Patent ID: 7610780

Claim:
A dry cleaning machine including the use of solvent nebulization for dry cleaning textile fabric articles, consisting of: a cleaning chamber, and means associated with said cleaning chamber including a rotatable cylinder ( 22 ) in which the fabric articles are contained and means to drive the cylinder in a rotatory motion, a clear liquid solvent and at least one nozzle ( 35 ) through which said clear liquid solvent is nebulized and with means for supplying hot or cold air circulating within a sealed air circuit and conveyed into the cylinder, for cleaning and removal of dirt and solvent based on the solvent action of the nebulized solvent drops which are uniformly distributed directly onto the entire surfaces of the textile fabric articles by means of a contemporary intake of the air flow circulation through the forced air inlet duct ( 42 ) and then the dirt and nebulized solvent drops are moved directly through a suction duct ( 38 ) out of the cleaning chamber and piped again in the sealed air circuit system for the regeneration of the solvent used for the cleaning action and the recovery of dissolved and non-dissolved dirt retained by the solvent drops transported by the air flow and a circuit consisting of a valve for nozzle cleaning ( 15 ) and a regulator ( 16 ) for regulating the air flow of air to said at least one nozzle for cleaning of said at least one nozzle to prevent residual nebulized drops from staining the fabric articles during the drying phase.