Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification – Fluid treatment – Manipulation of liquid
Patent
1993-05-10
1994-07-19
Coe, Philip R.
Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification
Fluid treatment
Manipulation of liquid
553852, 68 3R, 68208, 68210, 210806, 210 961, 210104, 210143, 2102571, 210314, 454238, D06F 3500
Patent
active
053296591
ABSTRACT:
This invention consists of a method and means for laundering clothing contaminated with asbestos fibers and/or with lead, herein called the contaminants. The method and means employed by this invention decontaminates the clothing in an environmentally contained, controlled and safe facility. The facility and the method described in association therewith permits contaminated clothing to be brought into the containment area, laundered and dried within the same contained, environmentally controlled, safe area. Clean clothing is then removed for further sorting, repairs, folding, counting and storing operations in another separated room of the facility. The facility and the method described in association therewith protect the health of the laundry operator and prevent the contaminants from being released into the atmosphere by the process itself. It also prevents contaminants from being carried from the interior of the facility by the person conducting the laundry operation. The method and means also prevent the release of the contaminants into the atmosphere at the time the contaminated clothing is delivered to the facility. The method and means also prevent the release of the contaminants by the laundered clothing themselves after they have been laundered. This is assured by the methods and means utilized to prevent recontaminating the clothing after it has been laundered. The method and means ensure the filtering of the laundry waste water to a level that is safe for its disposal through the sewer.
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Coe Philip R.
Glantz Douglas G.
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