Method for impregnating a garment and apparatus for impregnating a garment

Apparatus for impregnating a garment such as a coat, a jacket, a shirt or a pair of trousers or other fabric-like textile such as tents, tarpaulins, hoods for vehicles or vessels, said apparatus comprising:

• an inner support in a closable housing for supporting the garment;
• an outer surface spaced from but facing the inner support;
• a plurality of nozzles distributed for creating a mist in the space between the inner support and the outer surface;
• an evacuation system for evacuating surplus impregnating mist, said evacuation system optionally comprising a filter unit, where said filter unit at least removes or neutralizes one or more of the following:
• odour, volatile solvents, any binder residue or dust;
• a control unit comprising pre-programmed treatment regimes, selectable by a user on a user interface, and configured to control the apparatus to carry out a selected regime;
• and further that
• said inner support has an electrically conducting surface, and said apparatus also having an electrically conducting outer surface, spaced from and substantially covering the garment when supported by the inner support,
• where the electrically conducting surface of the inner support is intended for facing an inner side of the garment, when the garment is supported by the inner support,
• where the electrically conducting outer surface is intended for facing an outer side of the garment, when the garment is supported by the inner support,
• where the apparatus is configured to apply an electrostatic field between the electrically conducting surface of the inner support and the electrically conducting outer surface,
• where the apparatus is configured to provide an impregnating agent between the electrically conducting surface of the inner support and the electrically conducting outer surface, and
• where the impregnating agent is polar such that, when the electrostatic field is applied, the polar impregnating agent is directed away from the electrically conducting outer surface and towards the electrically conducting surface of the inner support and is applied to and/or absorbed by the garment or other fabric-like textile.