Apparatus for processing dry-cleaned clothes
US4761896A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 1987 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF26B21/02
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for perfectly processing dry-cleaned clothes such as suits, trousers, skirts, for example by sequentially executing drying, smoothing creases of dry-cleaned clothes, and collection of solvent evaporated from dry-cleaned clothes. More particularly, the apparatus related to the invention first dries the dry-cleaned clothes by causing hot air current from heating means and air-circulation path to circulate itself from the upper portion of the drying chamber downward, while the apparatus simultaneously collects solvent from the dry-cleaned clothes, and then smoothes out creases by effectively combining steaming effect from steam-supply means together with provision of swinging movement and downward tension against the dry-cleaned clothes before eventually cooling the dry-cleaned clothes by introducing atmospheric air for preventing the smoothed creases from restoring themselves.
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