Apparatus and method for dry cleaning

Details Apparatus and method for dry cleaning Apparatus and method for dry cleaning

1998-02-23

1999-08-24

Bennett, Henry

Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids

Apparatus

Rotary drums or receptacles

8159, 68 192, F26B 1102

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active

059409886

ABSTRACT:
A dry cleaning apparatus including a housing having a door and an internal rotatable drum for receiving clothes to be cleaned, a motor and pulley system for rotating the drum, and a heating element having an air circulation blower for heating the clothes in the drum. The dry cleaning apparatus further includes a first hose connected to the housing for supplying pressurized air to the drum, a second hose connected to the housing for supplying water or water vapor to the clothes in the drum, and a third hose and vacuum pump connected to the housing for evacuating air and/or fine particulate matter from the drum.
A method of dry cleaning garments includes the steps of: placing clothes in a rotatable drum of a dry cleaner, supplying a chemical in liquid or gas form to the drum to remove odors from the clothes in the pressurized drum, pressurizing the air in the drum to clean the clothes therein, supplying water or water vapor to the clothes in the pressurized drum, supplying a chemical fabric conditioner to condition the clothes in the pressurized drum, and evacuating air and filtering out fine particulate matter from the pressurized drum.

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