Dry cleaning method

Claim 1

DRY CLEANING APPARATUS COMPRISING A CLEANING ASSEMBLY RECEIVING ARTICLES TO BE TREATED WITH A DRY CLEANING SOLUTION, SAID SOLUTION INCLUDING A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER AND A RELATIVELY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF DETERGENT, MEANS FOR STORING A QUANTITY OF DRY CLEANING SOLUTION, SAID ASSEMBLY HAVING INLET AND OUTLET MEANS THROUGH WHICH SAID SOLUTION IS FLOWED, A FILTER UNIT FOR REMOVING THE SOLID MATERIAL PRESENT IN SAID SOLUTION, RECIRCULATING MEANS AND CONDUITS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CLEANING ASSEMBLY AND SAID FILTER PROVIDING A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM FOR FLOW OF A SOLUTION THROUGH SAID FILTER AND SAID CLEANING ASSEMBLY, TIMER MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SEQUENCE OF OPERATION OF SAID APPARATUS, A COLOR REMOVAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A DECOLORIZING AND PURIFYING MATERIAL MAINTAINED IN STATIC CONDITION AND OPERATIVE TO REMOVE DECOLORING INGREDIENTS FROM SAID SOLUTION, SAID PURIFYING MATERIAL BEING GRANULAR IN NATURE AND INCLUDING A SWEETENER FOR EFFECTING REMOVAL OF DISSOLVED FATTY ACIDS AND THE LIKE FROM SAID SOLVENT, MEANS CONNECTING SAID COLOR REMOVING ASSEMBLY TO SAID CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM, MEANS OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO SAID TIMER TO DIVERT THE FLOW IN SAID CLOSED LOOP IN SAID COLOR REMOVAL ASSEMBLY, AND MEANS FOR RETURNING THE SOLUTION FROM SAID COLOR ASSEMBLY TO SAID STORAGE MEANS.