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clean closet

 closet with constant low-level cleaning
 
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For lightly soiled clothing (shirts and... shirts?), closet uses ion pump plus gentle agitation (low level vibration in hanger-bar?) to clean items placed within. Reduces wear on clothing and is convenient. Cleaning is very low-level in the sense that a shirt must hang in the closet approx. 24-48 hours before it is fully clean. Maybe there's something like a steam cycle to eliminate/reduce wrinkles.

Besides the convenience of having such a system, it could make a great franchise business: patent the system along with support systems (installation/retrofit kits, etc.).

—cljudge, Dec 18 2003

Nanoscale Ion Pumps http://focus.aps.org/story/v10/st19
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       1) I'm not convinced this would clean anything
2) If it works, I'm guessing I end up with piles of dirt on the floor of my closet...
—phoenix, Dec 18 2003
   

       If your "ionic pump" is similar to the Ionic Breeze, it will do virtually nothing ...
—Letsbuildafort, Dec 18 2003
   

       first: this is the HALF bakery. second: we only need to attach (for a modest fee) a vacuum to collect dirt/lint/change and evacuate it to neighbors yard/ organic garden/ gift box for mother in law, what have you.
—oneironaught, Dec 18 2003
   

       Please explain the ion pump. How exactly does it make the dirt fall out of your clothes?
—AO, Dec 18 2003
   

       I suppose the dirt particles laugh so hard at the ludicrousness (is that a word?) of an ion pump that they lose hold of the clothing and fall into the vacuum installed by oneironaught's secondary franchise.
—cljudge, Dec 18 2003
   

       I'm not sure about washing, but it sounds a good idea for avoiding ironing. Better than hanging your clothes in a steamy bathroom, at least.
—kropotkin, Dec 19 2003
   
      
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