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Method and apparatus for conditioning and drying laundry

US4236320A · kind A · utility

31Cited by

8References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Henkel KGAA) · DE

Inventors

Karl Schwadike · Leverkusen, DE
Dieter Meyer · Wolfsburg, DE
Rolf Puchta · Haan, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 1979
Grant date	Dec 2, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06F58/30
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method of simultaneously conditioning and drying laundry, as well as an apparatus therefor. According to the invention, laundry in an automatic clothes drier is periodically sprayed with fabric softeners and conditioners from a spraying device in the drier drum when the drum is stopped so that the spraying device is located above the laundry.

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