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Cleaning method and system

US5240507A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 5, 1991
Grant dateAug 31, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F43/086
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A closed circuit solvent cleaning method and system in which the object to be cleaned is placed in a chamber and subjected to a negative gauge pressure to remove air and other non-condensible gases, after which a solvent is introduced to the evacuated chamber and the object is cleaned. Following this, the solvent is recovered from the object and chamber and then the clean object is removed.

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