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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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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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kislyuk, Mark N 619 N. Lawn Dr., Youngstown, OH 44505 1 22

Cited Art

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AIRWICK INDUSTRIES, INC. (1)
4,336,024 Process for cleaning clothes at home 81 1981
 
VENKAT; RAJOO (1)
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OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (1)
5,046,337 Clothes washer and dry cleaner 19 1990

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