown).

Retainer has the lid shown in Fig. 5 c.This lid have by filter screen 48 around central caliberating device 46, thereby allow agranular water to enter into retainer.This central authorities' caliberating device has button 50 and around the rotating disk 54 of this button, and this rotating disk has the suitable numeral of quantity with the bar or the rod of cleaning compositions.In the time will using dishwasher, the user presses described button so that the control rotating disk advances one, so that use next channel washer or rod at every turn.This point is achieved in that promptly, makes that the perforated pan in the lid rotates a position, thereby makes that the water that enters retainer must be by this moment and next bar or excellent aligned hole.Water by with the lid in opening aligned opening 12 enter suitable bubble-cap.Water may be filled with the gap 10 of bar or rod top.Bar or rod are immersed in the water, and dissolving and/or cracked, thereby leave bubble-cap by bottom opening.

Some surprisingly, we find to have realized by this method the excellent dissolution of bar or rod.May think in the past that making dissolves by the end of dosage element on axial or length direction that leads water to cleaning compositions may not be effective means.And dissolving or diffusion that in fact can be fabulous, and because much more very it can not take available " bottom surface area (footprint area) " in the dishwasher, so the space is also saved in such setting very much.

As appreciable from Fig. 6 a, in the time of in goods being placed into the bucket of retainer, fin 42 is positioned at the gap 30 of suit goods.The allowance of described fin in gap 30 is little, so just guaranteed bar or rod and upper shed 12 be in the lid in opening aligned correct orientation under.

Fig. 7 shows the device of having assembled fully.

Claims

1. goods, these goods comprise the support of the solid dosage element of cleaning compositions, this support of dosage element remains on the cushioning material and can form nested form.

2. goods according to claim 1, wherein, described dosage element is the form of bar or rod, and remains on substantially parallel on the described cushioning material each other.

3. goods according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, under described nested form, described cushioning material is positioned at the outside, and described dosage element inwardly stretches out.

4. according to the described goods of above arbitrary claim, wherein, these goods comprise 6 to 20 dosage elements.

5. according to the described goods of above arbitrary claim, wherein, the gap that is between the dosage element of non-nested form is enough to make described goods to form its nested form under the situation that does not have obstacle between the described dosage element; And be preferably such that under the nested form of these goods the far-end at least of every pair of dosage element is separated by a gap.

6. according to the described goods of above arbitrary claim, wherein, described goods comprise the sleeve pipe that keeps described dosage element, described sleeve pipe is formed by molding plate, and have a plurality of compartments of putting into described dosage element therein, and by described cushioning material closure, the wherein said molded thermoforming that comprises.

7. according to the described goods of above arbitrary claim, wherein, each sleeve pipe has two openings in opposite end, thereby water can enter an end, promptly enter the upper end in the use, and carrying lysed or the cleaning compositions that decomposed and leave the other end, promptly leave the lower end in the use.

8. multiple doses cleaning product, this product comprises that these goods are nested form as the described goods of above arbitrary claim, remains in the retainer as recharging thing, in use is positioned at dishwasher.

9. product according to claim 8, wherein, described retainer has hub, and to stretching out a series of fin, the quantity of described fin is preferably 3 the quantity of dosage element to the described goods from this hub diameter.

10. according to Claim 8 or 9 described products, wherein, described retainer has and is used for it can be remained on device in the washing machine with unloading.

10. according to Claim 8 or 9 described products, wherein, described retainer has the lid that is suitable for water transport is delivered to selected dosage element.

11. manufacture method according to each described goods in the claim 1 to 7, this method comprises: form the dish that comprises one group of cavity, cleaning compositions is packed in the described cavity, seal described cavity with described liner sheets, and described goods are formed described nested form.

12. method of in washing machine, cleaning, this method comprises: will be inserted in the described container according to the goods of each described X of comprising dosage element in the claim 1 to 7, make X circulation of described washing machine operation, take out the end-of-use goods, insert new goods, and make the more circulation of described washing machine operation.

13. according to each described goods in the claim 1 to 7 or each described multiple doses cleaning product cleans in washing machine in 10 according to Claim 8 purposes.