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Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING WATER IN A DRY CLEANING PROCESS INVOLVING A SILOXANE SOLVENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001027380
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
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 fluid includes a siloxane composition. Also provided is a flow controller (60) for urging flow of the mixture received from the outlet. Coupled to the flow controller (60) is a coalescent media (64) that receives the mixture urged by the flow controller (60). A chamber (68) is coupled to the coalescent media (64) for receiving the mixture from the coalescent media (64) to separate the water and the dry cleaning fluid. Also coupled to the chamber (68) is an outlet (69) to remove the dry cleaning fluid from the chamber (68) in the absence of water.

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Inventors:
BERNDT WOLF-DIETER R
GRIFFISS JOHN MCLEOD
DOUGLAS JAMES E
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/019228
Publication Date:
June 20, 2002
Filing Date:
July 13, 2000
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Assignee:
GREENEARTHCLEANING LLC (US)
International Classes:
B01D35/00; C11D1/82; D06L1/08; C11D3/37; C11D11/00; D06B1/00; D06F43/00; D06F43/08; D06L1/02; D06L1/04; (IPC1-7): D06L1/08; D06L1/10
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