Methods for cleaning laundry with reduced sorting

US7823237B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• John Christian Haught · Sharonville, US
• Mark William Glogowski · Cincinnati, US
• Robb Richard Gardner · Cincinnati, US
• Andre Baeck · Bonheiden, BE
• Andre Christian Convents · Zaventem, BE
• Johan Smets · Holsbeek, BE
• Pascale Claire Annick Van Steenwinckel · Weerde, BE
• Peter Gerard Gray · Brussels, BE
• Graeme Duncan Cruickshank · Newcastle, GB
• Adam Costello · North Shields, GB
• Michael Duncan · Schererville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 2, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D06F39/007
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for cleaning within a washing zone comprising: placing at least one article for treatment in the washing zone, providing of at least partially deionized water into the washing zone, and optionally providing cleaning composition into the washing zone wherein the combination of said optional cleaning composition and partial deionized water have a specific conductance of less than about 200 μS/cm.