Method of cleaning/coating a substrate

• US 5,902,412 A
• Filed: 07/31/1996
• Issued: 05/11/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Original Assignee: Timothy L. Taylor
• Inventors: Taylor, Timothy L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Morgan, Kriellion S.
• Application Number:
  US08/688,729
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• Field of Search: 134/64 P, 134/40, 134/12
• US Class Current: 134/12
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 7/5018 Halogenated solvents
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 11/06 Smoothing; Renovating; Roughening; Matting; Cleaning; Lubricating; Flame-retardant treatments

Abstract

Mixtures comprised of the compounds trans-1,2-dichloroethylene and/or cis-1,2-dichloroethylene and perchloroethylene are disclosed; as is a method for cleaning a solid substrate which comprises treating the substrate with said mixtures. A method for precision cleaning is disclosed, comprising the steps of showering the contaminated surfaces with said mixtures and then rinsing said surfaces with said mixtures that have been cleaned by distillation in-system. A method for dissolving and reconstituting polymers, waxes and oils by use of said mixtures or by use of mixtures consisting essentially of trans-1,2-dichloroethylene or cis-1,2-dichloroethylene is also disclosed; as is a method for delivering polymers, waxes, oils paints, pesticides, insecticides and fungicides to a surface by use of said mixtures or by use of mixtures consisting essentially of trans-1,2-dichloroethylene or cis-1,2-dichloroethylene.

Claims

1. A method of cleaning a surface of a substrate which comprises the step of:

treating said surface with a non-azeotropic solvent mixture comprising trans-1,2-dichloroethylene or cis-1,2-dichloroethylene.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said treating step further includes the steps of:

immersing the substrate in the solvent mixture;

agitating the solvent mixture around the substrate; and

removing the substrate from the solvent mixture.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said treating step further includes the steps of:

showering the surface of the substrate with the solvent mixture from a collection tank;

draining the solvent mixture into a distillation pot;

distilling the solvent mixture to vaporize the perchloroethylene and the other component;

recondensing the vaporized solvent mixture in a condenser; and

rinsing the surface of the substrate with the freshly distilled solvent mixture.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said treating step further includes the steps of:

brushing the surface of the substrate with the solvent mixture; and

allowing the solvent mixture to drip or evaporate from the surface of the substrate.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said treating step further includes the step of spraying the surface of the substrate with the solvent mixture.

6. A method of cleaning a surface of a substrate which comprises the step of:

treating said surface with a non-azeotropic solvent mixture comprising trans-1,2-dichloroethylene or cis-1,2-dichloroethylene and perchloroethylene.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said treating step further includes the steps of:

immersing the substrate in the solvent mixture;

agitating the solvent mixture around the substrate; and

removing the substrate from the solvent mixture.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said treating step further includes the steps of:

showering the surface of the substrate with the solvent mixture from a collection tank;

draining the solvent mixture into a distillation pot;

distilling the solvent mixture to vaporize the perchloroethylene and the other component;

recondensing the vaporized solvent mixture in a condenser; and

rinsing the surface of the substrate with the freshly distilled solvent mixture.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein said treating step further includes the steps of:

brushing the surface of the substrate with the solvent mixture; and

allowing the solvent mixture to drip or evaporate from the surface of the substrate.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein said treating step further includes:

the step of spraying the surface of the substrate with the solvent mixture.