Recapture of ions applied in a wash process

• Main Authors: RIEHLE, ROBERT D, WRIGHT, TREMITCHELL, LUCKMAN, JOEL ADAM, YUSUF, ZAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.11.2008
• Subjects: BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS,YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

A wash cycle is provided for a clothes washer, the clothes washer having a wash zone for receiving a substrate load to be cleaned. The wash cycle includes a step of providing a wash liquor for applying to the substrate load. Another step is loading the wash zone with the substrate load. Another step is mixing metal ions with an inactive bleaching agent as catalyst agents to catalyze an activation reaction to produce an active bleaching agent. Another step is combining the active bleaching agent with the wash liquor. Another step is applying the wash liquor with the active bleaching agent to the substrate load. Another step is capturing the metal ions prior to a disposal of the wash liquor.