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Cleaning method, apparatus and use

US11414633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims

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Assignee

Xero Limited · NZ

Inventors

Robert Andrew Bird · Rotherham, GB
Stephen Derek Jenkins · Middlesbrough, GB
Philipp Kloke · Mannheim, DE
Simon Kniesel · Weinheim, DE
Shyam Sundar Sathyanarayana · Ludwigshafen, DE
Martina Schoemer · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 28, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 24, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC11D2111/12
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 and a cleaning composition comprising: i. cleaning particles comprising a thermoplastic polyamide and a hydrophilic material at least part of which is located inside the cleaning particle, said cleaning particles having an average particle size of from 1 to 100 mm; and ii. a liquid medium. An apparatus suitable for performing said method comprising a rotatable cleaning chamber and a particle storage tank containing the cleaning particles. Use of the cleaning particles for cleaning a substrate which is or comprises a textile.

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