Claims
- 1. An article of manufacture that can be dispensed to a use location from a dispenser by the action of an aqueous liquid, wherein said article comprises:
- (a) a sealed water soluble container; and
- (b) an institutional multiple use amount of greater than 200 grams of a pelletized water soluble or dispersible functional composition contained within said water soluble container, wherein each pellet has a mass of about to 2 to 30 grams, said water soluble container fits within said dispenser, and said pelletized functional composition comprises:
- (i) about 5-90 wt-% of an alkali metal silicate; and
- (ii) about 1-90 wt-% of a sequestering agent.
- 2. The article of claim 1 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 0.1 wt-% of a dye.
- 3. The article of claim 1 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 50 wt-% of a nonionic surfactant.
- 4. The article of claim 1 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 20 wt-% of an anionic surfactant.
- 5. The article of claim 1 wherein the pelletized functional composition which further comprises about 0-1.0 wt-% of a fragrance.
- 6. The article of claim 1 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 80 wt-% of sodium carbonate.
- 7. The article of claim 1 wherein the water soluble container comprises a water soluble bag.
- 8. The article of claim 1 wherein the water soluble container has a minimum water temperature range for solubility of about 34.degree. F. minimum.
- 9. The article of claim 1 wherein the water soluble container comprises a water soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate or mixtures thereof.
- 10. The article of claim 1 wherein the water soluble container contains at least about 900 grams of a pelletized functional material.
- 11. The article of claim 1 wherein the water soluble container will dissolve when exposed to a water spray having a minimum water temperature of about 40.degree. F. and a minimum nozzle pressure of about 25 to 30 psig such that the pelletized functional material is exposed in about 0.5-3 minutes.
- 12. The article of claim 1 wherein the water soluble container contains about 900 grams to 5000 grams of a pelletized functional material.
- 13. The article of claim 1 wherein each pellet has a width ranging from about 5 to 30 mm., a height ranging from about 10 to 80 mm., and a depth ranging from about 10 to 30 mm.
- 14. An article of manufacture that can be dispensed to a use location from a dispenser by the action of an aqueous liquid, wherein said article comprises:
- (a) a sealed water soluble container; and
- (b) an institutional multiple use amount of greater than 200 grams of a pelletized water soluble or dispersible functional composition contained within said water soluble container; wherein each pellet has a mass of about to 2 to 30 grams, said water soluble container fits within said dispenser, and said pelletized functional composition comprises:
- (i) about 10-70 wt-% of a sequestering agent;
- (ii) about 10-70 wt-% of an alkali metal silicate; and
- (iii) about 0.1-10 wt-% of a bleaching source.
- 15. The article of claim 14 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 10 wt-% of a secondary sequestering agent.
- 16. The article of claim 14 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 60 wt-% of a filler.
- 17. The article of claim 14 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 10 wt-% of defoaming surfactant.
- 18. The article of claim 14 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 10 wt-% of a dye.
- 19. The article of claim 14 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 10 wt-% of a fragrance.
- 20. The article of claim 14 wherein the water soluble container comprises a water soluble bag.
- 21. The article of claim 14 wherein the water soluble container has a minimum water temperature range for solubility of about 34.degree. F. minimum.
- 22. The article of claim 14 wherein the water soluble container comprises a water soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate or mixtures thereof.
- 23. The article of claim 14 wherein the water soluble container contains about 900 grams to 5000 grams of a pelletized functional material.
- 24. The article of claim 14 wherein each pellet has a width ranging from about 5 to 30 mm., a height ranging from about 10 to 80 mm, and a depth ranging from about 10 to 30 mm.
- 25. The article of claim 14 wherein the water soluble container will dissolve when exposed to a water spray having a minimum water temperature of about 40.degree. F. and a minimum nozzle pressure of about 25 to 30 psig such that the pelletized functional material is exposed in about 0.5-3 minutes.
- 26. The article of claim 14 wherein the pelletized functional composition comprises:
- (a) about 30 to 70 wt-% of a sequestering agent;
- (b) about 30 to 70 wt-% of an alkali metal silicate; and
- (c) about 0.1 to 10 wt-% of a bleaching source.
- 27. The article of claim 1 wherein the pelletized functional material comprises:
- (a) about 30 to 90 wt-% of an alkali metal silicate; and
- (b) about 10 to 90 wt-% of a sequestering agent.
- 28. An article of manufacture that can be dispensed to a use location from a dispenser by the action of an aqueous liquid, wherein said article comprises:
- (a) a sealed water soluble container; and
- (b) an institutional multiple use amount of greater than 200 grams of a pelletized water soluble or dispersible functional composition contained within said water soluble container, wherein the pelletized functional composition is of a size of that will not pass through a grate having openings of 5 mm by 5 mm, said water soluble container fits within said dispenser, sand said pelletized functional composition comprises:
- (i) about 5-90 wt-% of an alkali metal silicate; and
- (ii) about 1-90 wt-% of a sequestering agent.
- 29. The article of claim 28 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 50 wt-% of a nonionic surfactant.
- 30. The article of claim 28 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 20 wt-% of an anionic surfactant.
- 31. The article of claim 28 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 80 wt-% of sodium carbonate.
- 32. The article of claim 28 wherein the water soluble container comprises a water soluble bag.
- 33. The article of claim 28 wherein the water soluble container has a minimum water temperature range for solubility of about 34.degree. F. minimum.
- 34. The article of claim 28 wherein the water soluble container comprises a water soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate or mixtures thereof.
- 35. The article of claim 28 wherein the water soluble container will dissolve when exposed to a water spray having a minimum water temperature of about 40.degree. F. and a minimum nozzle pressure of about 25 to 30 psig such that the pelletized functional material is exposed in about 0.5-3 minutes.
- 36. The article of claim 28 wherein each pellet has a width ranging from about 5 to 30 mm, a height ranging from about 10 to 80 mm, and a depth ranging from about 10 to 30 mm.
- 37. An article of manufacture that can be dispensed to a use location from a dispenser by the action of an aqueous liquid, wherein said article comprises:
- (a) a sealed water soluble container; and
- (b) an institutional multiple use amount of greater than 200 grams of a pelletized water soluble or dispersible functional composition contained within said water soluble container; wherein the pelletized functional composition is of a size that will not pass through a grate having openings of 5 mm by 5 mm, said water soluble container fits within said dispenser, and said pelletized functional composition comprises:
- (i) about 10-70 wt-% of a sequestering agent;
- (ii) about 10-70 wt-% of an alkali metal silicate; and
- (iii) about 0.1-10 wt-% of a bleaching source.
- 38. The article of claim 37 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 10 wt-% of a secondary sequestering agent.
- 39. The article of claim 37 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 60 wt-% of a filler.
- 40. The article of claim 37 wherein the pelletized functional composition further comprises about 0 to 10 wt-% of defoaming surfactant.
- 41. The article of claim 37 wherein the water soluble container comprises a water soluble bag.
- 42. The article of claim 37 wherein the water soluble container has a minimum water temperature range for solubility of about 34.degree. F. minimum.
- 43. The article of claim 37 wherein the water soluble container comprises a water soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate or mixtures thereof.
- 44. The article of claim 37 wherein each pellet has a width ranging from about 5 to 30 mm, a height ranging from about 10 to 80 mm, and a depth ranging from about 10 to 30 mm.
- 45. The article of claim 37 wherein the water soluble container will dissolve when exposed to a water spray having a minimum water temperature of about 40.degree. F. and a minimum nozzle pressure of about 25 to 30 psig such that the pelletized functional material is exposed in about 0.5-3 minutes.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/611,668, filed on Nov. 13, 1990, which was abandoned upon the filing hereof which is a division of application Ser. No. 07/515,361, filed Apr. 26, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,078,306 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/368,085 filed Jun. 16, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/104,458 filed on Oct. 2, 1987, now abandoned.
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