US20090100607A1 - Method and apparatus for the wet treatment of laundry articles - Google Patents

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US20090100607A1
US20090100607A1 US12/106,303 US10630308A US2009100607A1 US 20090100607 A1 US20090100607 A1 US 20090100607A1 US 10630308 A US10630308 A US 10630308A US 2009100607 A1 US2009100607 A1 US 2009100607A1
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  • the invention relates to methods for the wet treatment of laundry articles, in particular for the at least washing, of laundry articles, the laundry articles being at least washed in a treatment liquid containing at least one wash-active substance, and thereafter the treatment liquid being at least partially separated from the treated laundry articles.
  • the invention relates, furthermore, to apparatuses for the wet treatment of laundry articles, in particular for the at least washing of laundry articles, with a washing machine having a drum drivable in rotation and with a drainage device following the washing machine.
  • treatment liquid containing wash-active substances are used. After washing, the treatment liquid not bound in the laundry articles, what is known as the free liquor, is separated from the laundry articles. The treatment liquid then contains spent wash-active substances which have absorbed the dirt from the laundry articles, but also still unspent wash-active substances.
  • the object on which the invention is based is to provide methods and apparatuses for the wet treatment of laundry, which have higher efficiency, as compared with known methods and apparatuses.
  • a method for achieving this object is a method for the wet treatment, in particular for the at least washing, of laundry articles, the laundry articles being at least washed in a treatment liquid containing at least one wash-active substance, and thereafter the treatment liquid being at least partially separated from the treated laundry articles, characterized in that spent wash-active substances are removed at least for the most part from the treatment liquid separated from the laundry articles. Accordingly, spent wash-active substances are removed from the treatment liquid separated from the laundry articles.
  • the spent wash-active substances bind the dirt which the treatment liquid has entrained from the previous washing operation. Thus, by the spent wash-active substances being removed, the dirt is removed at least for the most part from the treatment liquid.
  • the treatment liquid having the remaining unspent wash-active substances can then be reused for a subsequent washing operation.
  • the spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid a plurality of times.
  • This two-stage removal of the spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid optimally makes available treatment liquid freed of spent wash-active substances and containing essentially only unspent wash-active substances present in it, for a subsequent washing operation, specifically, in particular, for a washing operation with a separate pre-wash and clear wash.
  • the fresh-water requirement therefore amounts to only a fraction of the treatment liquid required for the subsequent washing operation, and, if necessary, only the wash-active substances actually spent have to be replaced.
  • the spent wash-active substances are separated from the treatment liquid by filtration, preferably precision filtration. Since, due to dirt absorption, spent wash-active substances have a particle size which overshoots the particle size of unspent wash-active substances, separation between the unspent and the spent wash-active substances can take place by filtration. Since the particle sizes differ from one another only slightly, above all lie only in the micrometer range, precision filtration is suitable particularly for the effective removal of at least a large part of the spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid.
  • An advantageous development of the method provides for carrying out pre-filtration before spent wash-active substances are filtered out of the treatment liquid.
  • This pre-filtration larger dirt particles are eliminated which, during the subsequent filtering-out of spent wash-active substances, in particular by precision filtration, can no longer have a disturbing effect by loading or even clogging the sensitive filters for precision filtration.
  • After pre-filtration therefore, a particularly effective and reliable filtration of at least a large part of the smaller spent wash-active substances is possible.
  • Spent wash-active substances can thereby be removed from the treatment liquid in a directed manner.
  • These are preferably particles with a size of between 10 ⁇ m and 0.005 ⁇ m, preferably 1 ⁇ m to 0.5 ⁇ m. This is the typical particle size of spent wash-active substances, so that at least a large part of the spent wash-active substances is removed in this way, but not the smaller unspent wash-active substances.
  • a further method for achieving the object mentioned in the introduction is a method for the wet treatment, in particular for the at least washing, of laundry articles, the laundry articles being at least washed in a treatment liquid containing at least one wash-active substance, and thereafter the treatment liquid being separated at least partially from the laundry articles, characterized in that, during treatment, the content of the at least one wash-active substance still contained in the treatment liquid is determined. Accordingly, there is provision, after the removal of spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid, for determining the content of the spent wash-active substances still contained in it. This may take place, for example, by means of what is known as a bubble tensometer, for example an H 2 O 2 sensor or a Cl sensor. Other measuring methods or sensors suitable for the particle size of unspent wash-active substances may also be considered.
  • a further refinement of the method provides for comparing the measured content of the unspent wash-active substances still present in the treatment liquid with a desired content of wash-active substances in the treatment liquid. If it is in this case established that the measured content of the unspent wash-active substances still contained in the treatment liquid lies below the desired content, fresh wash-active substances are added to the treatment liquid in a directed manner. This secondary metering takes place to an extent such that the treatment liquid again has a content of unspent wash-active substances which corresponds to the desired content of unspent wash-active substances in the treatment liquid or lies somewhat above it, preferably within an excess range selected in a directed manner.
  • An apparatus for achieving the object mentioned in the introduction having a washing machine, in particular continuous-flow washing machine, having a drum drivable in rotation, and a drainage device, for example a drainage press or a laundry centrifuge, is an apparatus for the wet treatment of laundry articles, in particular for the at least washing of laundry articles, with a washing machine having a drum drivable in rotation and with a drainage device following the washing machine, characterized in that at least one filter for removing at least one spent wash-active substance in the treatment liquid is assigned to an outflow line, returned to the start of a washing zone for the treatment liquid from the drum and to an outflow line, returned to the start of the washing zone from the drainage device.
  • the invention is therefore suitable particularly for apparatuses for the washing, rinsing and drainage of laundry articles in which rinsing takes place in the drainage device.
  • a further apparatus for the at least washing of laundry articles which serves for achieving the object mentioned in the introduction, is an apparatus for the wet treatment of laundry articles, in particular for the at least washing of laundry articles, with a washing machine having a drum drivable in rotation and with a drainage device following the washing machine, characterized in that at least one filter for the removal of at least one spent wash-active substance from the treatment liquid is assigned to at least one outflow line, returned to the start of the washing zone for treatment liquid from the drum.
  • this apparatus there is provision for assigning a filter for the removal of spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid to at least one outflow line, returned to the start of the drum, for the treatment liquid from the drum.
  • the entire treatment liquid which occurs during the washing of the laundry articles can be freed of spent wash-active substances before the rinsing of the laundry articles.
  • treatment liquid occurs after the pre-wash and the clear wash.
  • the spent wash-active substances are then removed from these separately occurring treatment liquids before the treatment liquid is employed anew for washing.
  • the treatment liquids freed at least for the most part of spent wash-active substances can be supplied, as required, to the laundry articles before the pre-wash and/or before the clear wash.
  • the treatment liquid, having higher temperatures, from the preceding clear wash can be supplied with a renewed clear wash after the separation of spent wash-active substances, while the treatment liquid from the pre-wash is supplied for the pre-wash again.
  • the cold treatment liquid from the pre-wash does not have to be heated in order to be supplied to the clear-wash.
  • filters for the separation of spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid are used, which are designed as micro- and/or ultra-filters.
  • membrane filters may be considered as such filters.
  • These membrane filters are preferably provided with supporting bodies, and these may be ceramic supporting bodies.
  • the filters may be designed as what are known as cross-flow filters or as dead-end filters.
  • FIG. 1 shows a diagrammatic side view of the apparatus according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic side view of the apparatus according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • the apparatuses shown here form a washing line for the wet treatment of laundry articles.
  • the wet treatment is washing, rinsing and drainage.
  • All textile articles normally to be washed are considered as laundry articles, specifically, in particular, clothing, including occupational clothing, table laundry, bed laundry, foot mats, entry mats and the like.
  • the apparatuses illustrated in the figures have a continuous-flow washing machine and a drainage device.
  • the drainage device may be a centrifuge or a drainage press shown in the figures.
  • the continuous-flow washing machine 10 of FIG. 1 has a cylindrical drum 13 driveable in rotation about a preferably horizontal axis of rotation 12 .
  • a plurality of chambers 16 succeeding one another in the flow direction 15 of the laundry articles, not shown, through the drum 13 are formed by transversely directed partitions 14 .
  • essentially three treatment zones are located, specifically a pre-washing zone 17 , a following clear-washing zone 18 and, finally, a rinsing zone 19 arranged at the end of the drum 13 .
  • both the pre-washing zone 17 and the clear-washing zone 18 have two successive chambers 16 .
  • the rinsing zone 19 has only a single chamber 16 .
  • the continuous-flow washing machine 10 has five chambers 16 .
  • the invention is not restricted to this. Instead, the number of chambers 16 may deviate from the exemplary embodiment shown.
  • the pre-washing zone 17 , the clear-washing zone 18 and the rinsing zone 19 may have a larger or smaller number of chambers than illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • the continuous-flow washing machine 10 is arranged downstream of the drainage press 16 , as seen in the flow direction 15 .
  • the wash and rinsed laundry articles pass out of the continuous-flow washing machine 10 via the unloading chute 20 , arranged at the end of the latter, into the drainage press 11 .
  • the drainage press 11 is designed in a basically known way.
  • the drainage press 11 has a press housing open at the top and at the bottom, preferably a cylindrical press basket 21 with a liquid-impermeable cylindrical surface area, and a press plunger 22 which is movable up and down in the press basket 21 and which is illustrated merely in passing (by dashes) in FIG. 1 .
  • the press plunger 22 can be moved up by means of a hydraulic cylinder to an extent such that, particularly for loading the drainage press 11 , it is located above the press basket 21 and consequently completely releases an upper orifice of the press basket 21 .
  • the press plunger 22 can be pressed into the press basket 21 , the press plunger 22 being sealed off, essentially liquid-tight, inside the surface area of the press basket 21 .
  • a collecting tank 23 or another device for intercepting the treatment liquid pressed out of the laundry articles is located below the press basket 21 .
  • An outflow line 24 branches off from the end of the pre-washing zone 17 .
  • the outflow line 24 leads to a pre-filter 25 and from this to a filter 26 for separating spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid discharged out of the pre-washing zone 17 through the outflow line 24 .
  • the outflow line 24 issues from the filter 26 into a branch point 27 .
  • a return line 28 leads from the branch point 27 to the start of the continuous-flow washing machine 10 , to be precise, in the exemplary embodiment shown, to an inflow funnel 29 , by means of which the laundry articles to be washed can be supplied to the drum 13 .
  • a further outflow line 30 which again leads to a pre-filter 31 and thereafter to a filter 32 for separating spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid.
  • the outflow line 30 leads from the filter 32 further on to a branch point 33 .
  • the filtered treatment liquid, together with remaining unspent wash-active substances, but filtered-off spent wash-active substances, can be supplied from the branch point 33 via a connecting line 34 to the branch point 27 , from where the filtered treatment liquid coming from the clear-washing zone 18 can be supplied via the return line 28 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the drum 13 of the continuous-flow washing machine 10 .
  • a second line, to be precise a return line 35 branches off from the filter 32 .
  • This return line 35 leads via a further branch point 36 to the return line 37 , from which the filtered treatment liquid, without spent wash-active substances, but still with a residue of unspent wash-active substances, can be returned to the start of the clear-washing zone 18 .
  • the rinsing zone 19 has an overflow 38 which leads to a collecting tank 39 .
  • An intermediate line 40 branches off from the collecting tank 39 and leads to the branch point 36 in the return line 37 .
  • Two return lines 41 and 42 branch off from the collecting tank 23 of the drainage press 11 .
  • the return line 41 leads to the branch point 33 , from where the treatment liquid can be supplied from the collecting tank 23 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the drum 13 .
  • the return line 42 from the collecting tank 23 is led back to the rinsing zone 19 , that is to say to the last chamber 16 of the continuous-flow washing machine 10 .
  • the filters 26 and 32 are designed in a special way. These may be the same filters which allow a precision filtration of the treatment liquid originating from the pre-washing zone 17 and the clear-washing zone 18 .
  • This treatment liquid is washing water which is enriched with wash-active substances, some of which are spent as a result of dirt absorption, while some excess wash-active substances are still unspent even after the pre-wash and clear-wash.
  • the filters 26 and 32 separate only spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid, but no unspent wash-active substances having a lower particle size.
  • the filters 26 and 32 are designed as micro- and/or ultra-filters which are suitable for filtering out particles of the size of the spent wash-active substances from the liquid. Such filters 26 and 32 make it possible to filter out from the treatment liquid particles with a size of 0.005 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m, preferably 0.5 ⁇ m to 1 ⁇ m.
  • the filters 26 and 32 are preferably membrane filters. However, other filters may also be considered which are suitable for carrying out precision filtration, above all micro- and/or ultra-filtration, in particular for filtering out particles of the abovementioned size ranges from the treatment liquid.
  • the membrane filters are preferably designed as wound filters and/or are provided with supporting bodies.
  • the supporting bodies are primarily ceramic supporting bodies.
  • the filters 26 and 32 may operate according to the cross-flow principle, but also according to the dead-end principle.
  • the method according to the invention proceeds, by means of the above-described apparatus according to FIG. 1 , as follows:
  • the laundry articles to be washed pass via the inflow funnel 29 into the entry-side end of the drum 13 of the continuous-flow washing machine 10 .
  • the laundry articles are in this case flushed through with filtered treatment liquid both from the pre-washing zone 17 and the clear-washing zone 18 and from the drainage press 11 .
  • the treatment liquid is, as a rule, water which has a certain content of wash-active substances, as a rule washing agents, surfactants and the like.
  • the dirt occurring particularly during the washing of the laundry articles is bound by the wash-active substances, with the result that these increase in size.
  • wash-active substances are spent as a result of the binding of dirt.
  • the water for forming the treatment liquid usually contains excess wash-active substances, so that, after the washing of the laundry, the treatment liquid contains not only spent wash-active substances which have bound the dirt, but also still unspent wash-active substances.
  • the treatment liquid is first pre-filtered at the pre-filter 25 by the outflow line 24 .
  • particles which are larger than the particles of spent and unspent wash-active substances are removed.
  • the treatment liquid is freed in the filter 26 , at least for the most part, of spent wash-active substances which are enriched with dirt from the pre-washing zone 17 .
  • Only spent wash-active substances are separated from the treatment liquid in the filter 26 , but no unspent wash-active substances. Since the unspent wash-active substances have not absorbed any dirt and therefore are smaller than the spent wash-active substances, the filter 26 leaves the still unspent wash-active substances in the treatment liquid.
  • the larger particles filtered off by the pre-filter 25 and the spent wash-active substances separated from the treatment liquid by the filter 26 are discharged respectively at the pre-filter 25 and at the filter 26 .
  • Treatment liquid containing only or essentially only still unspent wash-active substances leaves the filter 26 .
  • This treatment liquid is supplied via the branch point 27 and the return line 28 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 10 , in order to flush through laundry articles which are to be washed by the continuous-flow washing machine 10 in the next washing cycle.
  • the treatment liquid is separated from the washed laundry articles also at the end of the clear-washing zone 18 .
  • This treatment liquid passes via the outflow line 30 to the filter 31 and thereafter to the filter 32 .
  • the filter 31 In the same way as at the pre-filter 25 , larger particles are filtered off as spent wash-active substances, while the filter 32 , again in the same way as the filter 26 , separates spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid.
  • Treatment liquid leaving this filter 32 and having essentially only unspent wash-active substances passes, as required, either via the branch point 33 , the connecting line 34 and the return line 28 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the drum 13 or via the return line 35 , the branch point 36 and the return line 37 to the start of the clear-washing zone 18 .
  • treatment liquid containing essentially only unspent wash-active substances is conducted in a directed manner to the inflow funnel 29 or to the start of the clear-washing zone 18 .
  • Excess rinsing liquid passes from the overflow 38 of the rinsing zone 19 into the collecting tank 39 .
  • the rinsing water may be conducted from the collecting tank 39 , as required, via the intermediate line 40 and the branch point 36 through the return line 37 to the start of the clear-washing zone 18 .
  • Rinsing liquid pressed out by the drainage press 11 passes from the collecting tank 23 of the drainage press 11 either via the return line 41 to the branch point 33 and from there via the connecting line 34 , the branch point 27 and the return line 28 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the drum 13 or via the return line 42 back to the rinsing zone 19 .
  • the rinsing water from the collecting tank 23 below the drainage press 11 may be conducted, as required, either to the inflow funnel 29 or to the rinsing zone 19 by means of corresponding valves, not shown.
  • the method described makes it possible for treatment liquid freed of spent wash-active substances, in particular spent surfactants, to be returned from the pre-washing zone 17 and the clear-washing zone 18 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 10 , so that this treatment liquid freed of spent wash-active substances can be reused for washing a subsequent batch of laundry articles.
  • unspent wash-active substances in the filtered treatment liquid are measured during the operation of the apparatus, preferably continuously, for example by means of a bubble tensometer, an H 2 O 2 sensor, a Cl sensor or the like.
  • the measured concentration of unspent wash-active substances is then compared with a desired concentration of wash-active substances in the treatment liquid. If it is established from this comparison that the concentration of the remaining wash-active substances still present in the treatment liquid lies below the desired concentration, fresh wash-active substances are admixed to the treatment liquid, specifically preferably in the region of the return line 28 . This admixing of new wash-active substances takes place to the extent such that the desired concentration of wash-active substances is produced again in the returned treatment liquid or is overshot preferably within a defined range.
  • FIG. 2 shows an apparatus according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • This apparatus also has a continuous-flow washing machine 45 and a drainage press 46 or another drainage device, for example a laundry centrifuge.
  • the continuous-flow washing machine 45 is designed, in principle, in the same way as the continuous-flow washing machine 10 .
  • the same reference numerals are therefore used for identical parts.
  • the continuous-flow washing machine 45 also has five chambers 16 succeeding one another in the flow direction 15 .
  • the five chambers 16 in the continuous-flow washing machine 45 form only a pre-washing zone 47 consisting of two chambers 16 and a clear-washing zone 48 consisting of three chambers 16 .
  • the number of chambers of the pre-washing zone 47 and of the clear-washing zone 48 may deviate from the exemplary embodiment shown, to be precise may be both larger and smaller. As a rule, however, the clear-washing zone 48 has a larger number of chambers than the pre-washing zone 47 .
  • the continuous-flow washing machine 45 has no rinsing zone. Rinsing therefore does not take place in the continuous-flow washing machine 45 . Instead, in the apparatus shown here, rinsing takes place in the drainage device, that is to say, in the exemplary embodiment shown, in the draining press 46 . This therefore has two functions, to be precise serves for separating a larger part of the treatment liquid (clear-washing liquid) from the clear-washing zone 48 of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 and for the subsequent rinsing of the laundry articles, for which purpose fresh water can be supplied to the drainage press 46 via a supply line 49 shown merely in passing in FIG. 2 .
  • the continuous-flow washing machine 45 has at the end of the pre-washing zone 47 an outflow line 50 which leads to a pre-filter 51 and from this to a filter 52 serving particularly for precision filtration.
  • the pre-filter 51 and the filter 52 are designed in the same way as the pre-filters 25 and 31 and the filters 26 and 32 of the first exemplary embodiment and have the same purpose.
  • the treatment liquid coming from the pre-washing zone 17 and freed of spent wash-active substances passes from the filter 52 via a branch point 53 to the return line 54 which leads to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 .
  • An outflow line 55 runs from the collecting tank 23 below the drainage press 46 to a pre-filter 56 and to a following filter 57 .
  • the pre-filter 56 and the filter 57 are designed in the same way as the pre-filter 51 and the filter 52 , to be precise serve first for separating coarser particles from the treatment liquid and then separating spent wash-active substances.
  • the treatment liquid freed at least for the most part of spent wash-active substances can pass from the filter 57 via a connecting line 58 and a branch point 59 to the branch point 53 and from there via the return line 54 to the inflow funnel 29 of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 .
  • an outflow line 60 emanates from the filter 57 and is led back to the start of the pre-washing zone 17 .
  • valves assigned to the connecting line 58 and to the outflow line 60 at the outlet of the filter 57 By means of valves assigned to the connecting line 58 and to the outflow line 60 at the outlet of the filter 57 , the liquid freed of spent wash-active substances can be conducted via a corresponding control either upstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 or to the start of the pre-washing zone 47 .
  • a second connecting line 61 branches off from the collecting tank 23 below the drainage press 46 and leads to the branch point 59 and from there via the branch point 53 and the return line 54 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 54 .
  • the connecting lines 58 and 61 of the collecting tank 23 are also provided with valves, with the result that the outflow of treatment liquid from the collecting tank 23 can be controlled in a directed manner, so that the treatment liquid can pass out of the collecting tank 23 , even bypassing the pre-filter 56 and the filter 57 , to upstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 .
  • the pre-filters 51 and 56 and the filters 52 and 57 serving for precision filtration have the same function as the pre-filters 25 and 31 and filters 26 and 32 in the method described further above in connection with FIG. 1 . Accordingly, the pre-filters 51 and 56 serve for separating larger particles from the treatment liquid before the smaller spent wash-active substances, but not the even smaller unspent wash-active substances, are separated at least for the most part from the treatment liquid by the filters 52 and 57 .
  • the liquid prepared by the pre-filter 51 and by the filter 52 and coming from the end of the pre-washing zone 17 passes via the return line 54 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 .
  • This treatment liquid containing essentially only unspent wash-active substances is used for flushing through laundry articles which are to be treated in a next washing cycle.
  • the washed laundry articles pass out of the clear-washing zone 48 of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 into the drainage press 46 downstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 or into another drainage device.
  • the treatment liquid from the clear-washing zone 48 is first separated by the drainage press 46 from the laundry articles, with the exception of the residual moisture.
  • the treatment liquid from the clear-washing zone 48 which contains spent and unspent wash-active substances, is intercepted in the collecting tank 23 below the drainage press 46 and is first conducted from the said collecting tank through the outflow line 55 to the pre-filter 56 and is subsequently supplied, pre-filtered by the latter by the separation of larger particles, to the filter 57 which at least for the most part removes spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid.
  • part of the prepared treatment liquid, without substantial spent wash-active substances, is conducted via the connecting line 58 and the branch point 59 of the return line 54 to the inflow funnel 29 .
  • the prepared treatment liquid originating from the pre-washing zone 47 is topped up by the same fraction which was removed from the treatment liquid from the pre-washing zone 47 during pre-filtration in the pre-filter 51 and in the filter 52 .
  • the remaining part of the treatment liquid, separated from the laundry articles by the drainage press 46 , from the clear-washing zone 48 in the collecting tank 23 is conducted downstream of the filter 57 through the outflow line 60 to the start of the clear-washing zone 48 .
  • the rinsing of the laundry articles takes place in the drainage press 46 .
  • fresh water is supplied via the supply line 49 to the drainage press 46 and is pressed through the laundry articles by the drainage press, rinsing of the laundry articles taking place.
  • the rinsing liquid pressed out of the laundry articles during rinsing is then intercepted in the collecting tank 23 and is conducted via the connecting line 61 , without filtration, via the branch points 53 and 59 through the return line 54 to the inflow funnel 29 upstream of the continuous-flow washing machine 45 .
  • the outflow line 55 there may preferably be arranged in the outflow line 55 at least one further collecting tank, in which treatment liquid from the clear-washing zone 48 is intermediately stored until it is filtered by the pre-filter 56 and the filter 57 and supplied for further use.
  • the collecting tank 23 can be emptied of the laundry articles immediately after the separation of the treatment liquid from the clear-washing zone 48 , so that the collecting tank 23 is available in a short time for the reception of rinsing liquid.
  • the method according to the invention is particularly suitable for the apparatus of FIG. 2 , in which the continuous-flow washing machine 45 has only a pre-washing zone 47 and a clear-washing zone 48 , but the rinsing of the laundry articles takes place in the drainage press 46 .
  • treatment liquid from the clear-washing zone 48 and rinsing liquid from the drainage press 46 occur briefly in succession, so that prepared treatment liquid with only unspent wash-active substances is available via the rinsing liquid at the appropriate time for an operation for washing a following batch of laundry articles.
  • the fresh-water requirement in the apparatus of FIG. 2 is thereby reduced to a minimum.
  • the method, constituting an independent invention, of measuring during the washing process the concentration of unspent wash-active substances in the treatment fluid can be employed.
  • this method basically in the same way as was described in connection with the apparatus of FIG. 1 , after the separation of the spent wash-active substances from the treatment liquid, the concentration of spent wash-active substances in the treatment liquid downstream of the filters 52 and/or 57 is determined continuously (in situ) and a corresponding quantity of new wash-active substances is added to the treatment liquid in a regulated manner as a function of a desired concentration of the wash-active substances.
  • the measurement of the concentration of unspent wash-active substances in the washing liquid takes place by means of measuring sensors or measuring probes which were referred to further above in connection with the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 .

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