US 6,982,245 B1
Portioned cleaning shaped bodies
Heiko Faubel, Wermelskirchen (Germany); Francois Prebin, Condesurmarne (France); Gerd Rupietta, Grevenbroich (Germany); Karl-Heinz Rogmann, Ratingen (Germany); Heiko Hiltner, Ratingen (Germany); and Barbara Zupp, Langenfeld (Germany)
Assigned to Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHG, Dusseldorf (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/48,043
PCT Filed Jul. 18, 2000, PCT No. PCT/EP00/06839
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 14, 2002,
PCT Pub. No. WO01/07558, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 01, 2001.
Claims priority of application No. 199 35 257 (DE), filed on Jul. 27, 1999.
Int. Cl. C11D 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 510—406 6 Claims
 
1. A process for the preparation of a cleaning concentrate comprising:
a) placing a shaped cleaning body in a bottle having a holding capacity of 0.3 to 10 liters, the shaped cleaning body consisting of a solid cleaner mass and a water-soluble polymeric shell consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, the shell surrounding the solid cleaner mass and having a narrow elongate form, the width of the shaped cleaning body at its widest point where it is cylindrical, elliptical or rectangular in shape being 1 to 3 cm and the length of the shaped cleaning body being at least 3.2 times its width at its widest point where it is cylindrical, elliptical or rectangular in shape; and
b) filling the bottle with water.