Textiles: fluid treating apparatus – Machines – With gas – steam or mist treating
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-19
2010-12-07
Perrin, Joseph L (Department: 1711)
Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
Machines
With gas, steam or mist treating
C068S00500D, C068S020000, C008S149100, C008S149200, C008S149300, C034S216000, C034S218000, C038S00100C, C038S014000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07845197
ABSTRACT:
A high efficiency triple pass tunnel finisher includes an articulated spraying function for allowing steam to effectively penetrate a garment. The tunnel finisher can be used for the laundering of shirts, pants, and jackets. The tunnel finisher includes hot air chambers and a steam chamber that can include two rows of steam injectors located at a 45° angle in relation to the walls of the module. The steam chamber has a lower pressure than the hot air chambers, creating an air pressure differential. The hot air chambers are positively pressurized, preventing the relatively cooler air of the steam chamber from entering the chamber. The pressurization prevents heat loss, allowing the finisher to be more efficient, while increasing the temperature at which the garments exit the steam chamber. This leads to faster drying times, less garment wrinkling, and reduced dwell time for a garment with a high quality appearance.
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Exhibit A, 1 Pg., Apr. 2007.
Adams Intellectual Property Law
Leonard Automatics, Inc.
Osterhout Benjamin
Perrin Joseph L
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