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Method for refreshing fabric articles

a fabric article and cloth technology, applied in the field of cloth article refreshing, can solve the problems of unsuitable consumer home use, dry cleaning process inconvenient and expensive, and conventional aqueous laundry process still exposes fabric articles to the risk of dye transfer and/or shrinkage, and achieves the effect of convenient condu

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-06
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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[0006]The present invention provides a method for refreshing fabric articles. The method herein includes the steps of loading fabric articles to be treated into a drum of a home appliance, contacting said fabric articles with an aqueous fabric refreshing composition under a temperature of from about 30° C. to about 120° C. for about 1 minute to about 120 minutes, wherein said fabric refreshing composition contains from about 0.001% to about 1.0% by weight of an antimicrobial active agent and from about 0.01% to about 20% by weight of an deodorizing active agent. Surprisingly, it has been found that the method herein can substantially refresh fabric articles. In other words, the method herein can substantially sanitize and / or remove microorganisms and malodors from the treated fabric articles. The treated fabric articles are therefore ready for wear or use without the need for any additional cleaning treatment. In addition, the method herein can be conveniently conducted by consumers at home using a common home appliance, such as a washing machine, dryer, etc. This avoids the inconvenience of having multiple different appliances at home.

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Although washing machines and laundry detergents have become quite sophisticated, the conventional aqueous laundry process still exposes fabric articles to the risk of dye transfer and / or shrinkage, etc.
However, the need for handling and recovering large amounts of solvents makes the dry cleaning processes inconvenient and expensive, and thus unsuitable for use in consumers' home.
In addition, as described above, repeated aqueous laundry cleaning or dry cleaning will inevitably expose the fabric articles to the risk of damages and will add excessive burden to the environment.
Known method in the art could not provide all of the desired benefits to consumers.

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[0007]As used herein, the term “fabric article” means any article that is customarily cleaned in a conventional aqueous laundry cleaning process or dry cleaning process. As such, the term encompasses articles of clothing, linen and drapery, clothing accessories, and floor coverings. The term also encompasses other items made in whole or in part of fabric, such as tote bags, furniture covers, tarpaulins and the like.

[0008]As used herein, the terms “refresh”, “refreshing” or “refreshed” when used in the context of treating fabric articles mean to at least substantially remove malodors from the fabric articles and substantially sanitize and / or remove microorganisms from the fabric articles. It should be understood that any additional benefits, include, but are not limited to wrinkle-reduction, softness, crispness, water and / or stain repellency, antistatic, anti-shrinkage, etc are not supposed to be excluded from the scope of refreshing treatment.

[0009]As used herein, the term “aqueous ...

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Abstract

A method for refreshing fabric articles without the need for additional cleaning treatment. The method comprises the steps of loading fabric articles to be treated into a drum of a home appliance, contacting said fabric articles with an aqueous fabric refreshing composition containing both antimicrobial active agent and deodorizing active agent under a temperature of from about 30° C. to about 120° C. for about 1 minute to about 120 minutes.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 063,078 filed on Jan. 31, 2008.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a method for refreshing fabric articles. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for refreshing fabric articles, upon the refreshing treatment of the present invention, the fabric articles are ready for use without the need for any additional cleaning treatment.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]After wearing or using fabric articles, consumers typically clean the fabric articles by conventional aqueous laundry cleaning or dry cleaning process for the next wear or use. Conventional aqueous laundry cleaning is carried out with relatively large amounts of water, typically in a washing machine at consumers' home. Although washing machines and laundry detergents have become quite sophisticated, the conventional aqueous laundry process still exposes fabric articles ...

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IPC IPC(8): D06L1/20
CPCC11D3/48C11D3/0068
Inventor KIRIGAKUBO, HIROSHIOHTANI, RYOHEINAKAOKA, KENICHI
Owner THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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