US1532048A

US1532048A - Dry-cleaning machine

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Publication number: US1532048A
Application number: US701779A
Authority: US
Inventors: Simeon C Dorland
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-03-25
Filing date: 1924-03-25
Publication date: 1925-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 1942-03-31

Description

March 31. 1925. 1,532,048

S.C.DORLAND DRY CLEANING MACHINE File M tch 25, 1924 s sheets stgget 1 ooooooo -0ooo 0o i d W W 7y mai W 1 WITNESS: ATTORNEY March 31. 1925. 1,532,048

S. C. DORLAND V DRY CLEANING MACHINE Filed March 25, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 March 31. 1925.

S. C. DORLAND DRY CLEANING MACHINE Filad March 25, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 wa arm ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

SIMEON C. DORLAND, OF OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON.

DRY-CLEANING MACHINE.

Application filed March 25, 1924. Serial No. 701.779.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SnunoN C. DonLAND,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Olympia, in the county of Thurston and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dry-Cleaning Machines, of which the following is a speci-' fication.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for cleaning clothes and other articles and has especial reference to machines used for what is commonly known as dry cleaning. 3 I

An object of the present invention is the provision of acombination dry cleaning and continuous clarifying machine wherein the cleaning fluid (such as a gasoline preparation) may be clarified or filtered during the process of cleaning clothes, so as to eliminate dirt and other impurities which have been removed from the clothes, after which the cleaning fluid is returned to the cleaning chamber of the machine for further use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a combined machine for. the

purposes above stated, which is constructed as a unit, so as to occupy a relatively small space and permit of the use and re-use of the cleaning fluid without removing the same from the machine.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated in the zuzcompauying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings? Figure '1 is an elevation of a machine constructed in at-ci'n'dunce with the invention.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof with the settling compartments and rotatable cylinder shown by dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the machine.

Figure t is a section 011 the line l4 of Figure 2. v y

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the rotatable cylinder;

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a casing which includes a substantially cylindrical cleaning chamber 11 and a longitudinally disposed reservoir 12,

,the latter being disposed to one side of and in communication with the cleaning chamber 11. The cleaning chamber may be provlded with a top or cover 13 which is leakproot, while the reservoir is provided with "an opening 14; which is normally closed by a cover 15, whereby the gasoline or other cleaning fluid may be placed within the reservoir. Mounted for rotation within the cleaning chamber 11 upon a shaft 16 is a cylinder 17, the latter being provided-with an openmgavhereby the articles to be cleaned maybe inserted within the cylinder. This opening 1s closed by a door or closure 18, the said door or closure and the cylinder 17 being perforated. Extending radially from the inner wall of the cylinder are spaced ribs or projections 18 which, when'the cylmder is rotated act to carry the articles around the cylinder in a manner to stir up or agitate the articles. The shaft 16 is providedwith a pulley 19 which may be connected with a suitable source of power.

The gasoline or other cleaning fluid is placed within the reservoir and is conducted to the cleaning chamber through pipes 20, the latter being provided atone of their ends with a screen 21 and havingvalves 22 to control the passage of fluid. Afterthe artlcles have been placed within the cylin-l der, thelatter is rotated so that the gasoline will be passed through the articles, the gaso- I line being gradually and intermittently returned to the reservoir by means of pockets or troughslfj which are carried'by the cvlinder 18. The valves 22 being opened and the valves25 closed, the cleaning ltuid will make a continuous circuit from the cleaning chambe! it to the reservoir and back to said chamber. This process of cleaning is con tinued for a short period until the cleaning fluid actsou the dirt and grease in the clothing or other articles. After the lapse of this short period the valves 22 are closed' and the valves 25 opened, whereupon the cleaning fluid will make a continuous circuit during the remaining cleaning period, the fluid passing from the bottom of the cleaning chamber 11 through the troughs 23 so as to. be carried around the cleaning chamber and deposited in the reservoir 12, passing from this reservoir through the pipes 21 into the bottom of the clarifying chamber. Afterthe articles have been cleaned and the gasoline returned to the reservoir 12'. the said gasoline is subjected to a littering or clarifying action and for this purpose ill) the casing includes a clarifying chamber 23 which is located below the cleaning chamber 11 and which is in communication with the reservoir 12 through the pipes 2 t. Valves 25 control these pipes. The pipes 2 T extend downwardly along the bottom of the clarifying chamber and the latter contains a suitable clarifying agent 26, through which the gasoline rises, the heavy dirt settling to the bottom of the chamber 23 as indicated by the dotted line a, while the muck settles upon the top of the clarifying agent as indicated by the dotted line Z). The purified gasoline which will occupy the remainder of the chamber 23 will pass upward and through a series of small openings 27 into a lowersettling compartment 28 and through this compartment and through a series of small openings 29 into an upper settling com} partment 30, sediment which mightbe carried by the gasoline settling within these compartments. The gasoline then passes through a series of small openings 31. into the cleaning chamber for future use.

The pipes 24 extend longitudinally through the machine as shown in Figure 4 and are provided with perforations so that the gasoline will be distributed throughout the clarifying agent.

The clarifying chamber and the settling

compartments

28 and 30 are each provided with draw-off cocks 32, while the clarifying chamber is provided with a normally covered clean-out port 33 and a drain cock 34.

The cleaning chamber is in communication with a sight gauge 35 which is located at one end of the machine, while a similar gauge 36 is provided for the clarifying chamber. i

The casing is preferably supported upon legs 37.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as proper ly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

llaving described the invention what is claimed is 1. A machine of the class described embodying a casing, a cleaning chamber within the casing, a perforated cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a fluid reservoir, means whereby fluid may be conducted from the reservoir to the cleaning chamber and means controlled by the rotation of the cylinder for returning the fluid to the reservoir.

2. A machine of the class described embodying a casing, a cleaning chamber within the casing, a perforated cylinder rotatably mour ted therein, a fluid reservoir, means whereby fluid may be conducted from the reservoir to the cleaning chamber and means carried by the cylinder for returning the. fluid to the reservoir.

3. A machine of the class described embodying a casing, a cleaning chamber within the casing, a perforated cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a fluid reservoir, means whereby fluid may be conducted from the reservoir to the cleaning chamber and pockets included in the cylinder for returning the fluid to the reservoir.

4:. A machine of the class described embodying a casing, a cleaning chamber within the casing, a perforated cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a fluid reservoir, means whereby fluid may be conducted from the reservoir to the cleaning chamber, means controlled by the rotation of the cylinder for returning the fluid to the reservoir, fluid clarifying means, means whereby the fluid may be conveyed from the reservoir to the clarifying means and means for returning the clarified fluid to the cleaning chamber.

5. A machine of the class described em bodying a casing, a cleaning chamber within the casing, a perforated cylinder rotatably mountedtherein, a fluid reservoir, means whereby fluid may be conducted from the reservoir to the cleaning chamber, means controlled by the rotation of the cylinder for returning the fluid to the reservoir, fluid clarifying means, means whereby the fluid may be conveyed from the reservoir to the clarifying means, means for returning the clarified fluid to the cleaning chamber and settling compartments located within the casing between the clarifying means and the cleaning chamber and in the path of the fluid.

6. A machine of the class described embodying a casing, a cleaning chamber within the casing, a perforated cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a fluid reservoir included in and disposed to one side of the casing, means for conducting fluid from the reservoir to the cleaning chamber and means controlled by the rotation of the cylinder for intermittently returning the fluid to the reservoir.

7. A machine of the class described embodying a casing, a cleaning chamber within the casing, a perfo 'ated cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a fluid reservoir included in and disposed to one side of the casing, means for conducting fluid from the reservoir to the cleaning chamber, fluid clarifyin means and means for returning the clarifled fluid to the cleaning chamber.

8. A machine of the class described embodying a casing, a cleaning chamber with in the casing, a perforated cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a fluid reservoir, means whereby fluid may be conducted from the reservoir to the cleaning chamber, means controlled by the rotation of the'cylinder for returning the fluid to the reservoir. a clarifying chamber located beneath the cleaning chamber, means for conducting fluid from the reservoir to the clarifying chamber, settling compartments located between the clarifying and cleaning chambers and means for directing the clarified fluid from the clarifying chamber through the settling compartments into the cleaning chamber.

9. A machine of the class described embodying a casing, a cleaning chamber within the casing for receiving a cleaning fluid and articles to be cleaned, a clarifying chamber, settling chambers and means whereby the clarifying fluid will be subjected to the action of the clarifying and settling chamhere during the article cleaning process.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SIMEON O. DORLAND.