EP0329538B1 - Dispositif pour le lavage du linge en machine - Google Patents

Dispositif pour le lavage du linge en machine Download PDF

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EP0329538B1
EP0329538B1 EP89400386A EP89400386A EP0329538B1 EP 0329538 B1 EP0329538 B1 EP 0329538B1 EP 89400386 A EP89400386 A EP 89400386A EP 89400386 A EP89400386 A EP 89400386A EP 0329538 B1 EP0329538 B1 EP 0329538B1
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Antonius Cornelius Gerardus Leebeek
James Pyott Johnston
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • D06F39/024—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents mounted on the agitator or the rotating drum; Free body dispensers

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  • the present invention relates to the field of washing and cleaning machine laundry.
  • European patent application No. 85 400 652.5 published under No. 0151549, in the name of the applicant, describes an original method of washing laundry in the machine with a liquid detergent.
  • a device is used containing a liquid detergent and comprising non-blocked vents. This device is placed with the laundry to be washed in the drum of the machine and the machine is started up allowing the washing cycle to run, the detergent thus progressively passing through the laundry and the washing bath as soon as the machine is started. on the way.
  • a predetermined quantity of liquid detergent is poured into the device, which has for this purpose a filling orifice and, at the end of the washing, the device is recovered which can be reused.
  • Such a device comprises at least one filling orifice and vents for the gradual release of the liquid within the laundry during washing.
  • the device comprises a body and an attached assembly, which is intended for filling and / or diffusing the liquid.
  • This set can be permanently mounted on the body or otherwise be removable.
  • Such an assembly may include a central filling orifice and vents distributed around its periphery.
  • the filling orifice has the form of a chimney plunging inside the body. It will also be noted that an advantageous arrangement in practice consists in giving the device an essentially spherical shape. However, this form is in no way limiting and it is possible, for example, to implement other forms of revolution.
  • the device is filled with liquid detergent and it is thus placed filled in the drum of the machine, where the laundry is already located, the liquid detergent contained in the device gradually diffusing during washing in the medium. washing and in the laundry.
  • Patent application FR-88 01657 of February 11, 1988 entitled: "Improved machine washing process” relates to a process in which a device is used comprising non-blocked vents and containing a detergent, this device is placed with the laundry to be washed in the drum of the machine and the machine is started by letting the washing cycle take place, said process being characterized in that a detergent composition is used, some of the constituents of which are separated, in that introduces at least one of said constituents into the device and in that at least one other of said constituents is associated separately with said device so that, during washing, all of the constituents diffuse into the laundry and the washing bath.
  • the subject of the present invention is a particularly simple and elegant arrangement of a device for washing laundry in the machine, which in particular allows the washing process described and covered in the aforementioned patent application FR-88 01657 to be implemented.
  • the device according to the invention is more particularly intended for the packaging of liquid detergent compositions, making it possible to produce a separate presentation of other constituents with specific action, said constituents being put in solid form.
  • the invention relates to a machine washing machine device, comprising at least one filling orifice and vents for the gradual release of a liquid detergent into the laundry during washing, said device being characterized in that at least one solid product, comprising additional ingredients useful for washing, is placed outside the device, said ingredients also being gradually released during washing.
  • solid product comprising additional ingredients useful for washing
  • a product whose physical form is essentially solid, the ingredients which it contains being solid by themselves or presented within '' a formulation having such a form solid.
  • a solid product when in contact with the washing bath, must have the effect of releasing the ingredients or constituents which it contains so as to allow them to exercise their specific function during the process of washing .
  • tablets or lozenges soluble in water, for example based on sodium perborate.
  • Such a constituent exerts a favorable stain-removing action on so-called "oxidizable" soiling.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention is a device in which the solid product is based on perborate.
  • alternative embodiments may include solid formulations containing various specific constituents, such as enzymes, which can then be incorporated into a solid water-soluble formulation, for example based on sodium bicarbonate and acid. citric.
  • a solid water-soluble formulation for example based on sodium bicarbonate and acid. citric.
  • Such an "effervescent" formulation ensures rapid dissolution and effective diffusion of the active agents.
  • agents which can be added to a solid composition can also be used, for example agents for suspending soiling, such as zeolites or polyacrylates.
  • the device according to the invention ensures the simultaneous packaging of a basic liquid detergent composition and of at least one other constituent presented in solid form.
  • the liquid detergent and this constituent are gradually released into the laundry and into the washing bath.
  • This release can be simultaneous or, on the contrary, one can choose the formulation of the solid product so as to allow its release only at the optimal time of the washing cycle, in accordance with the teaching of application FR 88 01657, mentioned above.
  • This application describes in fact the means of adapting the washing conditions to the state of soiling of the laundry, so as to provide "à la carte washing” and of washing the laundry with a detergent composition, the constituents of which exert their activity at the optimal time, both by intervening in the washing process, for example to ensure a protective role for the organs of the washing machine, and to fulfill their specific function during washing, which is the case for example enzymes, softeners, agents with a stain-removing action for grease stains, peroxygen compounds of bleach activators, bleach catalysts, optical brighteners and other similar constituents with specific functions.
  • Such constituents must be available at determined instants of the washing cycle and the process which is the subject of application FR-88 01657 provides for presenting these constituents so as to make them available to allow the washing to take place according to a predetermined and optimal sequence.
  • liquid detergents packaged according to the present invention Another technical problem which arises more particularly in the case of liquid detergents packaged according to the present invention is that of the mutual incompatibility of certain constituents of the composition with respect to others. This is the case, for example liquid detergent formulations and peroxygen constituents, in particular based on perborates. It is not conceivable to allow a bleaching agent based on perborate to come into contact with a liquid detergent composition, under penalty of a prior reaction causing the peroxygen compound to lose all its effectiveness.
  • the device of the invention is particularly suitable for providing a simple solution to this problem of incompatibility of agents which it is desirable to use in a machine washing process.
  • the device of the invention is designed to allow the packaging of a liquid formulation of detergent and of at least one other solid product, which means that the device can comprise a plurality of solid products including the properties are such that they participate in washing by exercising their specific function and most advantageously at predetermined times in the cycle.
  • the invention relates to a device preferably having the shape of a body of revolution with a central filling orifice and diffusion vents distributed around the orifice, said device being characterized in that it comprises at least one solid product comprising additional ingredients useful for washing, said product being disposed around the area of said orifices and vents and being kept applied to the exterior surface of the body.
  • the device is of the general type mentioned in the European patent application published under the number 0 152 359.
  • the devices described and illustrated in the latter application are arranged to allow the insertion of a solid product, in accordance with the teaching of the present invention.
  • the solid product can have the general shape of a ring whose section is circular, elliptical or other.
  • the device comprises a body of revolution, in particular spherical, and an attached assembly in which are formed a filling orifice and vents the external surface of the body connecting to a radial surface on which said assembly carries, the solid product being disposed in the region of said radial surface surrounding said assembly.
  • a cap which is itself removably attached to the body or to the attached assembly, this cap having holes for the gradual release of the ingredients from the solid product.
  • a cap provides the dual function of keeping the solid product in position on the body of the device and also of allowing access to the washing bath for bringing it into contact with the solid product and the progressive dissolution with a view to release of the useful constituents which it contains.
  • the solid product equipping the device according to the invention may comprise various ingredients or constituents having a specific function in washing, provided that they can have satisfactory compatibility with one another. Examples will be given in the description which follows, for peroxygen agents, in particular based on sodium perborate and agents further improving the bleaching and imparting a "shine" superior to the laundry, for example optical brighteners.
  • the device according to the invention which is designated by the general reference 1, comprises a body 2 having, in the example chosen, a generally spherical shape. Any other shape could nevertheless be adopted, for example, a cylindrical shape.
  • the structure of the body 2 is quite similar to that of the device which is the subject of the European patent application published under the number 0 152359.
  • the section of FIG. 3 shows such a structure.
  • the body 2 is equipped with an attached assembly 3 which comprises a part 5 in the form of a bowl, connected to a part 6 or chimney plunging inside the body.
  • the openings 7 in part 5 are used both for filling and for diffusing the liquid detergent composition, as will be said further.
  • the cylindrical part 6 also has longitudinal openings intended to facilitate the filling operation.
  • the spherical body 2 is connected to the attached assembly 3 by a radial surface 4 whose function will be described below.
  • the cup-shaped part 5 is provided with a thread 8.
  • the body 2 is intended to receive a liquid detergent composition which is poured through the part 5.
  • the device also includes a solid product 9, in the form of a ring or ring, which surrounds the zone of the bowl 5 and is applied to the surface 4.
  • a solid product 9 in the form of a ring or ring, which surrounds the zone of the bowl 5 and is applied to the surface 4.
  • the mounting of this solid ring 9 is well illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • a cap 10 is intended to hold the ring 9 on the body 2.
  • This cap 10 shown in section in Figure 4 has an outer wall 11 and an inner wall 12 between which is provided a space which allows the insertion of the ring 9.
  • the circular wall 12 delimits inside a central opening 13 .
  • the cap is provided with openings 14.
  • the wall 12 is provided with a thread complementary to the aforementioned thread 8.
  • the assembly of the device is very simple: to maintain the solid product 9 on the surface 4 around the diffuser assembly 3, 5, it is sufficient, after fitting the ring 9, to apply the cap 10 and the screw on part 5, to hold the solid product in place 9.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 illustrate the adaptation that the invention makes to the device for washing clothes, which is already the subject of the request.
  • the removable fixing means for the cap 10 on the body 2 or the attached assembly 3, respectively could be different from the screwing 8. Fixation by form conjugation could also be used. It would also be possible to mount a plurality of caps 10 in superposition to provide housings intended to receive different solid products.
  • the device of FIGS. 1 to 4 is well suited for the packaging of a liquid detergent composition inside the body 2 and of a solid product 9, for example based on peroxygenated compound, such as sodium perborate.
  • peroxygen bleaches can be put into a solid form by compacting and in the device according to the invention, the shape adopted is that of a ring surrounding the central filling opening of the device. .
  • the device according to the invention makes it possible to separate the peroxygen compound, in particular sodium perborate, from the basic liquid detergent composition.
  • This characteristic is very advantageous and, until then, numerous attempts had been made without success or with excessively complicated means to obtain the same result: the invention achieves this in a simple and effective manner, by taking advantage of the washing process making the subject of the aforementioned European patent application 0 151 549.
  • the device according to the invention can be used with solid products containing very varied constituents or active ingredients. These can be solid due to their physical properties or can be incorporated into a formulation having such a solid structure.
  • the annular product 9 could consist of a solid matrix containing enzymes or another additive having a specific action during washing.
  • the device 1 can be equipped in advance with a solid product 9, in which case the cap 10 is already fixed, for example by screwing onto the body 2.
  • the product 9 is thus maintained and protected from external agents by the cover 10, which also makes it possible to avoid any manipulation by the user.
  • the active ingredients of product 9 are fairly reactive or aggressive substances, which is the case with concentrated perborates. It then suffices to fill the body 2 with the desired quantity of liquid detergent composition, after which the assembly is placed in the drum of the machine with the washing machine and the washing cycle is allowed to take place.
  • the liquid detergent gradually diffuses through the orifices 7, while the product 9 gradually dissolves under the influence of the washing bath to allow the active ingredients to diffuse through the holes 14.
  • the device can then be used for washing in the same manner as above.

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