Patent ID: 7814595

Claim:
A towel presenting, washing and drying machine, comprising: a used towel roller and a clean towel roller spaced-apart from each other and each rotatable in a clockwise and counter-clockwise direction; a bath having liquid inlet and outlet ports located between said rollers supporting a plurality of rod members for guiding a towel section in a meandering fashion in the bath; means for cleaning the towel section in said bath; at least one drying drum disposed outside said bath between said rollers; at least one motor and transmission means coupled to said rollers and the drying drum, and a controller for timely selectively operating each of said rollers and the drying drum, the controller being configured so that successive soiled sections of the towel are soaked and washed in an initial soaking and washing stage and a plurality of soiled sections of the towel are rinsed and dried in a subsequent rinsing and drying stage that is time independent of the soaking and washing stage.