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Fabric article treating method using electrically charged liquid in a clothes drying appliance

  • US 7,392,600 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2006
  • Issued: 07/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An in-home method for treating a fabric article in need of treatment compnsing:

  • a. providing a fabric article treating system designed for domestic use, wherein the system comprises

         1) a clothes drying appliance, and

         2) a source of an electrically charged liquid, and optionally,

         3) a safety system capable of preventing contact of the electrically charged liquid to a user of the fabric article treating system;

    b. placing the fabric article in need of treatment within the clothes drying appliance;

    c. operating the fabric article treating system such that the source of the electrically charged liquid delivers an electrically charged liquid having an applied potential in the range of from about 0.2 to about 50 kV to the fabric article placed within the clothes drying appliance such that the fabric article is treated.

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