Apparatus for milling and aftertreatment of textiles

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TREATING A FABRIC, COMPRISING A DRYCLEANING MACHINE HAVING A RECEPTACLE FOR AN ORGANIC LIQUID CONTAINING A VOLATILE DRY-CLEANING SOLVENT AND A FABRICRECEIVING BASKET FOR AGITATING A FABRIC IN SAID LIQUID WITHIN SAID RECEPTACLE; CONDUIT MEANS FOR FORMING A CLOSED PATH COMMUNICATING WITH SAID RECEPTACLE FOR DRAINING SAID LIQUID FROM SAID RECEPTACLE AND RETURNING IT THERETO; PUMP MEANS IN SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR CIRCULATING SAID LIQUID AND AGITATING IT IN SAID CONDUIT MEANS; SUPPLY MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONDUIT MEANS FORWARDLY OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND REARWARDLY OF SAID PUMP MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF CIRCULATION OF SAID LIQUID FOR FEEDING A SUBSTANCE DISPERSIBLE IN SAID LIQUID INTO SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR DISPERSAL BY SAID PUMP MEANS; A RESERVOIR DISPOSED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND OUT OF SAID PATH WHILE COMMUNICATING THEREWITH FOR DISCHARGE INTO SAID RECEPTACLE; DISTILLING MEANS DISPOSED ABOVE SAID RESERVOIR FOR REFRESHING SAID LIQUID; FIRST DUCT MEANS CONNECTING SAID PUMP MEANS WITH SAID DISTILLING MEANS AND SECOND DUCT MEANS CONNECTING SAID PUMP MEANS WITH SAID RESERVOIR INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID PATH; DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID BASKET AT A LOW SPEED FOR FABRIC TREATMENT AND AT A HIGH SPEED TO EXTRACT SADI LIQUID FROM SAID FABRIC BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; AND CONTROL MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID SECOND DUCT MEANS TO CONVEY LIQUID FROM SAID RECEPTACLE DIRECTLY TO SAID RESERVOIR PRIOR TO ROTATION OF SAID BASKET AT SAID HIGH SPEED AND FOR OPERATING SAID FIRST DUCT MEANS TO CONVEY LIQUID FROM SAID RECEPTACLE TO SAID DISTILLING MEANS UPON ROTATION OF SAID BASKET AT SAID HIGH SPEED, SAID FIRST AND SECOND DUCT MEAND BEING INOPERABLE AT SAID LOW SPEED TO PERMIT CIRCULATION OF SAID LIQUID ALONG SAID CLOSED PATH.