Method of washing textile articles
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsRussell Shawn Berman, Max Donald Harper, Joel Monroe Madenwald, Carl Henry Mattson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of washing textile articles that can be carried out, for example, in a continuous batch tunnel washer. Embodiments of the present method can include treating the textile with an aqueous composition including cleaning agent and bleaching agent for a time sufficient to remove soil from the textile and contacting the halogen-treated textile with an aqueous composition including a peroxycarboxylic acid. The concentration of bleach after the sufficient time can be at a level that does not result in adverse interaction between the bleaching agent and the peroxycarboxylic acid.
Claims19
A method of cleaning textile articles, comprising:
- placing a plurality of textile articles into a washer having a plurality of sectors including at least a first sector and a second sector;
- treating the plurality of textile articles in the first sector with an aqueous composition comprising a bleaching agent and free from peroxycarboxylic acids;
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- treating the plurality of textile articles in the second sector with an aqueous composition comprising a peroxycarboxylic acid agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.