| abstract |
Processes and apparatuses ( 10 ) for commercial and home-use cleaning of textile. Home-use embodiments replace the home laundry clothes dryer, except for embodiments using a novel manual kit (K). Soiled/stained textile ( 12, 14 ) sprayed dampened with solvent, preferably automatically in the dryer apparatus' rotatable drum ( 16 ); but the textile therein is not soaked nor immersed in solvent. Highly absorbent, untreated pad material ( 3, 56 ) is placed into the drum, for rubbing against the tumbling textile ( 12, 14 ), to remove the soil, stains and solvent, as well as provide wrinkle deterring hydration. Also, for home-use washer and washer-dryer combined units, the pad material ( 3, 56 ) can be placed into the drum ( 16 ) prior to the washing cycle, to enhance the scrubbing action. |