US 2003/0150941 A1 · Dry cleaning process employing a unitary chemical dispensing cabinet

Abstract

A cabinet is provided containing multiple chemical containment housings mounted on a base portion mounted on an interior panel. Each base portion has a nozzle press fitting into an opening to a flexible bag containing a dry cleaning chemical, the flexible bag mounted within the containment housing. In addition, the base portion has an opening connected to one end of a conduit, with the second end of the conduit connected to a chemical dispensing tube. The dispensing tube is mounted on a front exterior panel of the cabinet, and is held in place by a line under tension connected at one end to the dispensing tube and at its other end to a tension reel mounted within the interior of the cabinet. Squeezing of the dispensing tube while aimed at a garment stain causes the stain removing chemical to flow onto the garment.

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Dependent claims

A method for spot cleaning a stain on a garment in a dry cleaning process comprising:

(a) providing a stand alone cabinet having a front panel with multiple indentations, each indentation adapted to receive a chemical dispensing tube, each dispensing tube connected by a connecting line to a wind up tension reel located in an interior portion of the cabinet;
(b) providing multiple containment housings mounted within the interior of the cabinet, each containment housing enclosing a flexible bag containing a dry cleaning chemical;
(c) providing a base portion for the containment housing, the base portion having means for attaching the containment housing to the base portion and means for connecting a nozzle in the base portion to the flexible bag;
(d) providing a conduit connecting the base portion of the containment housing to the dispensing tube;
and
(e) pulling a dispensing tube out of the indentation and thereafter squeezing the dispensing tube to permit the flow of the dry cleaning chemical out of the dispensing tube while pointing a front end of the dispensing tube over a stain in a garment.

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A chemical dispensing cabinet for use in a dry cleaning process for removal of stains on garments, the cabinet comprising:

(a) a cabinet having a top, bottom, two opposed side walls, and a front wall integral with a front frame of the cabinet, the front frame hinged at a base portion to a back frame of the cabinet,
(b) multiple depressions on the front wall for receiving chemical dispensing tubes, each chemical dispensing tube being retained in a depression under tension from a tension cord, the cord connected to the chemical dispensing tube at one end and to a tension reel mounted within the cabined at a second end,
(c) multiple conduits, each connecting at a first end to a base portion of a containment housing, the base portion mounted on a shelf within the cabinet, a second end of each conduit connected to a rear conical end of the dispensing tube,
(d) a flexible bag containing a stain removing chemical, the bag housing a bottom fixture with an opening connectable to a nozzle on the base portion of the containment housing, the flexible chemical bag enclosed by the containment housing, and
(e) the dispensing tubes adapted to be depressed to permit the stain removing chemical to flow out of the dispensing tube onto a stain on a garment.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dry cleaning process employing a unitary chemical dispensing cabinet

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Dry cleaning process employing a unitary chemical dispensing cabinet

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Abstract

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