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Containers for fabric conditioners

US5279409A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateAug 27, 1992
Grant dateJan 18, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F39/024
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A container for clothes conditioners having chambers for conditioners and for a pressure solution and an osmotic membrane covering the intake of the pressure chamber to permit osmotic flow of water from the rinse water of a washing machine to enter the pressure chamber which, in turn, causes a piston or similar means to transfer pressure into the conditioner chamber which causes the latter to break or to open to release conditioners into the rinse water.

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