Process of cleaning and restoring garments
OwnerDouglas Mettlach, D. Angus Raeinventors
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Abstract
A process of cleaning textiles, including textiles that are labeled dry clean only, without the use of large quantities of environmentally hazardous dry cleaning fluids such as those containing perchloroethylene or petroleum. The process uses hand treatment of soiled areas with a cleaning agent, with subsequent washing in water, followed by washing in ozonated water to remove the cleaning agent and the water. The textile is dried using a process that does not depend on tumbling of the textile in the presence of heat to dry the textile.
Claims14
A process of cleaning textiles, comprising the steps of;
- a. applying at least one cleaning agent to at least one soiled area of a textile which is labeled dry clean only;
- b. introducing said textile to water and mixing said water and said textile, and removing said cleaning agent and soil from said textile, wherein said cleaning agent or said soil are not materially removed by imparting kinetic energy to said textile;
- c. introducing chilled ozonated water to said textile to further remove said cleaning agent and to remove said water from said textile;
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- d. drying said textile at a temperature imparted to said textile of less than 55 degrees Celsius.
A process of cleaning textiles, comprising the steps of;
- a. applying at least one cleaning agent to at least one soiled area of a textile which is labeled dry clean only;
- b. introducing said textile to water and removing said cleaning agent and soil from said textile by mixing said water and said textile in a cleaning machine, wherein said cleaning machine does not remove said cleaning agent or said soil by imparting kinetic energy to said textile;
- c. removing said water from said cleaning machine;
- d. introducing chilled ozonated water to said textile in said cleaning machine to further remove said cleaning agent and to remove said water from said textile, wherein said cleaning machine does not materially remove said cleaning agent or said soil by imparting kinetic energy to said textile;
- e. removing said textile from said cleaning machine;
- f. drying said textile at a temperature imparted to said textile of less than 55 degrees Celsius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.