Patent ID: 6360392
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A liquified gas dry-cleaning system comprising:a pressure vessel for containing a wash bath of a liquified gas under pressure. a basket rotatably supported within the pressure vessel for containing items during cleaning; a drive for rotating the basket within the vessel; said basket having a plurality of baffles mounted on a periphery thereof and extending radially inwardly into said basket for physically contacting and agitating the wash bath and items contained within the basket during a dry-cleaning cycle as an incident to rotation of the basket; a gas jet agitation system having a plurality of nozzles mounted on said basket; and a liquified gas supply operable for selectively directing liquified gas to said nozzles which in turn direct pressurized jet streams of liquified gas into the basket for further agitating the items contained within the basket and the liquid wash bath simultaneously with agitation by said baffles as an incident to basket rotation.