Textiles: fluid treating apparatus – Machines – With gas – steam or mist treating
Patent
1993-12-06
1995-05-09
Coe, Philip R.
Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
Machines
With gas, steam or mist treating
34 72, D06F 4302
Patent
active
054129583
ABSTRACT:
A dry cleaning system particularly suited for employing supercritical CO.sub.2 as the cleaning fluid consisting of a sealable cleaning vessel containing a rotatable drum adapted for holding soiled substrate, a cleaning fluid storage vessel, and a gas vaporizer vessel for recycling used cleaning fluid is provided. The drum is magnetically coupled to a motor so that it can be rotated during the cleaning process. The system is adapted for automation which permits increased energy efficiency as the heating and cooling effect associated with CO.sub.2 gas condensation and expansion can be channeled to heat and cool various parts of the system.
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Carty Daniel T.
Iliff Robert J.
Kong Stephen B.
Latham James R.
Mitchell James D.
Coe Philip R.
Hayashida Joel J.
Mazza Michael J.
Pacini Harry A.
The Clorox Company
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