Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus including a base, a tub, and a drum rotatable relative to the tub about an axis of rotation that is within 20 degrees of horizontal. The axis of rotation is in a sagittal plane of the drum. The apparatus further includes a detergent container receptacle and a fabric softener container receptacle. The detergent container receptacle is further away from the sagittal plane than the fabric softener container receptacle. The laundry treatment apparatus optionally includes a heater that is optionally elevationally higher than the axis of rotation and the sagittal plane is optionally between the detergent container receptacle and at least a portion of the heater.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a closed drying air circuit and a drum in communication with the closed drying air circuit. A condenser is in communication with the closed drying air circuit. The condenser includes a cooled water inlet that directs cooled water into the heated air to remove moisture from the heated air. The condenser includes a condenser water outlet for egress of water from the condenser. The cooled water inlet of the condenser is configured to receive water from a tap water source. A thermoelectric apparatus having a cold side flow device arranged between the cooled water inlet of the condenser and the tap water source is included. The cold side flow device is configured to receive tap water from the tap water source and cool the tap water below a tap outlet temperature using the thermoelectric device before the tap water enters the cooled water inlet of the condenser.

Abstract: A laundry treatment cartridge that includes a first sub-container and a second sub-container. The first sub-container contains and first laundry treatment composition. The second sub-container contains a second laundry treatment composition that differs from the first laundry treatment composition. The first sub-container and second sub-container are unitarily fixed with the cartridge.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating fabrics by employing an automatic laundry washing machine to selectively add agitation-sensitive detersive actives into the wash liquor during a wash cycle when the mechanical agitation power applied to the fabrics by said washing machine is more than 12 W/kg, so as to improve or optimize the cleaning performance of such agitation-sensitive detersive actives.

Abstract: A laundry treatment cartridge that includes a first sub-container and a second sub-container. The first sub-container contains and first laundry treatment composition. The second sub-container contains a second laundry treatment composition that differs from the first laundry treatment composition. The first sub-container and second sub-container are unitarily fixed with the cartridge.

Abstract: A method of laundering fabric including: (a) calculating a final amount of water to be added to a final wash bath; (b) calculating the amount of energy needed to heat this final amount of water to a desired final temperature; (c) contacting an amount of water that is less than the final amount water with fabric to form an intermediate wash bath, wherein a detergent composition is contacted to the fabric during the formation of the intermediate wash bath, or prior to the formation of the intermediate wash bath; (d) heating the water that contacts the fabric during (c) with the energy calculated in (b) such that the intermediate wash bath has a temperature above the desired final temperature; (e) washing the fabric in the intermediate wash bath for at least 3 minutes; (f) contacting the remaining amount of water to the intermediate wash bath to form the final wash bath having the desired final temperature; (g) washing the fabric in the final wash bath for at least 5 minutes; and (h) rinsing the fabric.

Abstract: A device for dosing a detergent ingredient into the drum of an automatic washing machine which can include a reservoir, a one-way valve, an inlet, and a dosing manifold.

Abstract: A method of laundering fabric, where the method includes the steps of: (a) in a main washing step, washing soiled fabric with an aqueous wash bath including detersive surfactant and photo-bleach; and (b) in a rinsing step, rinsing the soiled fabric with an aqueous rinsing solution including perfume, where an artificial light source is present and turned on during at least part of the main washing step (a) and provides light to the wash liquor in such a manner that activates the photo-bleach present in the wash liquor, and where the artificial light source is turned off during at least part of the rinsing step (b) and does not provide any light to the aqueous rinsing solution.

Abstract: A method of laundering fabric, where the method includes the steps of: (a) in a main washing step, washing soiled fabric with an aqueous wash bath including detersive surfactant and one or more of the following components: perfume, brighteners, hueing dyes, enzymes, or any combination thereof; and (b) in a rinsing step, rinsing the soiled fabric with an aqueous rinsing solution including photo-bleach; where an artificial light source is present and turned on during at least part of the rinsing step (b) and provides light to the aqueous rinsing solution in such a manner that activates the photo-bleach present in the aqueous rinsing solution, and where the artificial light source is turned off during at least part of the main washing step (a) and does not provide any light to the aqueous wash bath.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of laundering fabric which includes (a) contacting laundry detergent to water to form an aqueous wash liquor; (b) contacting fabric to the aqueous wash liquor, and washing the fabric in the aqueous wash liquor; (c) removing at least some of the aqueous wash liquor from the fabric, and rinsing the fabric with a first aqueous rinse solution in a first rinse step; (d) removing at least some of the first aqueous rinse solution from the fabric, and rinsing the fabric with a second aqueous rinse solution in a second rinse step; and (e) removing at least some of the second aqueous rinse solution from the fabric, wherein the first aqueous rinse solution is free from soil release polymer, and wherein the second aqueous rinse solution includes a soil release polymer that is a polyester soil release polymer.

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus including a base, a tub, and a drum rotatable relative to the tub about an axis of rotation that is within 20 degrees of horizontal. The axis of rotation is in a sagittal plane of the drum. The apparatus further includes a detergent container receptacle and a fabric softener container receptacle. The detergent container receptacle is further away from the sagittal plane than the fabric softener container receptacle. The laundry treatment apparatus optionally includes a heater that is optionally elevationally higher than the axis of rotation and the sagittal plane is optionally between the detergent container receptacle and at least a portion of the heater.

Abstract: A method of laundering fabric including: (a) calculating a final amount of water to be added to a final wash bath; (b) calculating the amount of energy needed to heat this final amount of water to a desired final temperature; (c) contacting an amount of water that is less than the final amount water with fabric to form an intermediate wash bath, wherein a detergent composition is contacted to the fabric during the formation of the intermediate wash bath, or prior to the formation of the intermediate wash bath; (d) heating the water that contacts the fabric during (c) with the energy calculated in (b) such that the intermediate wash bath has a temperature above the desired final temperature; (e) washing the fabric in the intermediate wash bath for at least 3 minutes; (f) contacting the remaining amount of water to the intermediate wash bath to form the final wash bath having the desired final temperature; (g) washing the fabric in the final wash bath for at least 5 minutes; and (h) rinsing the fabric.

Abstract: A clothes drying system includes an apparatus that comprises a drying air circuit. A temperature sensor provides a signal indicative of a temperature of an environment outside the apparatus. A memory and processing circuitry is coupled to the memory. The memory includes logic that, when executed by the processing circuitry, directs at least one of: (i) a vent air control valve to change an amount of heated air flowing from the drum through the vent air control valve and into the environment based on the signal from the temperature sensor, (ii) a fan to change a flow rate of air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor, and (iii) a heater to change an amount of heat provided to the air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A method of laundering fabrics includes: a) contacting a laundry detergent to water to form a wash liquor, wherein the laundry detergent includes detersive surfactant, wherein the wash liquor includes detersive surfactant at a concentration in the range of from 100 ppm to 2500 ppm; b) contacting fabric to the wash liquor, and washing the fabric in the wash liquor; c) after a period of time of at least 6 minutes from contacting the fabric to the wash liquor, introducing calcium cations into the wash liquor to form a calcium enriched wash liquor, wherein the calcium enriched wash liquor includes calcium cations at a concentration in the range of from 20 ppm to 400 ppm; d) washing the fabric in the calcium-enriched wash liquor for a period of time of at least 2 minutes; and e) removing the excess calcium-enriched wash liquor from the fabric, and rinsing the fabric in water.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a closed drying air circuit and a drum in communication with the closed drying air circuit. A condenser is in communication with the closed drying air circuit. The condenser includes a cooled water inlet that directs cooled water into the heated air to remove moisture from the heated air. The condenser includes a condenser water outlet for egress of water from the condenser. The cooled water inlet of the condenser is configured to receive water from a tap water source. A thermoelectric apparatus having a cold side flow device arranged between the cooled water inlet of the condenser and the tap water source is included. The cold side flow device is configured to receive tap water from the tap water source and cool the tap water below a tap outlet temperature using the thermoelectric device before the tap water enters the cooled water inlet of the condenser.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating fabrics by employing an automatic laundry washing machine to selectively add agitation-sensitive detersive actives into the wash liquor during a wash cycle when the mechanical agitation power applied to the fabrics by said washing machine is more than 12 W/kg, so as to improve or optimize the cleaning performance of such agitation-sensitive detersive actives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating fabrics by using an automatic laundry washing machine, in which unwetted fabrics are contacted with water that has been automatically pre-treated with a pre-treatment composition comprising at least one chelant before the wash cycle starts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating fabrics by contacting the fabrics with an aqueous wash liquor at varying pH values that increase from about 7-9 to about 10-13 (optionally down to about 7-9), maintaining such contact at pH 10-13 for about 5-30 minutes, followed by contacting the fabrics with an aqueous rinse liquor at an acid pH value of about 4-6. Such method provides a significantly improved stain removal benefit without any formulation changes. Further, it enables the use of laundry detergent compositions that are essentially free of alkoxylated surfactants, such as alkylalkoxylated sulfates or alkylalkoxylated alcohols, while still delivering satisfactory stain removal results.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a process of washing fabrics using a water-soluble unit dose article.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a process of washing fabrics using a water-soluble unit dose article.