"Imagination supplies the ideas...
Technical knowledge carries them out.''

Thomas Edison

Similar to the time-saving convenience of fast food, might consumers find relief from the mundane chore of doing their laundry? In February 1993, Garment Care, Inc. asked its home-town neighbor, the U.S. Department of Energy's Kansas City Plant, for some help. Phase One is now complete and the potential for a brand new "Fast Laundry" industry is on the horizon.

An Environmentally Conscious Approach
to Clothes Maintenance

Small Business Initiative Cooperative
Research and Development Agreement/KCP-94-1006

Final Report December 1995

Index

Executive Summary
Background
Project Description
Project Benefits
Future Work
Summary
Ultrasonic Cleaning
Test of Constrained Fabrics
Customer Survey
References and Acknowledgments

David Porter Garment Care Inc. 2018 Swift North Kansas City, MO 64116 816-221-1066 816-221-1067 davidport@aol.com Tom Hand Department of Energy, KCP. thand@KCP.com George Bohnert Department of Energy, KCP Kelly Haley, Amway Corporation Prepared under contract number DE-ACO4-76-DPOO613 for the United States Department of Energy

Date created: 3/6/96

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