Liben Hailu

7259134, Aug 21, 2007

Jun 3, 2004

10/860466

Dennis Allen Beckholt - Fairfield OH, US
Liben Hailu - Cincinnati OH, US

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

C11D 17/04
C11D 3/44

510296, 510220, 510406, 510439, 510505

Single or multi-compartment detergent pouch having walls composed of a water-soluble or dispersible water-containing polymer film, the pouch having at least one compartment containing a liquid composition and preferably at least one compartment containing a hygroscopic powder composition characterised in that the liquid composition comprises a moisture regulator system such that at equilibrium at 40% relative humidity and 21. 1 C. (70 F. ) the amount of water in the film is within about 30%, preferably within about 10% of that of the native film.

7340790, Mar 11, 2008

Feb 12, 2004

10/777240

Yousef Georges Aouad - Cincinnati OH, US
Liben Hailu - Cincinnati OH, US
Terence Graham Curtis - Flackwell Heath, GB
Lawrence Joseph Kelly - Fairfield OH, US
William Wayne Wichman - Cincinnati OH, US
Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges - Windsor, GB

Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

D06F 39/02

8158, 68 17 R, 68207

Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and kits for dispensing laundry additive materials into the drum of an automatic washing machine as that machine is used to carry out a fabric laundering operation. To bring about such dispensing of additives, a lidded housing structure is placed within the drum of an automatic washing machine, an insert, containing one or more laundry additives in each compartment, is placed within the lidded housing structure, the lid is closed and the machine is run through the several stages of its laundering cycle. Selectively actuatable puncturing element are provided to optionally open at least one compartment of the insert upon closing of the housing structure lid, thereby dispensing the contents of that opened compartment into the washing machine drum as wash additive materials and/or to open one or more compartments of the insert later in the laundering cycle to dispense contents of those compartments into the washing machine drum as rinse additive materials. The selectively actuatable puncturing element being activated by centrifugal force arising during the spin cycle of the laundering operation. In a multiple rinse cycle laundering operation, selectively actuatable puncturing element has a track and cam that allows for the dispensing of additives into the desired rinse cycle.

20030148914, Aug 7, 2003

Oct 24, 2002

10/279247

Bruno Dasque - Brussels, BE
Liben Hailu - Cincinnati OH, US
Nigel Somerville-Roberts - Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
Jose Vega - Strombeek-Bever, BE

The Procter & Gamble Company

C11D017/00

510/447000, 510/296000, 510/444000

The present invention relates to a detergent system comprising at least one solid detergent composition in the form of a tablet and at least one liquid or gel filled water-soluble pouch composition packaged together in a water-insoluble film wrap. The system of the present invention allow for maximum detergent efficacy and formulation flexibility while minimising the material and/or equipment costs associated with such a system. The present invention also relates to a method of cleaning in an automatic washing machine said method comprising adding at least one solid detergent composition in the form of a tablet and at least one liquid or gel filled water-soluble pouch composition to the machine and then cleansing in the normal manner.