Method for removal of hydrocarbons from fabrics

Details Method for removal of hydrocarbons from fabrics Method for removal of hydrocarbons from fabrics

1998-09-22

1999-08-03

Diamond, Alan

Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification

Cleaning or laundering

Removing formation impurities from artifical fiber

8147, 134 40, 134 42, D06B 100

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ABSTRACT:
A method or removing and disposing hydrocarbons absorbed in a fabric, the method comprising the steps of providing a nonwoven fabric which comprises in excess of 55% fibers of polyvinyl alcohol, and wherein the nonwoven fabric is contaminated with hydrocarbons, disposing the nonwoven fabric in a warm aqueous bath heated to a temperature substantially less than the dissolution temperature of the polyvinyl alcohol fibers, whereby to cause liberation of the hydrocarbons from the fabric.

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patent: 5707731 (1998-01-01), Honeycutt et al.
patent: 5762716 (1998-06-01), Lockhard et al.

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