Closed loop dry cleaning method and solvent

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6056789
SERIAL NO

09304431

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The present invention comprises a closed loop dry cleaning system and method, in which dry cleaning machinery is used in conjunction with a specific solvent which is derived from an organic/inorganic hybrid (organo silicone). In this class of organo silicones is a group known as cyclic siloxanes. The cyclic siloxanes present the basis for material composition of the solvent chemistry which allows this dry cleaning system to be highly effective. The cyclic-siloxane-based solvent allows the system to result in an environmentally friendly process which is, also, more effective in cleaning fabrics and the like than any known prior system. The siloxane composition is employed in a dry cleaning machine to carry out the method of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises the steps of loading articles into a cleaning basket; agitating the articles and the siloxane composition in which they are immersed; removing most of the siloxane composition; centrifuging the articles; and removing the articles from the basket after cooling the articles.

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GREENEARTH CLEANING LLC51 WEST 135TH STREET KANSAS CITY MO 64145

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berndt, Wolf-Dieter R Incline Village, NV 12 352
Douglas, James E El Dorado Hills, CA 8 322
Griffiss, John McLeod San Francisco, CA 6 456

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