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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4803787 | Method and device for preventing condensation on cooled tools of plastic working machine The procedure to prevent the formation of condensation on tools that are heated in use and are cooled by a circulated coolant is particularly relevant to plastic moulding machines. To avoid the build-up of condensation from dampness on the cooled tools a ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4754769 | Nail dryer A nail dryer includes a clamshell shaped base for resting the user's hand thereon. A C-shaped heating member is attached to the perimeter of the base by rib braces. The member includes two separated C-shaped channels housing a rope heater. The ribs form s... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4733480 | Dryer for gas masks and the like There is provided a dryer which is particularly adapted to dry a plurality of fireman's gas masks. The dryer includes a first enclosure having a plurality of air inlet holes through its top, with a second enclosure covering the air inlet holes and being c... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4682424 | Clothes drying apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for drying hanger mounted clothes, comprising a hanger rod mounted above a drip pan element, where said rod and drip pan assembly may be slidably removed from a drying cabinet so that wet clothing articles may... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4677764 | Apparel drying tray A planar drying surface is provided with an overlying water permeable grill for the placement thereon of wet footwear and outerwear. A fan circulates ambient or heated air under and around the wet articles through the grill. The device may be a free stand... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4665630 | Warm-air hand drying installations A warm-air hand drying installation has a floor-mounted pedestal with several drying apparatus around its periphery. A single fan supplies air to each apparatus via a central duct when any one of the apparatus is switched on. Each apparatus has a flap val... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4651441 | Drying oven including shuttle transporting means A drying oven is disclosed including apparatus for transporting a shuttle (51) longitudinally in a drying conduit (5) arranged within an oven, characterized in that the transporting apparatus is at least partially contained within a housing (15) that herm... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4625432 | Apparatus and method for drying and sterilizing fabrics Apparatus for the drying and sterilizing of fabrics, the apparatus comprising a drier cabinet provided with means for suspending therein fabric articles, and with means for generating, distributing and circulating warm air for drying purposes and hot air ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4570358 | Sports racket handle drying device A sports racket handle drying device comprises an electrically operated fan (5), a tube (3) for receiving the handle of the sports racket and means (6,10,11 and 12) for actuating the fan, in response to the presence of the handle in the tube, to effect fl... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4567676 | Double-jet, hot-air generator for spectacle frames A hot-air generator to facilitate execution of work on plastic spectacle frames, having two axial, parallel and opposing hot-air outlets.... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4559903 | Pet dryer A pet dryer is set forth to retain and dry an animal. The dryer includes an inner shell spaced within an outer shell. At least one blower is provided and receives outside air from an inlet plenum defined between the shells. Each blower discharges the air ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4528761 | Method and apparatus for drying and/or pre-heating lump material, for example scrap metal A method and apparatus for drying and/or pre-heating in particular scrap metal with the aid of waste gases deriving from an electric arc furnace. The waste-gases are passed from the electric arc furnace through a line (1,2,3) which is arranged between an ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4509271 | Treatment of articles having a coating of a moisture-curable composition A method of treating shoe parts having a coating of a moisture-curable composition utilizes an apparatus in which a support (16) for an article, e.g. a lasted shoe S, can be supported within a chamber (30) in which the support can be enclosed. The chamber... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4480394 | Dryer for safety razor A box is provided with an opening in its top for receiving the blade-holding head of a safety razor with the end of the handle of the razor resting on the surface supporting the box. Means within the box directs heated air onto the head of the razor withi... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4464906 | Methods and apparatus for drying fingernails Improved methods and apparatus are provided for drying polish or brightener applied to fingernails. A compact housing is provided with an opening for receiving the hand of the user, and a thermoelectric refrigeration unit is provided within the housing fo... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4426571 | Portable electric hot air rework tool for soldering and desoldering printed circuit assemblies A portable electric hot air rework tool for directing a stream of turbulent hot air through removable and replaceable nozzles with a selectably sized orifice to predetermined size localized areas of a printed circuit assembly until a temperature sufficien... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4388767 | Process and apparatus for storing paint brushes and the like There is disclosed a process and apparatus for the at least substantial prevention of hardening of paint brushes and the like which harden by an oxidation/polymerisation mechanism. The paint brush, or the paint applying portion thereof, is suspended withi... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4383377 | Hot air dryer room deodorizer Apparatus for efficiently and inexpensively deodorizing rooms, such as restrooms in commercial establishments, on an as needed basis is disclosed. The apparatus operates in conjunction with a standard hot air hand dryer commonly found in public and commer... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4314410 | Animal dryer An apparatus for containing and drying an animal having an enclosure formed of an upper and a lower section. The upper section is of a cage-like configuration formed from interconnected bars. The lower section has an inner housing disposed therein with th... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4307519 | Method and apparatus for drying products with a closed gas stream and a desiccant liquid A method of and apparatus for drying products with a gas stream passing the product to extract moisture therefrom and a contacting device producing at least one desiccant liquid layer in the vicinity of the product to be dried, which liquid layer removes ... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4278870 | Dental mirror warmer A dental mirror warmer to prevent fogging when the mirror is placed in a patient's mouth includes a housing with a cover having an opening. Below the opening is a heating well to receive the reflective end of the mirror. The well has a stainless steel wal... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4257173 | No-heat clothes dryer A "no-heat" clothes dryer is provided herein. It includes a drying chamber having an access opening. An access door is hinged to the access opening, the door being adapted to close the access opening in an hermetically sealed manner. Means, which are conv... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4255871 | Nail polish dryer A nail polish dryer comprising an upwardly open bowl shaped body having a centrally located upward extension spaced inwardly from the periphery. The extension is provided with a support for the hand of the user which will position the nails of the thumb a... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4241290 | Clinical mirror heating device An electrical heater device for heating a clinical mirror. The device comprises a housing having a top, bottom and side walls to define a hollow enclosure. Two spiral coiled electric heating elements are secured in the housing with their heat radiating su... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4206556 | Nail polish machine A device used for the application of fingernail polish and the like comprises a housing, a finger insert for positioning a finger on the housing, lighting means in the housing for providing direct illuminatin on the finger insert, a motorized fan for dryi... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4199873 | Foldable panty hose dryer Apparatus for drying small laundered garments, such as women's pantyhose, characterized by a box-like compartment through which hot air may be delivered by a conventional portable hair dryer. Its walls are connected by hinges so that it may be folded to f... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4193209 | Fingernail dryer A mechanical device for assisting in the application of fingernail polish or enamel, and subsequent drying, makes use of a housing containing an electrically operated fan which moves an air stream upwardly through the housing and out the top. A bracket se... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4158262 | Electric dryer construction for vehicle radiators A dryer for engine radiators which simultaneously purges moisture from the internal tubes of the radiator and the external surface of the radiator. The dryer includes a cabinet divided into an enclosed dryer compartment and an adjacent compartment for hou... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4117309 | Electric towel warmer The electric towel warmer is constructed and arranged for receiving a towel therein and for maintaining the towel in a warm condition. The towel warmer includes a housing mounting an M-shaped heating element in the housing in a generally upright plane. A ... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4091548 | Door mounted stationary drying rack A drying rack that is adapted to maintain selected articles stationary while a clothes dryer executes a tumble dry cycle. The rack comprises an open latticework basket pivotally mounted on the front door of the dryer by a bracket. The bracket is sized to ... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4087925 | Hand drier A hand drier comprising a fan arranged in a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a heating device for warming the air passing through the housing, is characterized by the provision in the housing of a micro glass fibre fleece through which t... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4055002 | Portable football dryer Portable apparatus for drying wet footballs. The apparatus comprises a housing supported on wheels and including a drying chamber for receipt of a wet football therein. The drying chamber includes a pair of concave contoured moisture absorbent rollers. Th... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4043048 | Laboratory drying oven and method One or more infrared heat lamps provide radiant heat at the top of a laboratory oven structure having a permanently open front and ventilation openings rearwardly thereof, so air will be drawn across a mass of discrete matter constituting a test sample be... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3997978 | Rope conditioning apparatus An apparatus for conditioning flexible ropes which has a hollow housing adapted to receive a flexible rope in a coiled condition. The housing contains a heating element for heating the air which comes in contact with the rope, thereby removing excess mois... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3930320 | Nail polish dryer A nail polish dryer to effect rapid drying of polish on fingernails or toenails and includes a base and a hood defining a drying space with an access opening for insertion of the portion of a person having nails to be dried. The base has walls therein def... | 01/06/1976 |
