In line treatment of toxic carry-over of work pieces

Claim 1

IN AN INTEGRATED IN-LINE PROCESS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY REMOVING TOXIC MATERIAL AND WASTE CARRY-OVER FROM WORK PIECES BEING CHEMICALLY PROCESSED IN A TREATMENT LINE, THE STEPS OF PREPARING AND MAINTAINING A TOXIC MATERIAL AND WASTE NEUTRALIZING CHEMICAL SOLUTION; APPLYING SUCH SOLUTION DIRECTLY TO SURFACES OF THE WORK PIECES AND TO TOXIC MATERIAL AND WASTE CARRIED-OVER BY THE WORK PIECES FROM A TOXIC TREATMENT ZONE, WHILE MOVING THE WORK PIECES DIRECTLY FROM THE TOXIC TREATMENT ZONE INTO AND THROUGH A TOXIC MATERIAL AND WASTE REMOVING ZONE; SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY CHEMICALLY NEUTRALIZING AND REMOVING THE TOXIC MATERIAL AND WASTE CARRY-OVER FROM THE SURFACES OF THE WORK PIECES BY APPLYING THE NEUTRALIZING SOLUTION THERETO WITHIN THE REMOVING ZONE; CONSTANTLY COLLECTING ENRICHING AND RE-USING THE TOXIC MATERIAL AND WASTE NEUTRALIZING CHEMICAL SOLUTION, WHILE ADVANCING AND TREATING THE WORK PIECES IN THE ABOVE-DEFINED MANNER; MOVING THE WORK PIECES FROM THE REMOVING ZONE AND ONLY SUBSTANTIALLY INTO AND THROUGH A WASHING ZONE, AND APPLYING WASH WATER IN THE WASHING ZONE TO THE SURFACES OF THE WORK PIECES AND REMOVING THEREFROM NONTOXIC CARRY-OVER FROM THE TOXIC MATERIAL AND WASTE REMOVING ZONE, SO THAT THE WASH WATER WILL CONTAIN ONLY INNOCUOUS MATERIAL AND MAY THUS BE DIRECTLY DISCHARGED AS SEWAGE WITHOUT STREAM CONTAMINATION.