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US 5,311,671 AGranted
Apparatus for recovering dry cleaning fluid
OwnerFloyd L. Brooks, James E. Gilchristinventors
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Abstract
Apparatus for recovering from a filter element a dry cleaning fluid, the vapor of which is more dense than air, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a chamber, a support for a filter cartridge, a heating element, and a cooling element located below the heating element.
Claims6
Apparatus for recovering a dry cleaning fluid, the vapor of which is more dense than air, comprising:
- (a) a chamber;
- (b) a support, located at a first position in said chamber, for supporting a filter element containing a liquid dry cleaning fluid;
- (c) heating means, located proximate said support in said chamber, for heating and vaporizing said liquid dry cleaning fluid in said filter element to form a vaporized dry cleaning fluid;
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- (d) cooling means, located in said chamber at a second position, said second position being below said first position, for cooling and condensing said vaporized dry cleaning fluid to a liquid condensate in said chamber,
- wherein said support, said heating means, and said cooling means are all located in the same chamber.
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