Patent ID: 6327731
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: D06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for washing and drying clothes in an integrated unit, comprising:placing clothes in a basket;adding hot or cold water to a self-contained feed reservoir;pumping said water from said self-contained feed reservoir into said basket;washing said clothes in said basket, thereby generating graywater;directing said graywater to said self-contained feed reservoir;pumping said graywater from said self-contained feed reservoir through a membrane filtration unit, thereby generating permeate and retentate;directing said retentate to said self-contained feed reservoir;directing said permeate to said basket and rinsing said clothes with said permeate, thereby generating additional graywater;directing said additional graywater to said self-contained feed reservoir; anddrying said clothes in said basket.