Equipment for the machine washing of clothes and the method of utilizing the same
First Claim
1. Equipment comprising a reusable measuring and dispensing device for use in the machine washing of clothes, said device comprising a hollow body closed at one end by a base and adapted to receive a predetermined amount of a product, said hollow body being provided with at least one filling opening and with outlets for distribution of said product, said device being adapted to be placed, together with clothes to be washed, in a drum of a washing machine, wherein said device is progressively emptied of said product during the course of a washing cycle, said device being further provided with pretreatment means for enabling a user to effect, once said device has been filled, a controlled application of a pretreatment amount of said product to selected areas of said clothes to accomplish a pretreatment of said areas before said washing cycle, said device, containing a residual amount of product remaining after said pretreatment, being introduced into said machine together with said clothes, and in that said pretreatment means are removable from said body of said device.
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Abstract
The equipment comprises a measuring and dispensing device of the reusable type for the machine washing of clothes, which comprises a hollow body (1) intended to receive the amount of liquid detergent prescribed for the wash, said body being provided with at least one filling opening (3) and outlets (7b) for the distribution of said product or products, as well as means (8) enabling the user to effect, once said device has been filled, the easy and controlled application of at least one product contained in it to selected areas of the clothing before the latter is subjected to washing in the machine, for the purpose of effecting the pretreatment of said areas before the washing cycle, said measuring and dispensing device, containing the amount of product remaining after the pretreatment, being introduced into the machine together with the clothes, said pretreatment means (8) being removable from the body of said device.
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- 1. Equipment comprising a reusable measuring and dispensing device for use in the machine washing of clothes, said device comprising a hollow body closed at one end by a base and adapted to receive a predetermined amount of a product, said hollow body being provided with at least one filling opening and with outlets for distribution of said product, said device being adapted to be placed, together with clothes to be washed, in a drum of a washing machine, wherein said device is progressively emptied of said product during the course of a washing cycle, said device being further provided with pretreatment means for enabling a user to effect, once said device has been filled, a controlled application of a pretreatment amount of said product to selected areas of said clothes to accomplish a pretreatment of said areas before said washing cycle, said device, containing a residual amount of product remaining after said pretreatment, being introduced into said machine together with said clothes, and in that said pretreatment means are removable from said body of said device.
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18. Process for pretreating and washing clothes in a washing machine, comprising the following steps:
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(a) a dosage of the total quantity of liquid detergent to be utilized during a washing cycle is introduced into a measuring and dispensing device; (b) said clothes are pretreated with a controlled pretreatment quantity of said total liquid detergent dosage contained in said device; and (c) said clothes and said device containing the residual quantity of liquid detergent remaining after said pretreatment quantity is applied to said clothes are placed in a drum of said washing machine, such that the residual quantity of liquid detergent is used for said washing cycle.
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