Device for the Treatment of Laundry Using Biocides
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1. A laundry treatment apparatus for the biocidal treatment of laundry in a washing machine, the apparatus comprising:
- a hollow body including a shell defining an internal chamber;
a carrier containing a biocidal substance, wherein the carrier is enclosed within internal chamber of the hollow body; and
openings formed into the shell for the passage of an aqueous medium into and out of the internal chamber,wherein the biocidal substance is released from the carrier upon contact with the aqueous medium such that the apparatus disperses the biocidal substance into washing and rinsing baths of the washing machine to provide the laundry with biocidal properties.
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Abstract
An apparatus for the biocidal treatment of laundry in a washing machine includes a hollow body in which a biocidal substance is enclosed and whose shell has openings for the passage of the washing and rinsing bath. The biocidal substance is chosen in such a way that it is at least substantially harmless for the human metabolism and is effective for a certain period of time beyond the washing process in the washed laundry.
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23 Claims
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1. A laundry treatment apparatus for the biocidal treatment of laundry in a washing machine, the apparatus comprising:
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a hollow body including a shell defining an internal chamber; a carrier containing a biocidal substance, wherein the carrier is enclosed within internal chamber of the hollow body; and openings formed into the shell for the passage of an aqueous medium into and out of the internal chamber, wherein the biocidal substance is released from the carrier upon contact with the aqueous medium such that the apparatus disperses the biocidal substance into washing and rinsing baths of the washing machine to provide the laundry with biocidal properties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23)
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16. A device for dispersing biocide into a washing machine, the device comprising:
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a hollow body comprising; an outer shell having a first set of holes; an inner shell nested within the outer shell, the inner shell having a second set of holes, wherein each hole formed into the outer shell is in fluid communication with a corresponding hole formed into the inner shell; an internal chamber defined by the inner shell of the hollow body; and a substrate comprising a water soluble biocide disposed within the internal chamber, wherein the holes cooperate to permit fluid to pass through the inner and outer shells and into the internal chamber such that the fluid contacts the substrate and exits the internal chamber as biocide-enriched fluid. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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