Washing or cleaning agent shaped bodies

US7256168B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Raehse · Goldkronach, DE
• Rolf Bayersdoerfer · Hamburg, DE
• Paul Birnbrich · Solingen, DE
• Markus Semrau · Timmaspe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D17/049
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A detergent tablet having at least one phase in the form of a solid foam having gas-filled cells delimited by solid partitions, and the tablet or the at least one phase comprises 40% to 90% by weight of one or more water-soluble polymers. A process for the production of detergent tablets by foaming a solution, melt, emulsion, or suspension comprising at least one active ingredient with a gaseous medium, and solidifying the resulting foam.