Method for cleaning carpet and other surfaces
OwnerPaul K. Hollingsworthinventor
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Abstract
A method for cleaning a soiled textile product by using a heated cleaning composition. The method includes providing a hand-holdable single vessel with a hand-operable dispenser and a single aqueous non-effervescent cleaning composition within the vessel. The vessel bearing the cleaning composition is placed into a microwave oven and heated for a specified time period to be about 90-160 degrees F., whereupon a quantity of the cleaning composition is dispensed via spraying on the soiled area. Finally, the treated area is blotted by hand with a fibrous towel for removal of cleaning composition and soil.
Claims6
A method for cleaning a soiled area of a textile product, the method comprising:
- a) providing a hand-holdable single vessel with a hand-operable dispenser for dispensing a liquid from within the vessel;
- b) preparing and placing within the vessel a single aqueous non-effervescent cleaning composition comprising a ratio of {fraction (1/16)} cup to 8 cups cleaning chemical to a quantity of 5 gallons of water;
- c) placing the vessel with said cleaning composition therein into a microwave oven and heating said composition to a temperature of between about 90 degrees F. and about 160 degrees F.;
- d) removing the vessel from the microwave oven and substantially immediately applying by hand from said vessel by using the dispenser, a quantity of so-heated said single aqueous non-effervescent cleaning composition onto the soiled area to be cleaned;
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- e) blotting said soiled area with a fibrous towel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.