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EP4497809A1
EP4497809A1 EP23188383.6A EP23188383A EP4497809A1 EP 4497809 A1 EP4497809 A1 EP 4497809A1 EP 23188383 A EP23188383 A EP 23188383A EP 4497809 A1 EP4497809 A1 EP 4497809A1
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Luc Raymond VAN ROMPAEY
Kaori Yamada
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/04—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
    • C11D17/041—Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means
    • C11D17/042—Water soluble or water disintegrable containers or substrates containing cleaning compositions or additives for cleaning compositions

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  • Consumer product comprising a package and at least one water-soluble unit dose article.
  • Such water-soluble unit dose articles are generally stored and transported in rigid plastic containers or plastic bags.
  • rigid or flexible plastic containers may be undesirable for various reasons, including concerns for environmental sustainability and lack of consumer appeal.
  • the paper-based material comprises a laminate comprising at least one paper-based layer.
  • the paper-based layer is made from a cellulose-based pulp, and/or the plastic layer comprises polypropylene (PP).
  • PP polypropylene
  • the laminate comprises a paper-based layer and a first plastic layer, and a second plastic layer from outside to inside.
  • a layer of polyamida is applied onto a PET layer in order to improve the strength of the package.
  • the present invention provides a consumer product comprising at least one water-soluble unit dose article in a paper-based flexible package.
  • the water-soluble unit dose article and the paper-based flexible package are described in more detail below.
  • the consumer product can be sold ⁇ as is', in other words the consumer product is the item that the consumer picks up from the shelf.
  • the consumer product could be housed as one unit of a multi-component product.
  • more than one consumer product could be housed within an outer package and the multiple packaged consumer products sold together in a single purchase.
  • the consumer product may comprise aesthetic elements, for example labels, attached to the flexible package.
  • the flexible package may be coloured or printed with aesthetic elements or informative print such as usage instructions.
  • the consumer product comprises a paper-based flexible package, which refers to a flexible package with at least a portion or a part there of being constructed from paper-based material(s).
  • the flexible package may be formed by a single layer of paper-based material(s), or it can be formed by a single layer with some regions constructed from paper-based material(s) and other regions constructed from plastic or other non-paper-based material(s), such as fabric, metal, glass, and the like.
  • the flexible package is formed by a laminate structure with multiple layers of paper-based and/or non-paper-based materials bound together (e.g., by adhesives or thermal seal or extruded polymer), wherein at least one of said multiple layers is constructed from a paper-based material.
  • the laminate structure may comprise an exterior (i.e., outermost) layer of non-paper-based material(s), with one or more interior (i.e., innermost) and/or intermediate layers (i.e., the layer(s) between the exterior layer and the interior layer) of paper-based/ material(s).
  • paper-based material refers to a material comprising paper or any material made from a cellulose-based pulp and/or a non-cellulose-based fibre (e.g. fibre from Silphium perfoliatum).
  • the paper-based material comprises paper, cardboard, or a mixture thereof, wherein preferably, cardboard comprises paper-board, corrugated fibre-board, or a mixture thereof.
  • the paper-based material may comprise a printed image thereon.
  • the flexible package of the present invention comprises a press to close zipper which is preferably characterized in an opening force of 5 to 50 N/50mm, preferably 7 to 30 N/50mm, more preferably 10 to 20 N/50mm, and/or a closing force of 15 to 150 N/50mm, preferably 30 to 120 N/50mm, more preferably 50 to 100 N/50mm.
  • the flexible package of the present invention comprises a press to close zipper which is preferably characterized in an opening force of about 12 N/50mm, and/or a closing force of about 75 N/50mm.
  • the consumer product further comprises at least one water-soluble unit dose article, which is placed in the paper-based flexible package described hereinabove.
  • the water-soluble unit dose article comprises at least one water-soluble film orientated to create at least one unit dose internal compartment, wherein the at least one unit dose internal compartment comprises a detergent composition.
  • the water-soluble film and the detergent composition are described in more detail below.
  • the consumer product comprises at least one water-soluble unit dose article, preferably at least two water-soluble unit dose articles.
  • the unit dose article may comprise more than one compartment, even at least two compartments, or even at least three compartments, or even at least four compartments, or even at least five compartments.
  • the compartments may be arranged in superposed orientation, i.e. one positioned on top of the other. Alternatively, the compartments may be positioned in a side-by-side orientation, i.e. one orientated next to the other.
  • the compartments may even be orientated in a ⁇ tyre and rim' arrangement, i.e. a first compartment is positioned next to a second compartment, but the first compartment at least partially surrounds the second compartment, but does not completely enclose the second compartment. Alternatively, one compartment may be completely enclosed within another compartment.
  • Each individual unit dose article may have a weight of between 10g and 40g, or even between 15g and 35g.
  • Preferred film materials are preferably polymeric materials.
  • the film material can, for example, be obtained by casting, blow-moulding, extrusion or blown extrusion of the polymeric material, as known in the art.
  • the water-soluble film comprises a polymer wherein the polymer comprises a homopolymer, copolymer, or mixture thereof selected from polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyalkylene oxides, acrylamide, acrylic acid, cellulose, cellulose ethers, cellulose esters, cellulose amides, polyvinyl acetates, polycarboxylic acids and salts, polyaminoacids or peptides, polyamides, polyacrylamide, copolymers of maleic/acrylic acids, polysaccharides including starch and gelatine, xanthum, carragum or a mixture thereof, preferably, polyvinylalcohol homopolymers and/or anionic polyvinylalcohol copolymers preferably selected from sulphonated and carboxylated anionic polyvinylalcohol copolymers especially carboxylated anionic polyvinylalcohol copolymers.
  • the polymer comprises a homopolymer, cop
  • the film may be opaque, transparent or translucent.
  • the film may comprise a printed area.
  • the area of print may be achieved using standard techniques, such as flexographic printing or inkjet printing.
  • the film may comprise an aversive agent, for example a bittering agent.
  • Suitable bittering agents include, but are not limited to, naringin, sucrose octaacetate, quinine hydrochloride, denatonium benzoate, or mixtures thereof.
  • Any suitable level of aversive agent may be used in the film. Suitable levels include, but are not limited to, 1 to 5000ppm, or even 100 to 2500ppm, or even 250 to 2000ppm.
  • the water-soluble film or water-soluble unit dose article or both may be coated with a lubricating agent.
  • the lubricating agent is selected from talc, zinc oxide, silicas, siloxanes, zeolites, silicic acid, alumina, sodium sulphate, potassium sulphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, sodium citrate, sodium tripolyphosphate, potassium citrate, potassium tripolyphosphate, calcium stearate, zinc stearate, magnesium stearate, starch, modified starches, clay, kaolin, gypsum, cyclodextrins or mixtures thereof.
  • the detergent composition may be a laundry detergent composition, an automatic dishwashing composition, a hard surface cleaning composition, or a combination thereof.
  • the detergent composition is a perfumed detergent composition.
  • ⁇ perfumed detergent composition' we mean that free perfume has been added to the detergent composition.
  • free perfume' we herein mean perfume compounds are added directly to the detergent composition and are not present on encapsulates or on carrier materials.
  • the composition might also comprise secondary perfume sources such as perfume capsule and/or pro-perfume e.g. perfume bound to a carrier material technology.
  • the detergent composition may comprise a solid, a liquid or a mixture thereof.
  • the term liquid includes a gel, a solution, a dispersion, a paste, or a mixture thereof.
  • the detergent composition is a laundry detergent composition, most preferably a liquid laundry detergent composition.
  • the laundry detergent composition can be used in a fabric hand wash operation or may be used in an automatic machine fabric wash operation, preferably an automatic machine fabric wash operation.
  • the laundry detergent composition comprises a non-soap surfactant, wherein the non-soap surfactant comprises an anionic non-soap surfactant and a non-ionic surfactant.
  • the laundry detergent composition comprises between 10% and 60%, more preferably between 20% and 55% by weight of the laundry detergent composition of the non-soap surfactant.
  • the weight ratio of non-soap anionic surfactant to nonionic surfactant is from 1:2 to 20:1, preferably from 1:1.5 to 10:1, more preferably from 1:1 to 7.5:1, most preferably from 1:1 to 5:1.
  • the non-soap anionic surfactant comprises linear alkylbenzene sulphonate, optionally alkoxylated alkyl sulphate or a mixture thereof.
  • the weight ratio of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate to alkoxylated alkyl sulphate, when present, is from 1:2 to 9:1, preferably from 1:1 to 7:1, more preferably from 1.5:1 to 6:1, most preferably from 2:1 to 5:1.
  • the non-soap anionic surfactant system may be free of alkoxylated alkyl sulphate, more preferably the non-soap anionic surfactant consists of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate anionic surfactant.
  • Exemplary linear alkylbenzene sulphonates are C 10 -C 16 alkyl benzene sulfonic acids, or C 11 -C 14 alkyl benzene sulfonic acids.
  • ⁇ linear' we herein mean the alkyl group is linear.
  • Alkyl benzene sulfonates are well known in the art.
  • the alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant may comprise alkoxylated alkyl sulphate or nonalkoxylated alkyl sulphate or a mixture thereof.
  • the alkoxylated alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant preferably is an ethoxylated alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant.
  • the alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant may comprise an ethoxylated alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant, preferably with a mol average degree of ethoxylation from 1 to 5, more preferably from 1 to 3, most preferably from 2 to 3.
  • the alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant may comprise a non-ethoxylated alkyl sulphate and an ethoxylated alkyl sulphate wherein the mol average degree of ethoxylation of the alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant is from 1 to 5, more preferably from 1 to 3, most preferably from 2 to 3.
  • the alkyl fraction of the alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant can preferably be derived from fatty alcohols, oxo-synthesized alcohols, guerbet alcohols, or mixtures thereof.
  • the laundry detergent composition comprises between 10% and 50%, more preferably between 15% and 45%, even more preferably between 20% and 40%, most preferably between 30% and 40% by weight of the laundry detergent composition of the non-soap anionic surfactant.
  • the laundry detergent composition comprises between 1% and 30%, preferably between 3% and 25%, more preferably between 5% and 20%, most preferably between 7.5% and 20% by weight of the liquid laundry detergent composition of a non-ionic surfactant.
  • the laundry detergent composition comprises between 1.5% and 20%, more preferably between 2% and 15%, even more preferably between 3% and 10%, most preferably between 4% and 8% by weight of the laundry detergent composition of soap, preferably a fatty acid salt, more preferably an amine neutralized fatty acid salt, wherein preferably the amine is an alkanolamine more preferably selected from monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, or a mixture thereof, more preferably monoethanolamine.
  • the laundry detergent composition is a liquid laundry detergent composition, more preferably the liquid laundry detergent composition comprises less than 15%, more preferably less than 12% and more than 5% by weight of the liquid laundry detergent composition of water.
  • the laundry detergent composition is a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising a non-aqueous solvent selected from 1,2-propanediol, dipropylene glycol, tripropyleneglycol, glycerol, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol or a mixture thereof.
  • the liquid laundry detergent composition comprises between 10% and 40%, preferably between 15% and 30% by weight of the liquid laundry detergent composition of the non-aqueous solvent.
  • the laundry detergent composition comprises a perfume, more specifically a free perfume.
  • a perfume more specifically a free perfume.
  • free perfumes to be formulated inside a liquid laundry detergent composition to be formulated inside a water-soluble unit dose article.
  • These free perfume compositions are composed of a broad range of individual perfume raw materials which are carefully balanced to create a desired perfumed character, perfume deposition and perfume longevity profile, and this across the different stages of the wash and wear process, e.g. upon dosing of the detergent composition, upon removal of the wet fabrics from the laundry washing machine or upon hand-washing, upon line-drying or at the end of tumble drying process, upon storage of the fabrics in consumers' wardrobe and upon wearing the fabrics.
  • the detergent composition preferably comprises between 0.01 and 10%, preferably between 0.1% and 5%, more preferably between 0.5% and 3% of free perfume.
  • a secondary source of perfume can be present, more particularly the detergent composition might also comprise encapsulated perfumes or pro-perfume technologies, or a mixture thereof.
  • the laundry detergent composition comprises an adjunct ingredient selected from the group comprising builders including enzymes, citrate, bleach, bleach catalyst, dye, hueing dye, brightener, cleaning polymers including alkoxylated polyamines and polyethyleneimines, soil release polymer, surfactant, solvent, dye transfer inhibitors, chelant, encapsulated perfume, polycarboxylates, structurant, pH trimming agents, and mixtures thereof.
  • builders including enzymes, citrate, bleach, bleach catalyst, dye, hueing dye, brightener
  • cleaning polymers including alkoxylated polyamines and polyethyleneimines
  • soil release polymer surfactant, solvent, dye transfer inhibitors, chelant, encapsulated perfume, polycarboxylates, structurant, pH trimming agents, and mixtures thereof.
  • the laundry detergent composition has a pH between 6 and 10, more preferably between 6.5 and 8.9, most preferably between 7 and 8, wherein the pH of the laundry detergent composition is measured as a 10% product concentration in demineralized water at 20°C.
  • the laundry detergent composition may be Newtonian or non-Newtonian.
  • the liquid laundry detergent composition is non-Newtonian.
  • a non-Newtonian liquid has properties that differ from those of a Newtonian liquid, more specifically, the viscosity of non-Newtonian liquids is dependent on shear rate, while a Newtonian liquid has a constant viscosity independent of the applied shear rate. The decreased viscosity upon shear application for non-Newtonian liquids is thought to further facilitate liquid detergent dissolution.
  • the liquid laundry detergent composition described herein can have any suitable viscosity depending on factors such as formulated ingredients and purpose of the composition.
  • the above-mentioned laminate structures are then made into flexible packages, such as pillow bags, gusset bags, and the like.
  • Such flexible packages may be characterized by: (1) a width ranging from 100 mm to 500 mm, or from 120 mm to 400 mm, or from 150 mm to 300 mm; and (2) a length ranging from 150 mm to 800 mm, or from 200 mm to 600 mm, or from 250 mm to 400 mm.
  • the laminate structure (A) is made into a flexible package with a width of about 200-220 mm and a length of about 250-330 mm.
  • the laminate structures (B) and (C) are made into a flexible package with a width of about 270-300 mm and a length of about 300-400 mm.
  • the flexible package can contain from 20 to 100 unit dose articles having a volume of 10 to 25 ml.
  • the package comprises a plastic based press to close zipper (PLALOC TM MFB-906Z1 sourcing from Idemitsu Unitech Co.,Ltd.).
  • the package further comprises a perforation line with a tearing notch as shown in Figure 1 .
  • compositions are enclosed in a polyvinyl alcohol based water soluble outer film, more specifically a water soluble film comprising a blend of a polyvinylalcohol homopolymer and a carboxylated anionic polyvinylalcohol copolymer, and a water soluble middle film comprising a blend of polyvinyl alcohol homopolymers, alternatively a blend of a polyvinylalcohol homopolymer and a carboxylated anionic polyvinylalcohol copolymer.
  • Nuclease enzyme is as claimed in co-pending European application 19219568.3 ⁇ Lutensol FP620 ex BASF - ethoxylated polyethyleneimine (PEI600 EO20) ⁇ polyethylene glycol graft polymer comprising a polyethylene glycol backbone (Pluriol E6000) and hydrophobic vinyl acetate side chains, comprising 40% by weight of the polymer system of a polyethylene glycol backbone polymer and 60% by weight of the polymer system of the grafted vinyl acetate side chains ⁇ Lutensit Z96 (zwitterionic polyamine ex BASF - zwitterionic hexamethylene diamine according to below formula : 100% quaternized and about 40% of the polyethoxy (EO24) groups are sulfonated).
  • tablettes 3 and 4 are examples of other multi-compartment water soluble unit dose laundry articles comprising a larger bottom compartment while having three smaller compartments in a side-by-side configuration superposed on top of the bottom compartment, equally sold by the Procter and Gamble company within the Japan consumer market.
  • compositions are enclosed in a polyvinyl alcohol based water soluble outer film, more specifically a water soluble film comprising a blend of a polyvinylalcohol homopolymer and a carboxylated anionic polyvinylalcohol copolymer, and a water soluble middle film comprising a blend of polyvinyl alcohol homopolymers, alternatively a blend of a polyvinylalcohol homopolymer and a carboxylated anionic polyvinylalcohol copolymer.
  • liquid laundry detergent compositions ( ⁇ 10ml) were encapsulated into one of the individual compartment(s) of a water-soluble unit dose by using a carboxylated polyvinyl alcohol based water-soluble film in which the PVA film and the shape of the unit dose were the same with China Ariel Laundry two chamber side-by-side pouches as produced by the Procter & Gamble company in 2022.

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EP0253566A2 (de) * 1986-07-12 1988-01-20 The Procter & Gamble Company Wäschewaschmittel
US4806261A (en) * 1988-04-11 1989-02-21 Colgate-Palmolive Co. Detersive article
US20150136637A1 (en) * 2012-07-23 2015-05-21 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa Water-soluble packaging and production method thereof
US20160017264A1 (en) * 2014-07-21 2016-01-21 The Procter & Gamble Company Flexible water-soluble articles
US20200095040A1 (en) * 2017-03-27 2020-03-26 Construction Research And Technology Gmbh Sack For Liquid And Pulverulent Substances Comprising A Soluble Surface Portion, Method and Use Therewith, And Use Of A Soluble Surface Portion
US20230047064A1 (en) * 2020-01-17 2023-02-16 Blisspack Co., Ltd. Solid personal care product and production method thereof

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EP0253566A2 (de) * 1986-07-12 1988-01-20 The Procter & Gamble Company Wäschewaschmittel
US4806261A (en) * 1988-04-11 1989-02-21 Colgate-Palmolive Co. Detersive article
US20150136637A1 (en) * 2012-07-23 2015-05-21 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa Water-soluble packaging and production method thereof
US20160017264A1 (en) * 2014-07-21 2016-01-21 The Procter & Gamble Company Flexible water-soluble articles
US20200095040A1 (en) * 2017-03-27 2020-03-26 Construction Research And Technology Gmbh Sack For Liquid And Pulverulent Substances Comprising A Soluble Surface Portion, Method and Use Therewith, And Use Of A Soluble Surface Portion
US20230047064A1 (en) * 2020-01-17 2023-02-16 Blisspack Co., Ltd. Solid personal care product and production method thereof

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