Abstract: Processes comprising: (a) providing a molding having a cavity, wherein the cavity has an opening on a surface of the molding; (b) applying a first film material over the opening of the cavity; (c) thermoforming the first film material into the cavity; and (d) introducing a substance selected from the group consisting of washing actives, cleaning actives and mixtures thereof into the cavity are described for the preparation of detergent/cleaning agent, and in particular, pre-dosed combination products containing solid and liquid phases.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of laundry detergent or cleaning product shaped bodies comprises preparing a first noncompressed part (a) which comprises an active substance, preparing a second noncompressed part (b) which comprises an active substance, connecting the two shaped body parts (a) and (b) by joining or intermeshing them to form the shaped body.

Abstract: A method for producing a water-soluble or water-dispersible receptacle comprising at least one receiving chamber. Said method comprises the following steps: a) a first water-soluble or water-dispersible enveloping material is heated to a temperature T1; b) said enveloping material is deformed so as to obtain at least one receiving chamber; c) the deformed enveloping material is cooled to a temperature T2<T1; d) the enveloping material is deformed so as to increase the size of at least one of the receiving chambers formed in step b) and/or obtain at least one additional receiving chamber.

Abstract: Bleach activator compatibility with bleach-sensitive dyestuffs can be improved in accordance with various embodiments of the invention including methods for producing coated bleach activators which methods comprise: granulating at least one bleach activator with at least one binding agent to form a granulated material; coating the granulated material with a solution or dispersion of at least one complexing agent to form a coated granulated material; and drying the coated granulated material.

Abstract: Laundry or dishwasher detergent tablets comprise at least one cavity, nonionic surfactants in the range from 5 to 25% by weight, based on the tablet and 0.1% to 70% by weight of sulfonated copolymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to tablets consisting of pressed particulate washing or cleaning agents and comprising at least two reinforcing grooves on the upper side thereof, the horizontal extension of said grooves on the plane of the tablet surface being longer than the depth thereof. The inventive tablets are characterized by a short disintegration time for a pre-determined hardness and exhibit increased stability in terms of shock loads and falls.

Abstract: A spatially optimized form of detergent tablets, which is provided with the greatest possible volume while being useable in the largest possible number of dosing chambers of known dishwashers available on the European market. Said detergent tablets comprise a bottom surface and a top surface. The places of the two surfaces are not parallel across at least half of the size of the smaller surface.

Abstract: A combination product is comprised of at least one washing or cleaning composition-shaped body and at least one liquid-filled hollow body comprising one or more water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers. The combination product permits the separate formulation of liquid and solid constituents with a minimum level of packaging complexity. The solid and liquid constituents of the washing or cleaning composition can be formulated so as to be optically perceptible as separate constituents of a compact and easy-to-dose body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of single-phase or multiphase detergent shaped bodies containing surfactant(s), builder(s), perfume and optionally other typical ingredients of detergent shaped bodies, in which a perfume-free detergent shaped body is subsequently treated with a perfume or perfume-containing active-substance mixtures. The end products of this flexible process are distinguished by an improved odor impression.

Abstract: A tablet having a base tablet having a depression and a solid filling the depression, wherein the solid filling the depression is secured in the depression by a fixative, and wherein a space is formed between the depression surface and the solid that is not filled with the fixative.

Abstract: A process of making detergent tablets by forming a basic tablet cavity, filling the cavity with an appropriate detergent material, and the cavity with a film that forms part of a label wrapping the tablet.

Abstract: Laundry detergent or cleaning product shaped bodies which comprise two or more noncompressed parts.

Abstract: A method for providing multi-phase cleaning and washing agent shaped bodies is provided. A particulate premix ix compressed to form a shaped body containing a cavity and the cavity is filled with a molten suspension or emulsion of a matrix material with a melting point above 30% and at least one active material dispersed or suspended in the matrix material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning agent for dishwashers comprising a first part (basic composition), which mainly acts during the main cleaning cycle of the dishwasher, and a second part, which mainly acts during the rinsing cycle of the dishwasher as a result a suitable coating. The second part contains one or several substances form the following group: detergency builders, acidifying agents, chelate complex builders or coating inhibiting polymers.

Abstract: Laundry detergent or cleaning product shaped bodies which comprise two or more noncompressed parts.

Abstract: The invention relates to detergent or cleanser tablets, which have at least one cavity and whose content of non-ionic surfactants ranges from 5 to 25 wt. % with regard to the tablet. In multi-phasc tablets, it is sufficient to add an appropriate material to the mixture that forms the phase containing the cavity. The invention also relates to a method for producing recessed tablets.

Abstract: Shaped bodies with high surfactant contents can be produced in a simple manner if, after shaping, the shaped bodies are subsequently treated with surfactant-containing active-substance mixtures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of single-phase or multiphase detergent shaped bodies containing surfactant(s), builder(s), perfume and optionally other typical ingredients of detergent shaped bodies, in which a perfume-free detergent shaped body is subsequently treated with a perfume or perfume-containing active-substance mixtures. The end products of this flexible process are distinguished by an improved odor impression.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laundry/dishwasher detergent portion, more particularly for use in a washing/dishwashing machine for a program taking place in an aqueous phase, containing (a) a first measured quantity of a washing preparation which passes into the aqueous phase at a temperature below or equal to a first temperature; (b) a second measured quantity of a washing preparation which passes into the aqueous phase at a temperature below or equal to a second temperature which is above the first temperature; (c) at least one material which surrounds at least one of the measured quantities of a washing preparation and which dissolves in water at a certain temperature. The invention also relates to a process for the production of such a laundry/dishwasher detergent portion and to a washing process and a cleaning process using the laundry/dishwasher detergent portion.

Abstract: Claimed are laundry detergents and cleaning products which comprise customary ingredients and, characteristically, further comprise an active substance preparation which has been compounded with an LCST substance. By means of compounding with an LCST substance it is possible to incorporate active substances which, in a washing or cleaning process which passes through one or more temperature stages, are released only after a heat treatment, e.g., only in a rinse cycle.