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1. A SUBSTANTIALLY DRY, STABLE, MULTIFUNCTIONAL WASHING AND BLEACHING LAUNDRY TABLET FOR SEQUENTIAL INTRODUCTION OF, FIRSTLY, EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF FABRIC WASHING AGENTS AND LAUNDRY ADDITIVES AND, SECONDLY, EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF BLEACH INTO A LAUNDRY WASHING SOLUTION, WHICH TABLET CONSISTS OF (1) A SOLID, SUBSTANTIALLY DRY, WATER-SOLUBLE CORE AND (2) A SOLID, SUBSTANTIALLY DRY, WATER-SOLUBLE COATING CONTIGUOUS WITH AND COMPLETELY ENCLOSING SAID CORE, SAID CORE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A BLEACH SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXYGEN AND CHLORINE WATER-SOLUBLE SOLID BLEACHES, AND SAID COATING CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AT LEAST ONE WATER-SOLUBLE FABRIC WASHING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SOAPS, NON-SOAP SYNTHETIC ORGANIC DETERGENTS, ORGANIC SEQUESTERING AGENTS, AND INORGANIC WATER SOFTENERS, SAID COATING BEING FORMULATED AND PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUCH THAT WHEN SAID TABLET IS EXPOSED TO SAID LAUNDRY SOLUTION SAID COATING REQUIRES A MINIMUM PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE TO ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY DISSOLVE, THE INNER CORE REMAINING INTACT UNTIL THE OUTER COATING HAS DISSOLVED, WHEREBY EXPOSURE AND INTRODUCTION OF SAID BLEACH INTO SAID LAUNDRY WASHING SOLUTION IS DELAYED FOR AT LEAST SAID MINIMUM PERIOD OF TIME, AND SAID BLEACH IS INTRODUCED INTO THE LAUNDRY WASHING SOLUTION WITH FREEDOM FROM LOCAL HEAVY CONCENTRATION FOR AFFORDING MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAUNDERING AGENTS AND MAXIMUM SAFETY FOR THE ARTICLES TO BE LAUNDERED.
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1. A SUBSTANTIALLY DRY, STABLE, MULTIFUNCTIONAL WASHING AND BLEACHING LAUNDRY TABLET FOR SEQUENTIAL INTRODUCTION OF, FIRSTLY, EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF FABRIC WASHING AGENTS AND LAUNDRY ADDITIVES AND, SECONDLY, EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF BLEACH INTO A LAUNDRY WASHING SOLUTION, WHICH TABLET CONSISTS OF (1) A SOLID, SUBSTANTIALLY DRY, WATER-SOLUBLE CORE AND (2) A SOLID, SUBSTANTIALLY DRY, WATER-SOLUBLE COATING CONTIGUOUS WITH AND COMPLETELY ENCLOSING SAID CORE, SAID CORE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A BLEACH SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXYGEN AND CHLORINE WATER-SOLUBLE SOLID BLEACHES, AND SAID COATING CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AT LEAST ONE WATER-SOLUBLE FABRIC WASHING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SOAPS, NON-SOAP SYNTHETIC ORGANIC DETERGENTS, ORGANIC SEQUESTERING AGENTS, AND INORGANIC WATER SOFTENERS, SAID COATING BEING FORMULATED AND PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUCH THAT WHEN SAID TABLET IS EXPOSED TO SAID LAUNDRY SOLUTION SAID COATING REQUIRES A MINIMUM PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE TO ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY DISSOLVE, THE INNER CORE REMAINING INTACT UNTIL THE OUTER COATING HAS DISSOLVED, WHEREBY EXPOSURE AND INTRODUCTION OF SAID BLEACH INTO SAID LAUNDRY WASHING SOLUTION IS DELAYED FOR AT LEAST SAID MINIMUM PERIOD OF TIME, AND SAID BLEACH IS INTRODUCED INTO THE LAUNDRY WASHING SOLUTION WITH FREEDOM FROM LOCAL HEAVY CONCENTRATION FOR AFFORDING MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAUNDERING AGENTS AND MAXIMUM SAFETY FOR THE ARTICLES TO BE LAUNDERED.
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Current AssigneePaul H. Mcconnell, Richard C. Speak
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Original AssigneePaul H. Mcconnell, Richard C. Speak
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InventorsSpeak, Richard C., Mcconnell, Paul H.
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Application NumberUS04/129,535Time in Patent Office1,177 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current510/298CPC Class CodesC11D 17/0039 Coated compositions or coat...C11D 3/3953 Inorganic bleaching agents ...C11D 9/446 Bleaching agents
