Clothes tumbler with ozone generator
AssigneeCissell Manufacturing Company
InventorsNaom Salameh, Stanley Wheeler, Judith Folk
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Abstract
A tumbler is provided for removing odors, such as smoke, from clothing. The tumbler comprises a rotating basket in which clothing tumbles, a blower which causes air to flow through said basket and an ozone source which releases ozone into the air which flows into the basket. The tumbler includes a controller which activates the ozone source after the basket and blower have been activated; and continues to operate the blower and basket after deactivation of the ozone source to provide for a purge period.
Claims21
A method of removing smoke odors from clothing comprising:
- tumbling clothing in a chamber;
- and
- subjecting the clothing to ozone (O3) for while the clothing tumbles in the chamber.
A clothing tumbler for deodorizing smoke contaminated clothing;
- said tumbler comprising:
- a housing having an air inlet and an exhaust;
- a perforated basket mounted in the housing to be rotated by a basket drive;
- a blower mounted in the housing to be rotated by a blower drive;
- the blower being operable to urge an air stream to pass from the inlet, through the perforated basket, and out the exhaust;
- and,
- an ozone source, said ozone source being operable to introduce ozone in to the air stream at a point prior to the air stream entering the basket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.