Insect repellent, pheremonal, animal repellent diagnostic and/or aroma augmenting or enhancing compositions and articles containing at least a major proportion of poly(epsilon caprolactone)homopolymers, and having imbedded therein one or more functional

Claim 1

A process for the preparation of a detergent bar by augmenting or enhancing the aroma of a void comprising; (i) the step of placing into said void a scented poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymer having the structure: ##STR7## and from 0 up to a minor proportion of the structure: ##STR8## wherein n is an integer of from about 500 up to about 1,200 with the proviso that the average n in the system varies from about 600 up to about 800 in the solid phase and imbedded in said polymer an aromatizing agent which is compatible with said polymer and a stablilizing agent; (ii) surrounding said plastic core and in intimate contact with the surface area of said plastic core, and adhering to said plastic core a detergent composition existing in the solid phase, said detergent composition having a defined outer surface the quantity of aromatizing agent within the plastic core, the physical properties of the plastic core, and the physical properties of the detergent composition surrounding the plastic core being such that the aromatizing agent is transported at a steady state from the plastic core into said detergent composition past the outer surface of said detergent composition and into the environment surrounding said detergent bar, said aromatizing agent being compatible with said detergent composition, said detergent bar being produced by the process consisting essentially of the steps of: (a) forming a first flowable mass of said poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymer in intimate admixture with from 1% up to 30% by weight of aromatizing agent; (b) casusing the flowable mass to be formed into an extruded rod; (c) pelletizing the thus formed extruded rod to form pellets in the solid state; have imbedded therein from 1% up to 30% aromatizing agent; (d) molding the resulting pellets into a functional article internal core for detergent bars; and (e) placing the functional article into said void; (f) propelling a detergent composition in the fluid state in such a manner as to cause said detergent to surround the aromatized plastic core; and (g) causing the detergent composition surrounding the aromatized thermoplastic polymeric core to harden; the amount of aromatizing agent in said poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymer being in the range of from about 1% up to about 30% by weight of the poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymer, said poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymer containing a stabilizer therefor, the aromatizing agent being transported as a steady state into said void surrounding the thus-produced article.