
US Patent No: 5,442,938
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Accessory kit for converting a home dryer to a dry cleaning machine
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Aug 22, 1995
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Feb 3, 1993
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08/012,633
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Abstract
An accessory kit for converting a home dryer into a dry cleaning machine. The dryer has a rotatable drum enclosed in a dryer housing sealable by a door. The dryer housing has a ventilation system vented to an atmosphere and associated electro-mechanical means for actuating rotation of said drum and said ventilation system. The accessory kit includes: cleaning fluid dispenser apparatus engaged to the dryer which includes spray dispensor which sprays a predetermined amount of cleaning fluid vapor into the dryer drum and also actuates both rotation of the drum and the ventilation system for predetermined periods of time, and filter apparatus engaged in an outlet of the dryer ventilation system for separating soil from a mixture of air and soiled cleaning fluid vapor vented from the dryer housing and thereafter precipitating remaining cleaning fluid vapor from air during exhaustion of air through the filter.
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| 4,336,024 Process for cleaning clothes at home | 81 | 1981 | |
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| 4,850,117 Condensation and recovery of solvent and other vapors | 4 | 1987 | |
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| 5,046,337 Clothes washer and dry cleaner | 19 | 1990 | |