Patent ID: 7882716
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A dry-cleaning machine comprising: a drying tub for containing laundry that have been cleaned with a solvent; an air passage for sending air into the drying tub and extracting the air from the drying tub; a blower for producing an air current through the air passage in a predetermined direction; a cooler, located in the air passage, for condensing vaporized solvent contained in the air emitted from the drying tub; a heater, located in the air passage, for heating the air being sent into the drying tub; and a water separator for separating water from a liquid mixture composed of water and the solvent condensed by the cooler and for recovering the solvent, wherein the water separator includes a liquid storage tank for temporarily storing a liquid mixture extracted from the air passage, and an air relief section is located in a liquid mixture line for guiding the liquid mixture from the air passage to the liquid storage tank, wherein the outlet end of the liquid mixture line is immersed in the solvent located over the water due to a difference in relative density between the water and the solvent in the liquid mixture stored in the liquid storage tank, and wherein the water separator includes: wherein the outlet end of the liquid mixture line is located at a level lower than a highest portion of the bent section of the drainage pipe.