Abstract: Cleaning drapes, furs or other objects by the aid of powdered and/or granular cleaning agents involves a two part operation. During the first part of the cycle, the material to be cleaned and the cleaning agent are tumbled together in an oscillating drum. During the second part of the cycle, the cleaning agent is drawn off by vacuum. Tumble vanes in the drum are apertured whereby the vanes themselves serve as effluent conduits. Interior baffles in the tumble vanes keep the powdered and/or granular cleaning agent in the drum while the effluent conduits remain open. An efficient removal of the used cleaning agent is accomplished since the material cleaned cannot block all the effluent conduits.