METHOD FOR DELIVERING LIQUID FABRIC TREATING COMPOSITIONS TO CLOTHING IN A CLOTHES DRYER
First Claim
1. A method of transferring a liquid fabric treating composition to clothing within a clothes dryer, comprising:
- (a) providing a substrate impregnated with a liquid fabric treating composition;
(b) introducing the substrate into a clothes dryer with clothing containing water;
(c) tumbling the substrate with the clothing in a transfer cycle wherein no heat is applied to the clothing or to the substrate, an effective amount of the liquid fabric treating composition present on the substrate being transferred to the clothing as a result of contact of the liquid fabric treating composition with the water contained in the clothing; and
(d) applying heat to the clothing in a drying cycle to remove the water from the clothing.
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Abstract
A method of delivering liquid fabric treating compositions to clothing in a clothes dryer is provided which employs a dryer sheet, preferably a substrate such as a sheet of non-woven material, having a liquid fabric treating composition retained in liquid form on or in the substrate. The dryer sheet is introduced into a rotary clothes dryer with laundered, damp clothing and a transfer cycle is initiated wherein little or no heat is applied to the clothing or to the dryer sheet thus allowing an effective amount of the liquid fabric treating composition to be transferred from the dryer sheet into the fabric of the articles of clothing as a result of contact of the composition with the water contained within the clothing. At the conclusion of the transfer cycle, a drying cycle may be initiated to introduce sufficient heat into the dryer so that water may be removed from the clothing.
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3 Claims
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1. A method of transferring a liquid fabric treating composition to clothing within a clothes dryer, comprising:
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(a) providing a substrate impregnated with a liquid fabric treating composition;
(b) introducing the substrate into a clothes dryer with clothing containing water;
(c) tumbling the substrate with the clothing in a transfer cycle wherein no heat is applied to the clothing or to the substrate, an effective amount of the liquid fabric treating composition present on the substrate being transferred to the clothing as a result of contact of the liquid fabric treating composition with the water contained in the clothing; and
(d) applying heat to the clothing in a drying cycle to remove the water from the clothing.
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2. A method of transferring a liquid fabric treating composition to clothing within a clothes dryer, comprising:
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(a) providing a substrate impregnated with a liquid fabric treating composition;
(b) introducing the substrate into a clothes dryer with clothing containing water;
(c) tumbling the substrate with the clothing in a transfer cycle wherein an effective amount of the liquid fabric treating composition present on the substrate is transferred to the clothing as a result of contact of the liquid fabric treating composition with the water contained in the clothing, the amount of heat applied to the clothing and to the substrate during the transfer cycle being less than that required to dry the substrate prior to transfer of an effective amount of the fabric treating composition to the clothing;
(d) initiating a drying cycle wherein sufficient heat is applied to the clothing to remove the moisture from the clothing. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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