IP Library Patent Application 10745087
Patent Application
App. No. 10/745,087

Method of replacing solvent from in-home dry cleaning machine

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App. No.
10/745,087
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of eliminating the need to have a track or other delivery service bring solvent to a home where a dry cleaning machine using said solvent is used. Instead, the method involves a method of first monitoring or having monitored level of solvent used and then ordering or obtaining said solvent in a consumer package or kit wherein the solvent can then be directly applied by the consumer or other to a receptacle where said solvent is kept.

Claims (9)

1 . Method of maintaining or replacing solvent used in an in-home dry cleaning machine which comprises:

(1) monitoring or having monitored level of solvent present to determine whether it is below a desired level;

(2) ordering or obtaining at a point of purchase an amount of solvent small enough to be carried in a consumer package or kit; and

(3) applying or having applied, directly from said solvent containing consumer package or kit to a receptacle or container where said solvent is kept, sufficient solvent to replace lost or wasted solvent.

2 . A method according to claim 1 , where ordering is done by phone or internet.

3 . A method according to claim 1 , where consumer package or kit with solvent is purchased at a store or other consumer outlet.

4 . A kit for replacing solvent which is used in a home dry cleaning machine.

5 . A method of claim 1 , wherein said solvent is siloxane solvent.

6 . A method of claim 5 , wherein said solvent is part of a dry cleaning composition comprising surfactant and said solvent.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2006
From: UNILEVER HOME & PERSONAL CARE USA, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC.
To: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017846/0667 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2004
From: GOLDONI, FRANCESCA; VAN KRALINGEN, KEES; MURPHY, DENNIS STEPHEN; ORCHOWSKI, MICHAEL; E M OVERDEVEST, PIETER
To: UNILEVER HOME & PERSONAL CARE USA, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC.
Reel/Frame 014558/0169 →