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6212722 |
Apparatus and method for rolling clothes in an automatic washer
A method and apparatus for washing cloth items in an automatic washer is provided wherein the automatic washer includes a wash basket defining a wash chamber and an impeller located within the...
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6195825 |
Laundry wash-cycle water recovery system
A waste-water treatment and recycling process that reduce water, energy and chemical consumption in commercial laundry operations. A portion of the warm waste water from each wash cycle is first...
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6189170 |
Area rug cleaning method
An area-rug cleaning method has steps of air spray (1) for removing dry-extractible dirt with angularly directed air pressure; immersion shampoo (9) for removing immersion-extractible dirt with...
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6185774 |
Recirculation spray nozzle for a vertical axis washer
A wash liquid inlet nozzle is provided for directing wash liquid against a bottom wall and a side wall of a vertical axis basket of an automatic washer. The inlet nozzle has a body with a rear...
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6184193 |
Wet cleaning system with shrinkage prevention agent
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...
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6182318 |
Liquified gas dry-cleaning system with pressure vessel temperature compensating compressor
A liquified gas dry-cleaning system including a storage tank containing a liquified gas derived from a liquifiable gas, a pressure vessel for containing a liquid bath derived from the liquifiable...
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6171346 |
Dual-step stain removal process
Stained areas (2) of fabric are separately treated with a non-aqueous cleaning composition, followed by an aqueous cleaning composition, and by using a hand-held device (1) which is rocked back and...
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6151742 |
System and method for providing flow rate compensation in a washing machine
A system and method for providing flow rate compensation in a washing machine. This invention provides flow rate compensation by monitoring the flow rate of the inlet liquid and the agitator load...
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6125490 |
System for controlling energy and water use in an automatic washer
An automatic washer including an automatic liquid temperature control system having a control panel which includes selector means for selecting between a normal wash cycle and a soak cycle. The...
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6120560 |
Process and apparatus for pattern dyeing of textile substrates
A method and apparatus for pattern dyeing of textile substrates in which the dyeing is done in two stages. In the first stage, a dye is uniformly applied in a manner that allows the dye to fix on...
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6117190 |
Removing soil from fabric using an ionized flow of pressurized gas
A piece of soiled fabric 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...
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6082376 |
Method of operating a wet extractor
A method for operating an upright wet extractor having a base and a handle. The base includes a floor cleaning tool and has a hand held cleaning tool permanently attached thereto. A motor fan unit...
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6083284 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling rate of bath turnover
A method and apparatus for treating a load with dyeliquor includes a pump/motor set, a dyeliquor circulating system holding the load and directing all the dyeliquor pumped by the pump to flow...
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6065171 |
Detergent dispensing method and apparatus for a vertical axis washer
A detergent dispensing method and apparatus for an automatic vertical axis washer. The washer includes a tub ring having a louvered area creating a drop zone through which wash additives are...
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6065170 |
Washing machine having a hybrid sensor and a control method thereof
A washing machine having a hybrid sensor and a control method therefor simplify the inner structure of the washing machine by using one hybrid sensor for sensing a laundry weight, a feed water...
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6059844 |
Cleaning process
A process is disclosed for bleaching of a substrate which includes adding a molecular oxygen activating system to an aqueous wash liquor and bleaching the substrate with the molecular oxygen...
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6053541 |
Automatic safety lock-out mechanism for a pressure vessel door
A safety lock-out apparatus for an access door of a pressure vessel which operates automatically without relying on external power sources is provided. The lock-out apparatus includes a locking...
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6044510 |
Method for controlling the washing operation of a washing machine
Disclosed is a method for controlling a heating-washing operation of a washing machine. A microprocessor has many subroutines for providing optimal washing conditions of the washing machine in...
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6035471 |
Method for detecting impermissibly high scaling in a water-conducting domestic appliance
Impermissibly high scaling is ascertained of an optical measurement section in which the turbidity of a washing liquid is detected in a domestic appliance that is operated with hard water, such as...
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6035472 |
Method of dispensing chemicals
A fluid delivery system and method of transferring fluids from a set of containers each of which holds a different type fluid to a group of apparatus, such as washing machines, each of which...
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6016583 |
Method for creating patterns in dyed garments and for creating a jacquard look in garments
A method for forming patterns or to create a Jacquard effect in dyed fabric. A nozzle type is selected. The water pressure is selected. Temperature of the water is selected. The distance between...
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6009585 |
Method and apparatus for washing shop cloths
An apparatus for washing shop cloths comprises a hot water storage tank, a washer that washes, rinses, centrifuges and dries, and an evaporator for evaporating effluent from the washer. The washer...
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6006387 |
Cold water ozone disinfection
The invention includes a method of reducing the microbial population on a textile in a washing machine. The washing machine has an outer shell for containing fluids and an internal assembly for...
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6006388 |
Dispenser for dispensing concentrated liquid soap to industrial cleaning apparatuses
A liquid soap dispenser for dispensing concentrated liquid soap to industrial cleaning apparatuses is disclosed. The dispenser includes a receiver and a seal opener. The receiver is comprised of an...
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6003182 |
Method for maintaining set temperature of wash water of clothes washer
A method for maintaining a set temperature of wash water of clothes washer comprises the steps of supplying first cold water into a wash tub, measuring supply time of the first cold water until...
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5996155 |
Process for cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilizing materials using the combination of dense phase gas and ultraviolet radiation
A process is provided for cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilizing substrates comprising the steps of: (a) placing the contaminated substrate in a cleaning vessel; (b) contacting the contaminated...
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5987679 |
Water level sensing method and apparatus in washing machine
A water level sensing method and apparatus sense a level of water supplied in washing tub of the washing machine. In the apparatus, a key input section generates a water level sensing mode signal...
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5978994 |
Device and method for use in cleaning laundry
A device, for use in a washing machine filled with water for cleaning surfaces without the use of detergent, comprising a water permeable housing containing a plurality of cation exchange resin...
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5980583 |
Apparatus and method for imparting wrinkle-resistant properties to garments and other articles
A method of manufacturing durable press garments by inserting garments constructed of a cellulose fiber-containing fabric into an apparatus capable of tumbling the garments about a generally...
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5978995 |
Infinite temperature control
An infinite temperature control system is used to control the temperature of wash and rinse water in a washing machine. The invention includes a temperature selection switch which operates the...
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5970554 |
Apparatus and method for controlling the use of carbon dioxide in dry cleaning clothes
An apparatus and method for controlling the use of carbon dioxide in drying cleaning clothes, garments and other fabrics is disclosed and claimed. The components of the invention include a...
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5968205 |
Installation and a process for patterning a web of textile material
A textile web, for example, a carpet web, is provided with a patterning agent including a thickening agent and subsequently steamed in a steamer. The agent residues remaining on the textile web are...
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5964001 |
Air dome hose
An air dome and air pressure sensor of the present invention are adapted to determine the level of water in a wash tub. The air dome is located within the wash tub and positioned such that water...
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5960501 |
Ozonated laundry system with water re-use capability
A system and method for treating laundry with ozone is provided including a controller that receives a load signal based on a wash load selection. In response to the load signal, the controller...
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5953780 |
Process and device for treating textile substrates with supercritical fluid
The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for treating of textile substrates with a supercritical fluid. The textile substrates are formed as spools of yarn or rolled webs, and...
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5943721 |
Liquified gas dry cleaning system
A system and method for cleaning an article with cleaning fluid comprising a liquified gas, preferably carbon dioxide, maintained at a pressure elevated above atmospheric pressure in the wash...
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5943720 |
Zero emission dry cleaning machine and process
An improved dry cleaning machine and process which eliminates solvent emissions while simultaneously providing cost and quality benefits. The solvent filtration apparatus and process currently used...
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5930909 |
System for impregnating garments with insect repellent
A process and system for impregnating garments with insect repellent, the ocess including the steps of placing the garments in a first machine and tumbling the garments therein, introducing into...
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5925192 |
Dry-cleaning of garments using gas-jet agitation
Substantial amounts of particulate soils in garments can be removed by agitation in gas-jet in a solvent-free, low-pressure environment. The ability of the present gas-jet agitation system to...
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5924151 |
Dispenser with enhanced diffusion
This invention relates to a device for providing a dose of a liquid or solid to a larger container. More particularly, this invention relates to a dispensing device for providing a dose of...
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5913951 |
Radially oriented motor for a fluid balance ring
A radially mounted motor is provided in a closed system fluid balance ring for high rotational speed washing machines. The motor is mounted at an orientation of 90° relative to the rotational axis...
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5907879 |
High flow steam carpet cleaner
A lightweight portable steam carpet cleaning machine 10 comprised of two main structures, a handle assembly 45 and the recovery tank 12. Connected to the machine are two hoses, the supply hose 58...
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5897671 |
System and method for washing machine cycle identification and chemical dosing identification
A chemical dispensing system controller is used in conjunction with a mechanism for dispensing specified chemicals and a device that transmits trigger signals to the control system for requesting...
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5891198 |
Fabric cleaning method and system
A system for cleaning fabric-like surfaces, such as carpet, fabric, upholstery, and the like is disclosed. The system includes a Y-type connector for receiving and mixing pressurized air and...
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5890247 |
Automatic washing machine incorporating a suds detection and control system
A washing machine for automatically laundering articles of clothing by imparting mechanical actions upon the articles of clothing within a basket of the machine during a washing operation that...
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5861044 |
Method to selectively carve textile fabrics
An apparatus and method for selectively carving textile fabric by selectively applying chemicals containing a liquid repellent either alone or with other chemicals such as dye to a textile fabric...
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5853814 |
Process for foam treating pile fabrics
An improved process for applying a treating agent in the form of a foam to fibrous material wherein the improvement comprises applying foam having a blow ratio of from about 2:1 to about 6:1 using...
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5851234 |
Process for wet washing wool fabric
The present invention relates to a process for wet washing wool fabric and woolen articles. The process permits wet washing of articles such as aircraft seat covers while substantially eliminating...
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5829085 |
Apparatus and method for repeated, automatic metering of precisely metered quantities of a powdered detergent into water-carrying cleaning machines, in particular household and household washing machines
An apparatus and a method for repeated, automatic metering of precisely metered quantities of a powdered detergent into water-carrying cleaning machines, in particular household dishwashers and...
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5829084 |
Method and system for balancing an upright washing machine
A method and system for balancing a load in an upright washing machine. A liquid ballast system is used that includes liquid filling channels with liquid filling slots that fill individual...
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