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Cleaning method, apparatus and use

US10781404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26Claims

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Assignee

Xero Limited · NZ

Inventors

Robert Andrew Bird · Rotherham, GB
Gordon Lee Ellis · Rotherham, GB
Martina Schoemer · Ludwigshafen, DE
Simon Kniesel · Weinheim, DE
Philipp Kloke · Mannheim, DE
Frank Ehret · Ellerstadt, DE
Matthias Dietrich · Weinheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2015
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06F39/02
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for cleaning a substrate which is or comprises a textile, the method comprising agitating the substrate in the presence of a cleaning composition comprising: i. cleaning particles comprising a thermoplastic polyamide and a particulate inorganic filler having a density of at least 2.5 g/cm3, said cleaning particles having an average particle size of from 1 to 100 mm, wherein the cleaning particles have an average density of at least 1.65 g/cm3 and/or the particulate inorganic filler has a D50 particle size of at least 10 microns and/or a D90 particle size of at least 40 microns; and ii. a liquid medium.

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