Patent ID: 9200398
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method of washing fabric articles in a continuous batch tunnel washer, comprising the steps of: a) providing a continuous batch tunnel washer having an interior, an intake, a discharge, and a plurality of modules that segment the interior and wherein one of the modules is an empty pocket that is drained of water, said modules including a first module next to the intake and a final module next to the discharge; b) moving the fabric articles from the intake to the discharge and through the modules in a sequence beginning with the first module and ending with the final module; c) adding a washing chemical to one or more of the modules; d) rinsing the fabric articles by counter flowing liquid in the washer interior along a flow path that is generally opposite the direction of travel of the fabric articles in steps “b” and “c”; e) wherein one of the modules defines an empty pocket module that does not contain fabric articles and that is drained of fluid during step “d”; and f) wherein the modules that are not empty pocket modules contain both fabric articles and fluid.