Home dryer dry cleaning and freshening system employing dispensing devices

US6024767A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Reckitt & Colman Limited · CH

Inventors

• Josephine Telesca · Stamford, US
• Jeanne Marie Weller · Glen Rock, US
• Frank Anthony Lucia, III · Oak Ridge, US
• Tracy Ann Ryan · Rivervale, US
• Robert Henry Buckenmayer · Montville, US
• Walter Ronald Paul · Whitehouse Station, US
• Ashwinkumar C. Gandhi · Toms River, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/72
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A dryer dry cleaning and freshening system is provided with a containment bag, a dispenser means impregnated with liquid cleaning composition, and a absorber capable of absorbing loose particles and excess cleaning composition A process for cleaning a garment is also provided. The system and process may be used in a home clothes dryer for dry cleaning.