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Article and method for treating fabrics in a clothes dryer

  • US 5,675,911 A
  • Filed: 09/19/1994
  • Issued: 10/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An article for controlling build-up of static electricity and for conditioning fabrics within a clothes dryer, comprising:

  • a bladder defining a chamber adapted to hold a volume of water, said bladder comprising a moisture-permeable, waterproof material;

    a closeable fill spout on said bladder having an opening that permits fluidic communication with said chamber; and

    a water-absorbing material contained within said bladder;

    a fabric conditioning agent in the form of a plurality of quantities of said conditioning agent, each of said quantities being micro-encapsulated by a time release coating and being impregnated into said water-absorbing material;

    whereby, when said bladder is filled with water and inserted into a clothes dryer the conditioning agent of at least some of said quantities is released in the clothes dryer and heat within the clothes dryer produces water vapor within said bladder and permits the water vapor to permeate said material, thereby decreasing the amount of static electricity within the clothes dryer.

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