Cleaning of articles
CA 2051291 A1 · Owner: Weemes, Geoffrey C. · Inventors: Garvey, Kevin M.; Weemes, Geoffrey C.
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Articles contaminated with soil etc are cleaned by contact with a non-chlorinated organic solvent having a relatively low flashpoint, such contact being made at a temperature below such flashpoint. The articles are then contacted with an aqueous rinsing medium at a temperature below the flashpoint of the solvent. These steps lead to contamination of the solvent and the rinsing medium and to free them of the contaminants, which are substantially non-volatile, the contaminated solvent and rinsing medium are fed to a steam distillation unit in which the rinsing medium and solvent are co-distilled at a temperature above the flashpoint of the solvent. The steam distillation is carried out in a …
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- Filed September 13, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 13, 2011.
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