CONTAMINATION WASHING APPARATUS AND METHOD

• Main Authors: ARIMA KENICHI, YOKOTA SHINJI, TSUKAHARA CHISATO, HATTORI TOSHIO, TATEISHI MASAKAZU, SAWATSUBASHI TETSUYA, YAMAMURA YUKIMASA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.01.2006
• Subjects: BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS,YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS BY LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contamination washing apparatus and method capable of surely washing contamination while confirming the presence/absence of decontamination for the contamination such as a work uniform to which harmful substances are stuck. SOLUTION: This apparatus comprises: a first washing device for washing contamination stuck laundry 12 to be washed to which the harmful substances are stuck with washing liquid; a second washing device 16 for washing the laundry 14 to be washed in the first washing device 13 with clear washing liquid 15; a washing liquid tank 18 for storing the washing liquid 17 used in the second washing device 16; a harmful substance density measuring device 19 for measuring a harmful substance density inside the washing liquid tank 18; a contaminated washing liquid tank 20 for storing contaminated washing liquid 17b used in the first washing device 13 composed by using the washing liquid 17 from the washing liquid tank 18 in the first washing device; a washing liquid regenerator 22 for regenerating the contaminated washing liquid 17b inside the contaminated washing liquid tank 20 and making it to clear regenerated washing liquid 21; and a clear washing liquid tank 23 for storing the regenerated washing liquid 21. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI