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AssigneeBosch-Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorsRichard Graf, Lieselotte Brodzina, Rudolf Strobele, Helmut Stache
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Washing process for textiles in an automatic washing machine, with application of active washing substances, structural substances and bleaching agents, involving loading of the textiles in the washing machine, adding water, agitating the textiles in the washing solution, pumping off the washing solution, and sequential rinse cycles, wherein the following active substances or combination of active substances are maintained in pumpable form in separate containers and added to the mixture in pumpable form before or during the washing process: 1. Active washing substances, 2. Structural substances, 3. A stabilized bleaching agent, if required, 4. A catalyst which accelerates the bleaching process, if required, and 5. A soft rinse agent, if required. After loading of the textiles to be laundered, the water is added in the ratio of 1:4 to 1:30 of kg. dry textile to liters water, 0.5 to 3.5 g of active washing substances per liter washing mixture are added, 2 to 6.5 g structural substances per liter washing mixture are added, washing carried out at a predetermined temperature with agitation for a period up to 50 minutes, the washing solution drained off and the washed textile subjected to 2-5 rinse cycles.
In apparatus for a washing process for textiles in an automatic washing machine having a housing, a washing tank, a fresh-water inlet line to the tank, a valve to control the flow of fresh-water, a drain tube connected to the washing tank, a drain pump for discharging liquid from the tank through the drain tube, a discharge line connected to the pump for the discharge of liquid from the tank, the combination therewith of a plurality of separate containers each containing an active substance for the washing process, a number of metering devices with a metering device connected to each separate container, each metering device having a discharge tube for the discharge of a metered amount active substance from the separate container, a common pre-mix channel in which the discharge tubes of the metering devices terminate, a water seal connected to the washing tank, and conduit means for flowing liquid from the common pre-mix channel to the water seal from which the liquid flows into the washing tank.
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