Automatic dry-cleaning machine

Claim 1

A DRY-CLEANING MACHINE INCLUDING A DRY-CLEANING DRUM FOR DRY-CLEANING CLOTHES THEREIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLEANING FLUID, A CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID DRY-CLEANING MACHINE EFFECTIVE TO OPERATE SAID MACHINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A MACHINE CYCLE HAVING A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS, A CLEANING FLUID SUPPLY MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF CLEANING FLUID AND TO SAID DRY-CLEANING DRUM FOR CONDUCTING CLEANING FLUID INTO AND OUT OF SAID DRY-CLEANING DRUM DURING A CLEANING PERIOD OF SAID MACHINE CYCLE, AND A CLEANING FLUID RECOVERY MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO AND OPERATED BY SAID CONTROL MEANS AFTER SAID CLEANING PERIOD TO REMOVE ANY RESIDUAL CLEANING FLUID FROM SAID DRY-CLEANING DRUM, SAID CLEANING FLUID RECOVERY MEANS COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING A CLOSED PATH HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH SAID DRUM, A FIRST BLOWER MEANS LOCATED IN SAID CLOSED PATH AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO AND OPERATED BY SAID CONTROL MEANS TO DRIVE HEATED AIR THROUGH SAID DRY-CLEANING DRUM TO CAUSE FLASHING OF CLEANING FLUID INTO VAPOR THEREIN AND TO CARRY SAID VAPOR FROM SAID DRY-CLEANING DRUM, A SECOND BLOWER MEANS LOCATED IN SAID CLOSED PATH AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO AND OPERATED BY SAID CONTROL MEANS TO EXHAUST SAID DRUM AND SAID CLOSED PATH TO ATMOSPHERE, AND TEMPERATURE SENSING MEANS LOCATED IN SAID CLOSED PATH AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO AND OPERATED BY SAID CONTROL MEANS AND EFFECTIVE IN RESPONSE TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IN SAID HEATED AIR EXITING FROM SAID DRUM AND IN-