Patents Assigned to A.R.M.I.N.E.S - Association pour la Recherche et le Development des Methodes et Processus Industriels
  • Method and apparatus for drying a load of moist fibrous material, particularly a load of laundry
    Patent number: 6161306
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus is described for drying a load of moist fibrous material, particularly a load of laundry washed and placed in a washer/drier machine or a clothes drier, wherein a closed-circuit flow of superheated steam at 102-180.degree. C. and substantially at atmospheric pressure is passed through the load of fibrous material. The method is characterized in that, prior to the superheated steam drying step, the air in the closed circuit is flushed therefrom with steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: A.R.M.I.N.E.S - Association pour la Recherche et le Development des Methodes et Processus Industriels
    Inventor: Denis Clodic