Method and apparatus for disinfectant textiles and maintaining increased oxidation reduction potential levels
AssigneeGurtler Industries, Inc.
InventorAndrew Rupnow
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Abstract
Processes and apparatus for disinfecting textiles with a tunnel washing system having: a housing including a main wash zone, and a rinse zone, the main wash zone having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and the rinse zone having a fresh water fluid inlet, a soiled water fluid inlet, a recirculation inlet, and a recirculation outlet. A recirculation line is coupled to the recirculation inlet and recirculation outlet. The recirculation line is configured to receive a portion of water one or more zones, and includes an integrated fluid sanitizer module configured to at least partially sanitize the portion of the water from the rinse zone before it is returned to at least one zone.
Claims19
A tunnel washing system comprising:
- a housing including a main wash zone, and a rinse zone, the main wash zone having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and the rinse zone having a fresh water fluid inlet, a soiled water fluid inlet, a recirculation inlet, and a recirculation outlet;
- and,
- a recirculation line coupled to recirculation inlet and recirculation outlet, the recirculation line configured to receive a portion of water from one or more zones of the tunnel washing system, the recirculation line including an integrated fluid sanitizer module configured to at least partially sanitize the portion of the water from one or more zones.
A process for disinfectant textiles, the process comprising:
- washing textiles in a main wash zone of a tunnel washer,
- disinfecting the textiles in a rinse zone,
- passing a fresh water to the rinse zone,
- passing a soiled water to the rinse zone,
- removing, via a recirculation outlet, a portion of water from one or more zones of the tunnel washer,
- sanitizing, in an integrated fluid sanitizer module, the portion of the water from the one or more zones to provide sanitized recirculated water, and,
- returning, via a recirculation inlet, the sanitized recirculated water into at least one zone of the tunnel washer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.