Wet cleaning system with shrinkage prevention agent
AssigneeNippon Mic, Co., LTD
InventorYukio Yamada
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Abstract
A shrinkage prevention agent for water washing of clothing that would conventionally have been dry cleaned. The shrinkage prevention agent is compromised of a steam or vacuum dry-distilled liquid of two or more plants selected from sagebrush, beefsteak plant, tea, plantaginales, aloe, chrysanthemum, pine, cedar, cypress. The shrinkage prevention agent is used in a wet cleaning system that includes water washing.
Claims16
A shrinkage prevention agent for use with clothing being washed in water, said agent having a composition comprising
- a plurality of plant components, said plurality of plant components including two or more types of naturally occurring plants selected from the group of plants consisting essentially of sagebrush, beefsteak plant, tea, aloe, and chrysanthemum, said plant components being the residual product of said naturally occurring plants that have been treated by a distillation process, and
- at least one organic acid, said organic acid including terpene and phenol.
A method for cleaning clothes comprising the steps of:
- contacting said clothing with a cleaning solution, said cleaning solution comprising water in combination with
- a shrinkage prevention agent, said agent having a composition including a plurality of plant components, said plurality of plant components including two or more types of naturally occurring plants selected from the group of plants consisting essentially of sagebrush, beefsteak plant, tea, aloe, and chrysanthemum, said plant components being the residual product of said naturally occurring plants that have been treated by a distillation process, and said agent composition including at least one organic acid, said organic acid including terpene and phenol,
- removing the cleaning solution from said clothing, and drying the clothing.
A solution for cleaning of clothing comprising a mixture of water in combination with
- a shrinkage prevention agent, said agent having a composition including a plurality of plant components, said plurality of plant components including two or more types of naturally occurring plants selected from the group of plants consisting essentially of sagebrush, beefsteak plant, tea, aloe, and chrysanthemum, said plant components being the residual product of said naturally occurring plants that have been treated by a distillation process, and said agent composition including at least one organic acid, said organic acid including terpene and phenol.
An apparatus for cleaning clothes comprising:
- a first solution contacting tank for containing a shrinkage prevention agent, said shrinkage prevention agent having a composition including a plurality of plant components, said plurality of plant components including two or more types of naturally occurring plants selected from the group of plants consisting essentially of sagebrush, beefsteak plant, tea, aloe, and chrysanthemum, said plant components being the residual product of said naturally occurring plants that have been treated by a distillation process, and said agent composition including at least one organic acid, said organic acid including terpene and phenol, and
- an agitation tank contacting clothing with a solution of said shrinkage prevention agent and water, said agitation tank permitting a soak period without movement of said clothing within said tank and an agitation period of limited movement of said clothing within said tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.