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Dry cleaning and degreasing system

US5702535A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
25References
24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateDec 30, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB08B2230/01
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Clothes are dry cleaned by placing the clothes in a tumbler/dryer, sealing the tumbler/dryer, applying a negative gauge pressure to the tumbler/dryer, providing solvent to the tumbler/dryer, activating the tumbler/dryer to dry clean the clothes, removing the solvent from the tumbler/dryer, and simultaneously throttling hot solvent vapor into the tumbler/dryer while removing vapor from the tumbler/dryer in order to dry the clothes.

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