US 5,511,263 A · Laundering liquids process and decontamination facility

Abstract

Decontamination laundering facilities and methods are disclosed including a washer area, a filtering area automatically monitoring and controlling cleaning fluid quality discharged to the environment, a clean area, and apparatus and methods for automatically timing waste water sampling. Automatic timing includes controlling and actuating the date and time of day for taking a sample and the duration of the timing cycle, and relay means for closing and opening circuits connected electrically to timer contacts for energizing components of the waste water sampling. In one aspect, a tri-way valve passes a portion of waste water into a discharge pipe at all times and an electronic level control monitors and fills a waste water sampling container to a predetermined level. Contaminants include asbestos, and/or lead, silica dust, titanium dioxide dust, or carbon dust. Contaminated materials include woven and non-woven fabric, permeable and impermeable clothing.

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Dependent claims

A laundering facility, comprising:

(a) a washer area;
(b) a washer and dryer for laundering contaminated clothing in said washer area;
(c) a cleaning fluid filtering area;
(d) a clean area for working on decontaminated clothes received from said washer area;
and
(e) means for automatically monitoring and controlling cleaning fluid quality discharged from said cleaning fluid filtering area to the outside environment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Laundering liquids process and decontamination facility

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Abstract

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