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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Viaardingen, NL;
Jan Hendrik Theodoor Verbeek, Vlaardingen, NL;
Inventors:
Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Viaardingen, NL;
Jan Hendrik Theodoor Verbeek, Vlaardingen, NL;
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06L 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a dry cleaning process for the in-home dry cleaning of laundry articles, comprising one or more cleaning steps followed by one or more rinse steps whereby at least one rinse step comprises contacting the laundry article with a rinse composition, said rinse composition comprising a low grade non-flammable non-chlorine containing organic dry cleaning solvent and said low grade solvent comprising at least 0.1 ppm and less than 50 000 ppm of squalene.