Patent ID: 6622529
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A personal dry cleaning apparatus which allows for home or private dry cleaning use, said apparatus comprising:a) an outer housing; b) means forming an enclosing compartment in said housing for receiving one or more articles of clothing to be dry cleaned and which can be suspended in said compartment; c) an openable portion on said housing allowing access to said compartment; d) an elongate rod means in said compartment for suspending said one or more clothing articles so that they are generally vertically arranged; e) wetting means associated with said housing for introducing a limited amount of a dry cleaning liquid into the one or more clothing articles such that they contain the moisture in their suspended position; f) heating means for generating heat in said compartment in sufficient amount to cause a steaming of the dry cleaning liquid; and g) said heating means being located to cause heated air to pass through portions of the articles to evaporate or causing steaming of the liquid in the clothing articles to thereby effect a personalized cleaning of one or more clothing articles; and h) vent means to allow for a venting of heated air in the compartment along with any moisture entrained therein, and where the heated air is directed from one of an upper portion of the compartment to a lower portion or from a lower portion of the compartment to an upper portion and where the vent means is located at one of said portions opposite the heating means for allowing of venting of the air and any entrained moisture.