Abstract 1. A PROCESS FOR SOFTENING FRESHLY WASHED FABRICS IN AN AUTOMATIC ROTARY DRUM CLOTHES DYER COMPRISING THE STEPS OF (A) ADDING TO THE DYER SAID FABRICS AND A PREMEASURED LENGTH OR SHEET OF A SOFTENING COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A FABRIC SOFTENER IMPREGNATED INTO AN ABSORBENT SUBSTRTE HAVING AN ABSORBENT CAPACITY OF FROM 5.5 TO 12; WHEREIN (I) SAID FABRIC SOFTENER HAS A SOFTENING POINT OF FROM 100*F. TO 170*F.; (II) SAID FABRIC SOFTENER IS SELECTED FROM THE GTOUP CONSISTING OF (A) CATIONIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; (B) CATIONIC IMIDAZOLINIUM SALTS; (C) NONIONIC COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TERTIARY PHOSPHINE OXIDES, TERTIARY AMINE OXIDES, ETHOXYLATED ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS AND ETHOXYLATED ALKYLPHENOLS; (D) ANIONIC COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FATTY ACID SOAPS, ALKYL SULFATES ETHOXYLATED ALCOHOL SULFATES, ALKYL SULFONATES, ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES AND ALKYL GLYCERYL ETHER SULFONATES; (E) ZWITTERIONIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; (F) AMPHORETIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COM: POUNDS; AND (G) MIXTURES OF SUCH FABRIC SOFTENERS; AND (III) THE WEIGHT RATIO OF FABRIC SOFTENER TO THE DRY SUBSTRATES RANGERS FROM 10:1 TO 2:1; AND (B) OPERATING SAID CLOTHES DRYER WITH A DRYING TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 75*F. TO ABOUT 170*F., THEREBY CAUSING THE FABRIC SOFTENER IN SAID COMPOSITION TO LIQUIFY, WHEREBY THE ACTION OF THE CLOTHES DRYER PROVIDES MAXIMUM AND FREQUENT CONTACT OF THE FABRICS WITH THE LIQUIFIED SOFTENER TO EFFECT SOFTENING OF THE FABRICS.
A PROCESS FOR SOFTENING FRESHLY WASHED FABRICS IN AN AUTOMATIC ROTARY DRUM CLOTHES DYER COMPRISING THE STEPS OF (A) ADDING TO THE DYER SAID FABRICS AND A PREMEASURED LENGTH OR SHEET OF A SOFTENING COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A FABRIC SOFTENER IMPREGNATED INTO AN ABSORBENT SUBSTRTE HAVING AN ABSORBENT CAPACITY OF FROM 5.5 TO 12; WHEREIN (I) SAID FABRIC SOFTENER HAS A SOFTENING POINT OF FROM 100*F. TO 170*F.; (II) SAID FABRIC SOFTENER IS SELECTED FROM THE GTOUP CONSISTING OF (A) CATIONIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; (B) CATIONIC IMIDAZOLINIUM SALTS; (C) NONIONIC COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TERTIARY PHOSPHINE OXIDES, TERTIARY AMINE OXIDES, ETHOXYLATED ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS AND ETHOXYLATED ALKYLPHENOLS; (D) ANIONIC COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FATTY ACID SOAPS, ALKYL SULFATES ETHOXYLATED ALCOHOL SULFATES, ALKYL SULFONATES, ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES AND ALKYL GLYCERYL ETHER SULFONATES; (E) ZWITTERIONIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; (F) AMPHORETIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COM: POUNDS; AND (G) MIXTURES OF SUCH FABRIC SOFTENERS; AND (III) THE WEIGHT RATIO OF FABRIC SOFTENER TO THE DRY SUBSTRATES RANGERS FROM 10:1 TO 2:1; AND (B) OPERATING SAID CLOTHES DRYER WITH A DRYING TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 75*F. TO ABOUT 170*F., THEREBY CAUSING THE FABRIC SOFTENER IN SAID COMPOSITION TO LIQUIFY, WHEREBY THE ACTION OF THE CLOTHES DRYER PROVIDES MAXIMUM AND FREQUENT CONTACT OF THE FABRICS WITH THE LIQUIFIED SOFTENER TO EFFECT SOFTENING OF THE FABRICS.
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A PROCESS FOR SOFTENING FRESHLY WASHED FABRICS IN AN AUTOMATIC ROTARY DRUM CLOTHES DYER COMPRISING THE STEPS OF (A) ADDING TO THE DYER SAID FABRICS AND A PREMEASURED LENGTH OR SHEET OF A SOFTENING COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A FABRIC SOFTENER IMPREGNATED INTO AN ABSORBENT SUBSTRTE HAVING AN ABSORBENT CAPACITY OF FROM 5.5 TO 12; WHEREIN (I) SAID FABRIC SOFTENER HAS A SOFTENING POINT OF FROM 100*F. TO 170*F.; (II) SAID FABRIC SOFTENER IS SELECTED FROM THE GTOUP CONSISTING OF (A) CATIONIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; (B) CATIONIC IMIDAZOLINIUM SALTS; (C) NONIONIC COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TERTIARY PHOSPHINE OXIDES, TERTIARY AMINE OXIDES, ETHOXYLATED ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS AND ETHOXYLATED ALKYLPHENOLS; (D) ANIONIC COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FATTY ACID SOAPS, ALKYL SULFATES ETHOXYLATED ALCOHOL SULFATES, ALKYL SULFONATES, ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES AND ALKYL GLYCERYL ETHER SULFONATES; (E) ZWITTERIONIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; (F) AMPHORETIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COM: POUNDS; AND (G) MIXTURES OF SUCH FABRIC SOFTENERS; AND (III) THE WEIGHT RATIO OF FABRIC SOFTENER TO THE DRY SUBSTRATES RANGERS FROM 10:1 TO 2:1; AND (B) OPERATING SAID CLOTHES DRYER WITH A DRYING TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 75*F. TO ABOUT 170*F., THEREBY CAUSING THE FABRIC SOFTENER IN SAID COMPOSITION TO LIQUIFY, WHEREBY THE ACTION OF THE CLOTHES DRYER PROVIDES MAXIMUM AND FREQUENT CONTACT OF THE FABRICS WITH THE LIQUIFIED SOFTENER TO EFFECT SOFTENING OF THE FABRICS.