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Process for preventing the redeposition of soil during dry cleaning, and composition for carrying out this process

US4378968A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 1981
Grant dateApr 5, 1983
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06L1/04
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process for preventing soil redeposition onto textile articles made of natural, synthetic or artificial fibers or a blend thereof, during dry cleaning operations using stabilized perchloroethylene. It is characterized in that a sufficient amount of at least one C.sub.4 to C.sub.6 alcohol, chosen from amongst those having a boiling point of between 95.degree. and 140.degree. C. and those forming, with the perchloroethylene, an azeotrope having a boiling point of between 80.degree. and 130.degree. C., is incorporated into this perchloroethylene.

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