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WO/2001/068278A1 |
The invention relates to a method and a device for cleaning objects, especially textiles, by means of liquefied gas acting as the cleaning fluid. The gas is stored in a storage container (1) under pressure and the liquefied gas is suppli...
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WO/2001/051697A1 |
A flexible container in the form of a bag is described for use in a non-immersion dry cleaning process. Bag walls that are appropriately stiff and slick are preferred (preferred Kawabata Evaluation System stiffness and surface friction v...
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WO/2001/049920A1 |
The invention refers to a method and an arrangement for cleaning of porous materials, in particular textiles, in liquid carbon dioxide which by rapid, intermittent pressure drops is brought into boiling. Various ways of lowering and then...
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WO/2001/048297A1 |
A system and method are provided for dry cleaning articles utilizing a siloxane solvent. The system (5) includes a cleaning basket (10) for receiving articles therein and one or more tanks (14, 16) for containing a siloxane solvent. Coup...
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WO/2001/044558A1 |
A dry cleaning system is disclosed which utilizes liquid carbon dioxide as the cleaning medium. Two storage tanks are employed in conjunction with a cleaning vessel. One of the storage tanks is employed for pressure equalization with the...
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WO/2001/034706A1 |
A process for removing malodorous elements from silicone dry cleaning solvents, comprising contacting the used silicone solvent with adsorbent to remove the odor, and separating the silicone solvent.
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WO/2001/029306A1 |
A cleaning system that utilizes an organic cleaning solvent and pressurized fluid solvent is disclosed. The system has no conventional evaporative hot air drying cycle. Instead, the system utilizes the solubility of the organic solvent i...
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WO/2001/029305A1 |
A cleaning system that utilizes an organic cleaning solvent and pressurized fluid solvent is disclosed. The system has no conventional evaporative hot air drying cycle. Instead, the system utilizes the solubility of the organic solvent i...
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WO/2001/027380A1 |
A system and method are provided for separating water from solvent during dry cleaning. Included is an inlet (52) capable of receiving a mixture of dry cleaning fluid and water from a basket of a dry cleaning apparatus. The dry cleaning ...
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WO/2001/023658A1 |
A method for conserving carbon dioxide vapor in a carbon dioxide dry cleaning system employing a liquid carbon dioxide cleaning solution to clean articles, where the method includes removing carbon dioxide vapor from a wash tank to a vap...
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WO/2001/023657A1 |
A carbon dioxide dry cleaning apparatus and system for the control thereof is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wash vessel, a working vessel containing a carbon dioxide cleaning medium and operatively associated with the wash vessel,...
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WO/2001/017862A2 |
A closure system (10) that provides a lubricated lock pressure vessel (16) is provided. The closure system comprises a clamp ring (12), a hinged door assembly (20), a lock ring (30). The configuration of this system removes lubricants fr...
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WO/2001/012893A1 |
A piece of soiled fabric (39) is cleaned by contacting it with a jet of an ionized soil-dislodging gas to dislodge the soil therefrom. The ionized gas and the use of an oppositely charged electrostatic filter (34) aid in preventing redep...
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WO/2001/007707A1 |
A method for dry-cleaning articles such as fabrics and clothing in carbon dioxide while concurrently applying a sizing agent to the articles comprises contacting an article to be cleaned with a liquid dry cleaning composition for a time ...
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WO/2001/007561A1 |
A fabric treatment process of the type which employs a carrier sheet having a treatment composition impregnated thereon, which process involves the step of placing one or more fabric articles in a dryer along with the carrier sheet, and ...
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WO/2001/007706A1 |
A fabric treatment process of the type, which employs a carrier sheet having a treatment composition impregnated thereon, is described. The process involves the steps of placing the pretreated fabric in a dryer along with the carrier she...
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WO/2001/006051A1 |
A system and method are provided for separating water from a solvent in a dry cleaning application. According to the invention, an inlet is capable of receiving a mixture of silicone-based dry cleaning fluid and water from a condenser of...
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WO/2001/004259A1 |
The present invention relates to an applicator for a fabric treatment composition and its application. More specifically the invention relates to a versatile, effective convenient to apply fabric treatment applicator and its method of ap...
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WO/2000/070140A1 |
The invention relates to a cleaning device, comprising a pressure reservoir (1), at least one cleaning container (2), in which the cleaning takes place and elements for supplying the cleaning device with a cleaning fluid. The cleaning co...
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WO/2000/070141A1 |
A system for the controlled addition of detergent formulations and the like to a carbon dioxide cleaning apparatus comprises: a high pressure wash vessel (11); an auxiliary vessel (12); a drain line (13) connecting the auxiliary vessel t...
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WO/2000/063483A1 |
An apparatus for cleaning of textile objects by a densified liquid state treatment gas, such as liquified carbon dioxide, comprises a treatment chamber (10) in which a high pressure prevails during the treatment process in order for the ...
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WO/2000/058544A1 |
A machine for washing and/or cleaning articles comprises a sealable enclosure for containing the articles to which cleaning liquid is to be supplied. The cleaning liquid is heated to a high temperature and forced into the enclosure under...
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WO/2000/056970A1 |
A device for cleaning textile articles with a densified liquid state treatment gas, comprising a treatment chamber (10), a supply tank (18) for densified treatment gas and an evaporator chamber (36), which spaces are connected to each ot...
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WO/2000/052249A1 |
A method for treating a fabric article with the following steps: placing the fabric article in a container having an opening and at least one wall that defines an interior void space. Then the temperature and relative humidity of the air...
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WO/2000/037733A1 |
A vapor-venting containment bag having at least three flexible side walls and a VVE rating of at least about 40 and less than about 90, as measured in the Vapor Venting Evaluation Test. When the bag is in its closed configuration a three...
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WO/2000/022221A1 |
The invention is directed to a dry-cleaning article suitable for use in the home. The article is characterized by a sheet that is permeated with a composition including 51 - 98 % by weight of organic solvent such as paraffins, olefins, a...
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WO/2000/019001A1 |
An apparatus for treating fabrics that comprises a fabric treatment bag having side panels configured such that they define an interior chamber of the treatment bag such that at least one fabric article can be suspended in the interior c...
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WO/2000/019000A1 |
A method for cleaning or sterilizing objects in a liquid fluid cleaning system comprising a high-pressure storing/working vessel, a cleaning chamber, and a low-pressure supply vessel, the method comprising the steps of loading the cleani...
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WO/2000/004222A1 |
A dry cleaning system and method comprises dry cleaning machinery used in conjunction with a cyclic siloxane solvent. In order to enhance the cleaning capabilities of the cyclic-siloxane-based solvent, such solvent is modified with a che...
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WO/2000/004221A1 |
A dry cleaning system and method comprises specially designed or modified machinery used in conjunction with a cyclic siloxane solvent. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises the steps of loading articles into a cleaning basket;...
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WO1999049122A9 |
A wash tank (10) adapted for use with a carbon dioxide cleaning medium has a body member (20) having a front opening (22) formed therein, the body member having side walls (23) and a back wall (24) opposite the front opening. The side wa...
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WO/2000/001871A1 |
The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus which uses as operative fluid liquid and/or supercritical carbon dioxide (CO¿2?) or other dense-phase fluids such as ammonia or hydrocarbons. The apparatus may have various applications incl...
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WO/1999/056892A1 |
A chamber (10) is supplied with a pressurized cleaning agent of carbon dioxide and cosolvents from a first source (12) and an antimicrobial fluid, such as ethylene oxide or hydrogen peroxide from a second source (16). Chamber conditions ...
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WO/1999/046319A1 |
An abrasion resistant stain receiver made of polymeric foam wherein the polymeric foam is produced from an oil and water emulsion, wherein the oil phase of the emulsion comprises at least about 30 % by weight of a toughening monomer sele...
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WO/1999/042555A1 |
A garment stain removal product and process is disclosed. The product includes a liquid cleaning composition which contains water, an organic solvent and a surfactant, an absorbent stain receiver, and a sonic or ultrasonic wave generatin...
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WO/1999/036610A1 |
An improved process for cleaning fabrics in a conventional automatic clothes dryer wherein a plastic bag is formed from a blend of at least one nylon homopolymer and at least one nylon copolymer. Preferably the nylon homopolymer is nylon...
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WO/1999/034937A1 |
This invention discloses an apparatus and method for mixing liquid carbon dioxide with an additive or surfactant (4) and then forcibly dispersing the mixture into a cleaning chamber (2) full of liquid carbon dioxide. Valving controls the...
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WO/1999/035321A1 |
A cleaning system (10) and method utilizing sonic whistle agitation to enhance the soil removal and mass transport capacity of the liquid carbon dioxide (20) at low process temperatures. Sonic whistles (61) are within a cleaning chamber ...
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WO/1999/034051A1 |
A dry-cleaning system (10) operable for selectively controlling agitation of items during cleaning, rinsing and draining cycles. The dry-cleaning system (10) includes a pressure vessel (12) for containing a liquid gas dry-cleaning solven...
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WO/1999/033583A1 |
A liquified gas dry-cleaning system including a storage tank containing a liquified gas derived from a liquifiable gas, a pressure vessel (11) for containing a liquid bath derived from the liquifiable gas, and a circulating system for tr...
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WO/1999/024654A1 |
The invention relates to a reusable device for the cleaning of textile materials and the like based on two constitutive elements which are characterized by a plastic container and a content of an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide sea...
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WO/1999/013148A1 |
An apparatus and method for controlling the use of carbon dioxide in cleaning fabrics are disclosed. The components include a distillation vessel (30), a compressor (5), a warm-up vessel (4), a cleaning chamber (1), a condenser (8), and ...
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WO/1999/010586A1 |
A process for dry cleaning fabrics comprising the steps of: (i) placing one or more fabrics to be cleaned in a device which provides heat and agitation; (ii) placing one or more carrier sheets in the device wherein the carrier sheets hav...
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WO/1999/007644A1 |
A method and apparatus for purifying separate waste water from a dry cleaning process. The present invention utilizes 3 stages of purification. In Stage one, highly contaminated separator waste water (12) is put into a solvent separator ...
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WO/1999/004082A1 |
Disclosed is a process for removing stains from a localized area of a fabric, comprising the steps or applying a cleaning composition to said stain, and concurrently or consecutively therewith, applying mechanical action to said stain by...
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WO/1998/058113A2 |
Fabrics articles (29) are washed by layering them on a sheet of water-absorbent material (27) which is folded or rolled-up in wrap (1) to form a bundle, preferably inside a water-resistant wrap. A cleaning agent is first applied to the a...
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WO/1998/058114A1 |
Articles especially adapted for in-home dry cleaning comprise a carrier sheet which is impregnated with a cleaning composition. The articles are designed to be rolled for packaging, and to be unrolled for use. Rolling the articles help m...
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WO/1998/051851A1 |
The invention relates to a dry cleaning method using chlorine-free hydrocarbons (KWL) as a solvent, in which the filter has to be cleaned from time to time. This results in a mixture of solvent and filter cloths impregnated with dirt, in...
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WO/1998/046819A1 |
A method (40) of replenishing liquid carbon dioxide solvent (12a) in a liquid carbon dioxide dry cleaning system (10) or other dense phase carbon dioxide cleaning system. The method uses dry-ice or solid carbon dioxide, as a replenishing...
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WO/1998/044185A1 |
The present invention encompasses an article for treating fabrics, comprising: a) an absorbent carrier substrate; and b) a liquid cleaning/refreshment composition releasably absorbed in said substrate; said substrate being wholly (prefer...
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