Tumble method of rinsing fabric in a horizontal axis washer
CA 2086151 C · Owner: Van Newenhizen, Jeanne C. · Inventors: Hardaway, Anthony H.; Euler, John W.; Pastryk, Jim J.
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The present invention contemplates a rinse process which can be used with any wash cycle, but which has particular utility following a wash cycle have a highly concentrated detergent solution. The method of rinsing fabric provided by the present invention is useful in a washer having a wash chamber rotatable about a horizontal axis. The steps undertaken in the method begin with loading fabric to be washed into the wash chamber of the washer. The fabric is then washed in a detergent solution while rotating the wash chamber about its horizontal axis for a first period of time. Next the detergent solution is drained from the wash chamber. The fabric is then rinsed by adding water to the wash …
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- Filed December 23, 1992 and granted November 2, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 23, 2012.
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