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Article comprising an indicator

a technology of an indicator and an article, which is applied in the field of articles comprising indicators, can solve the problems of water-soluble pouches that leak prior to use, bind together, and cause problems such as affecting the use effect,

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-02-21
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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Problems solved by technology

The most common consumer complaint for water-soluble pouches is linked to unwanted pouch dissolution when accidentally exposed to small amounts of water, such as when water gets inside the outer packaging in which the pouches are sold and stored after purchase, from wet hands, high humidity, leaking sinks or pipes during storage.
This may cause the water-soluble pouches to leak prior to use and / or stick together.
The second most frequent complaint is that of the water-soluble pouch failing to fully dissolve upon use.
Often, water-soluble pouches are also aesthetically unappealing.
Also, still many consumers are reluctant to use these new types of products over their conventional products, or do not know exactly how these products are to be correctly used.

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[0055]A nano-sized (approx. 0.1 micron size) PTFE coating, supplied by Shamrock Technologies (Newark, N.J.) under the tradename NanoFlon W50C, is dispersed in water (15% NanoFlon W50C, 85% water) and printed onto a standard 3 mil polyvinyl alcohol-based water-soluble substrate supplied by Monosol. The nano-particles are small enough to not refract the incident light, hence the coated water-soluble substrate has the same appearance than the uncoated water-soluble substrate (completely clear, non-hazy).

Droplet Test Method

[0056]To determine if a substrate is resistant to accidental water contact a proplet Test method has been developed. In this test, a pouch (approx. 2″×2″) is formed in a cavity and a droplet of 0.2 ml of room temperature water is added to the formed side of the pouch. The formed side is the stressed case for this test since the film is thinned during cavity formation. A stopwatch is started as soon as the water contacts the pouch and the time when significant film def...

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Abstract

An article comprising a composition and a container containing said composition. The container comprises a water-soluble portion having a coating applied thereto. The water-soluble portion comprises at least one indicator selected from the group consisting of a visual indicator, a tactile indicator, a sound indicator, or combinations thereof.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 818,692, filed Jul. 5, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to an article comprising a product composition and a container having a water-soluble portion and an indicator. The invention also relates to packages comprising the article.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Water-soluble substrates are gaining wider acceptance for use as packaging materials such as containers. These containers comprise a product composition which is to be released when the container is immersed in an aqueous solution. Examples of such containers are sachets and pouches, and often, they comprise a unit-dose of a product composition.[0004]The most common consumer complaint for water-soluble pouches is linked to unwanted pouch dissolution when accidentally exposed to small amounts of water, such as when water gets in...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D85/00
CPCB65D65/46Y10T428/13C11D17/042B65D2203/12B41M1/02B41M1/04B41M1/06B41M1/12B41M1/30B41M5/0047B41M5/0064
Inventor CATALFAMO, VINCENZO
Owner THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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