Process of preparing detergent tablets

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A STRONG, HARD SURFACE, RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATING AND DISSOLVING DETERGENT TABLET WHICH COMPRISES THOROUGLY MIXING TOGETHER A POWDERED DETERGENT COMPOSITION AND FROM ABOUT 2% TO ABOUT 40% BY WEIGHT OF THE POWDERED DETERGENT COMPOSITION OF A LIQUEFIABLE SUBSTANCE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDRATED SODIUM SULFATE, HYDRATED SODIUM CARBONATE, HYDRATED SODIUM PERBORATE, HYDRATED ALUMINUM SULFATE, HYDRATED SODIUM BORATE, HYDRATED POTASSIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, ANHYDROUS SODIUM CARBONATE, ANHYDROUS SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SUGAR AND GELATIN HAVING A LIQUEFICATION TEMPERATURE FROM ABOUT 40*C. TO ABOUT 300*C. AND BEING COMPATIBLE WITH THE INGREDIENTS IN THE POWDERED DETERGENT COMPOSITION, FORMING THE RESULTING MIXTURE HAVING THE COMPATIBLE LIQUEFIABLE SUBSTANCE UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THERETHROUGH INTO THE SHAPE OF A TABLET, HEATING THE TABLET-SHAPED MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE FROM ABOUT 40*C. TO ABOUT 300*C. FOR FROM ABOUT 90 SECONDS TO ABOUT 6 MINUTES TO LIQUEFY THEREBY AT LEAST THE PORTION OF THE LIQUEFIABLE SUBSTANCE AT THE SURFACE OF THE TABLET-SHAPED MIXTURE WITHOUT COMPLETELY MELTING THE POWDERED DETERGENT COMPOSITION, AND COOLING THE TABLET-SHAPED MIXTURE TO CONVERT THE LIQUEFIED LIQUEFIABLE SUBSTANCE TO SOLID STATE AND THEREBY BIND TOGETHER AT LEAST THE PORTION OF THE POWDERED DETERGENT COMPOSITION AT THE SURFACE OF THE TABLET-SHAPED MIXTURE, WHEREBY THERE IS FORMED A STRONG DETERGENT TABLET WHICH DISINTEGRATES AND DISSOLVES IN WATER IN ABOUT 15 TO 75 SECONDS AND WHICH HAS A HARD AGGLOMERATED SURFACE PORTION AND A CENTER PORTION HAVING A CONSISTENCY IN THE RANGE FROM HARD AGGLOMERATES TO LOOSE POWDER.