Drycleaning machine

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING SOILED GARMENTS AND THE LIKE BY USE OF A SOLVENT INCLUDING: MEANS PROVIDING A CLOSED CHAMBER HAVING AN OPENING AND A DOOR FOR CLOSING SAID OPENING; A DRUM ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CHAMBER WHEREBY SOILED GARMENTS AND THE LIKE MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO THE DRUM THROUGH SAID OPENING WHEN SAID DOOR IS OPEN; A RESERVOIR FOR SOLVENT DISPOSED BELOW SAID CHAMBER; CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID RESERVOIR TO SAID CHAMBER, SAID CONDUIT MEANS HAVING FIRST PUMP MEANS AND VALVE MEANS CONNECTED THEREIN WHEREBY FLUID MAY BE MOVED FROM THE RESERVOIR INTO SAID CHAMBER WHEN SAID VALVE MEANS IS IN OPEN POSITION AND SAID PUMP MEANS IS ENERGIED; OVERFLOW CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID CHAMBER AT A LEVEL INTERMEDIATE ITS TOP AND BOTTOM TO SAID RESERVOIR; FILTER MEANS AND SECOND PUMP MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID OVERFLOW CONDUIT MEANS AND SAID RESERVOIR WHEREBY FLUID FLOWING INTO SAID OVERFLOW CONDUIT MEANS IS MOVED BY SAID SECOND PUMP MEANS WHEN SAID SECOND PUMP MEANS IS ENERGIZED THROUGH SAID FILTER MEANS AND BACK TO SAID RESERVOIR; AND DRAIN CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHAMBER TO SAID FILTER MEANS AND SAID SECOND PUMP MEANS AND HAVING DRAIN VALVE MEANS CONNECTED THEREIN WHEREBY ALL LIQUID IN SAID CHAMBER MAY FLOW TO SAID SECOND PUMP MEANS WHEN SAID DRAIN VALVE IS OPEN; AIR DUCT MEANS CONNECTING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER WITH THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER INCLUDING A HEAT EXCHANGER HOUSING, AN AIR MOVING MEANS AND AN AIR VALVE MEANS CONNECTED IN SAID AIR DUCT MEANS; A VENT DUCT, SAID VENT DUCT BEING CONNECTED TO SAID AIR DUCT AND OPENING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AT TWO SPACED POINTS, SAID AIR VALVE MEANS WHEN IN ONE POSITION AND WHEN SAID AIR MOVING MEANS IS OPERATING CAUSING THE AIR TO BE DRAWING IN THROUGH SAID VENT DUCT AT ONE OF SAID POINTS AND MOVED INTO SAID CHAMBER AND CARRYING AIR TO BE EXHAUSTED FROM SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID AIR DUCT MEANS AND SAID VENT MEANS TO THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE OTHER OF SAID POINTS, SAID AIR VALVE MEANS WHEN IN A SECOND POSITION ESTABLISHING A CLOSED AIR FLOW PATH WHICH INCLUDES SAID CHAMBER WHEREBY SAID AIR MOVING MEANS CIRCULATES AIR THROUGH SAID CHAMBER AND THROUGH SAID AIR DUCT AND BACK TO SAID CHAMBER WHEN SAID AIR VALVE MEANS IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION; COOLING AND HEATING MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID HEAT EXCHANGER HOUSING TO FIRST COOL THE AIR MOVING THROUGH SAID AIR DUCT FROM SAID CHAMBER AND THEN TO HEAT THE COOLED AIR PRIOR TO ITS RETURN TO SAID CHAMBER, AND CONDENSATE RETURN CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID HEAT EXCHANGER HOUSING AND SAID RESERVOIR FOR RETURNING SOLVENT CONDENSED BY SAID COOLING MEANS BACK TO SAID RESERVOIR, SAID CONDENSATE RETURN CONDUIT MEANS HAVING VALVE MEANS CONNECTED THEREIN FOR CLOSING SAID CONDENSTAE RETURN CONDUIT.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING SOILED GARMENTS AND THE LIKE BY USE OF A SOLVENT INCLUDING: MEANS PROVIDING A CLOSED CHAMBER HAVING AN OPENING AND A DOOR FOR CLOSING SAID OPENING; A DRUM ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CHAMBER WHEREBY SOILED GARMENTS AND THE LIKE MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO THE DRUM THROUGH SAID OPENING WHEN SAID DOOR IS OPEN; A RESERVOIR FOR SOLVENT DISPOSED BELOW SAID CHAMBER; CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID RESERVOIR TO SAID CHAMBER, SAID CONDUIT MEANS HAVING FIRST PUMP MEANS AND VALVE MEANS CONNECTED THEREIN WHEREBY FLUID MAY BE MOVED FROM THE RESERVOIR INTO SAID CHAMBER WHEN SAID VALVE MEANS IS IN OPEN POSITION AND SAID PUMP MEANS IS ENERGIED; OVERFLOW CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID CHAMBER AT A LEVEL INTERMEDIATE ITS TOP AND BOTTOM TO SAID RESERVOIR; FILTER MEANS AND SECOND PUMP MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID OVERFLOW CONDUIT MEANS AND SAID RESERVOIR WHEREBY FLUID FLOWING INTO SAID OVERFLOW CONDUIT MEANS IS MOVED BY SAID SECOND PUMP MEANS WHEN SAID SECOND PUMP MEANS IS ENERGIZED THROUGH SAID FILTER MEANS AND BACK TO SAID RESERVOIR; AND DRAIN CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHAMBER TO SAID FILTER MEANS AND SAID SECOND PUMP MEANS AND HAVING DRAIN VALVE MEANS CONNECTED THEREIN WHEREBY ALL LIQUID IN SAID CHAMBER MAY FLOW TO SAID SECOND PUMP MEANS WHEN SAID DRAIN VALVE IS OPEN; AIR DUCT MEANS CONNECTING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER WITH THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER INCLUDING A HEAT EXCHANGER HOUSING, AN AIR MOVING MEANS AND AN AIR VALVE MEANS CONNECTED IN SAID AIR DUCT MEANS; A VENT DUCT, SAID VENT DUCT BEING CONNECTED TO SAID AIR DUCT AND OPENING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AT TWO SPACED POINTS, SAID AIR VALVE MEANS WHEN IN ONE POSITION AND WHEN SAID AIR MOVING MEANS IS OPERATING CAUSING THE AIR TO BE DRAWING IN THROUGH SAID VENT DUCT AT ONE OF SAID POINTS AND MOVED INTO SAID CHAMBER AND CARRYING AIR TO BE EXHAUSTED FROM SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID AIR DUCT MEANS AND SAID VENT MEANS TO THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE OTHER OF SAID POINTS, SAID AIR VALVE MEANS WHEN IN A SECOND POSITION ESTABLISHING A CLOSED AIR FLOW PATH WHICH INCLUDES SAID CHAMBER WHEREBY SAID AIR MOVING MEANS CIRCULATES AIR THROUGH SAID CHAMBER AND THROUGH SAID AIR DUCT AND BACK TO SAID CHAMBER WHEN SAID AIR VALVE MEANS IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION; COOLING AND HEATING MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID HEAT EXCHANGER HOUSING TO FIRST COOL THE AIR MOVING THROUGH SAID AIR DUCT FROM SAID CHAMBER AND THEN TO HEAT THE COOLED AIR PRIOR TO ITS RETURN TO SAID CHAMBER, AND CONDENSATE RETURN CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID HEAT EXCHANGER HOUSING AND SAID RESERVOIR FOR RETURNING SOLVENT CONDENSED BY SAID COOLING MEANS BACK TO SAID RESERVOIR, SAID CONDENSATE RETURN CONDUIT MEANS HAVING VALVE MEANS CONNECTED THEREIN FOR CLOSING SAID CONDENSTAE RETURN CONDUIT.