Patent ID: 6308356
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A method for employing electric energy to do cleaning, said method comprising:(a) providing an electric charge generating means for rapidly generating said electric charge;(b) providing a distributing means for distributing said electric charge and for separating opposite polarities of said electric charge;(c) providing an applying means for directly applying said electric charge in the immediate proximity of said cleaning and at the immediate time of occurrence of said cleaning;(d) providing a washing fluid;(e) providing at least one item to be cleaned; and(f) imparting a washing action to said item to be washed and to said applying means in the presence of said washing fluid, andwherein said washing fluid, said item to be cleaned, and said applying means all interact in said washing action, resulting in said electric charge, modifying at least one physical property of said washing fluid in the immediate proximity of said item to be cleaned at the immediate time of occurrence of said proximity, andwhereby said modified physical property of said washing fluid results in improved cleaning of said item to be cleaned and after said immediate time of occurrence, said electric charge locally diminishes, and said modification of said physical property of said washing fluid rapidly locally diminishes.