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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5132518 | Apparatus for warming cold medical diagnostic instruments such as stethoscopes An apparatus for warming medical instruments, such as a stethoscope, includes a wall mountable, multi-walled, vented housing having a front access opening closed by a hinged translucent panel and an open bottom. A reflective, flexible metal liner having a... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5125169 | Glove drying apparatus and method A glove drying apparatus has five fingers which are angularly movable with respect to one another. A sliding mechanism is actuated to move the fingers between a relatively closed position in which the apparatus can be readily inserted into a glove. The sl... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5115578 | Discharge mechanism for a large fluid bed/dryer granulator A fluid bed dryer granulator which can be unloaded by moving the support screen downwardly relative to the product chamber so that the product can be moved radially out of the device. Portions of the machine can be pivoted so as to allow rapid and thoroug... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5058289 | Garment drying apparatus A device for drying garments comprises a bellows tube having a plurality of apertures throughout its length. The tube is used to support a garment and carry heated air from an air heating means to the inner surface of the garment.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5014446 | Apparatus for heating an article A device for heating an article such as a towel or the like comprises an enclosure and a heating device for providing heated air under positive pressure to the interior of the enclosure. A support in the form of a rack is arranged in the interior of the e... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4961272 | Drying apparatus A drying apparatus includes a vertical housing having a generally horizontal base portion, a generally vertical intermediate portion and a generally horizontal top portion which together define a drying space therebetween. The user can stand on the base p... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4959911 | Apparatus for drying garments A novel portable garment drying device for quickly drying garments is comprised of an air circulating means assembled with a support frame, an air permeable sheet upon which a garment is placed for drying, and bottom covering. The device is easily assembl... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4875592 | Drying rack and receptacle for towels and wash cloths A drying rack for drying wet cloths, such as towels and washcloths. A substantially rectangular enclosure is provided having a pair of openings that are laterally spaced from each other, and a curved drying surface extends between the openings. The enclos... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4862602 | Drying frame A collapsible drying rack includes a series of horizontal tubular plastic frame elements connected together by corner elements. Each corner element has four hollow tubular arms that telescopically receive the frame members. A pair of integral, longitudina... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4856206 | Drying center A drying center comprises a cabinet and a drop board pivotally secured to the cabinet and movable between a dropped position wherein the board is substantially horizontal and a raised position wherein the board is substantially vertical. The drop board de... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4823481 | Mop head spreader attachment for enhanced drying A mop drier attachment for a mop having a staff with a mop head element at one end, said attachment having a hook element for gripping the staff positioned near the mop head element. The mop head element includes a plurality of strands which are spread ap... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4824063 | Drying board The drying board supports a freshly coated article during drying and includes a plurality of rigid upright projections extending upward from a rigid support structure. Each projection has base connected to the support structure and terminates in an upper ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4812621 | Electrically heated dish drying rack A portable dryer device is provided which consists of an open top housing for receiving a dish rack therein for drying the dishes. The housing contains an electric heating element and motor driving a fan blade to force hot air past a tilted slotted elevat... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4788777 | Dry kiln wood spacing sticker A sticker for spacing wood products apart vertically in a dry kiln is formed as an elongated, hollow, internally reinforced extruded rectangular profile of synthetic resin reinforced with glass fiber. The internal reinforcement is provided by one or more ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4787153 | Shoe drier A shoe drier has a base, a cap and a U-shaped hanging element. A motor is mounted on the base for driving an impeller to rotate. A heating chamber is disposed on the base for encasing a heater which emits thermal gas for drying a pair of wet shoes. The im... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4785162 | Multiple-function electric dryer having an adjustable position discharge nozzle A multiple-function electric dryer includes a casing having a nozzle extending outwardly through opening formed in the front and bottom walls thereof and arranged for upward and downward angular movement about a horizontal axis within the confines of the ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4777737 | Apparatus for drying garments A novel portable garment drying device for quickly drying garments is comprised of an air circulating means such as a squirrel cage fan, connected to a support frame composed of hollow tubing with holes for directing air inside the perimeter of the assemb... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4761883 | Cutting tool with drawing cut A cutting tool, especially a scissors with drawing cut includes a lower shear blade pivotally connected to an upper shear blade by a bolt or other suitable means which projects into an oblong hole of the upper shear blade. The lower shear blade is provide... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4760243 | Apparatus for letting out hot air, used as heater and drier particularly in bathrooms An electric heating and drying apparatus, of the type comprising, housed in a box-type body having at least partially open walls, a heating resistance and a fan arranged to blow air through said resistance towards an outlet opening, said box-type body bei... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4727656 | Device for drying footwear A device for drying footwear comprising a holding element on which the footwear to be dried is slipped onto, means for conducting warm air through the holding element into the footwear through at least one discharge port and at least one carrier organ to ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4724621 | Wafer processing chuck using slanted clamping pins A wafer is introduced into a processing chamber on a transport device. Lifting pins receive the wafer from the transport device and lower the wafer to the surface of a chuck. Clamping pins lower and hold the wafer by means of enlargements on the ends of t... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4712313 | Hands free portable hair dryer holder A hands free portable hair dryer holder is provided and is designed to hold a portable hair dryer while in use, allowing a person to use their two free hands on the hair. A mechanism can be built within the holder which will automatically swing the hair d... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4697357 | Garment-drying netting platform A clothes-drying platform composed of coarse nylon netting stretched taut between frame members knitted through the marginal courses of the netting can be supported alternatively by swingable retractable legs, by suction cups on the corners of the platfor... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4689897 | Composite glove drying device A drying device for a golf glove and the like formed in the shape of a hand with extended thumb and fingers for holding and maintaining the shape of a wet glove during drying. The device is a thin-walled container, as, for example, a blow-molded plastic b... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4677760 | Drier storable rack A conventional clothes drier is provided with a rack structure mounted on the bulkhead that extends into and plugs the access opening to the drum of the drier. The rack is selectively mountable in either an operative extended position projecting cantileve... | 07/07/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4663860 | Vertical progressive lumber dryer A vertical progressive lumber dryer has a plurality of vertically spaced functional zones through which lumber formed into units pass. Each unit rests atop a base and each layer of boards in the stack is separated by sticker means. Predetermined appropria... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4662085 | Pin oven louver design A pin oven is disclosed for curing coated or decorated can bodies travelling in a serpentine path wtih jets of a curing medium. The pin oven chamber is divided by an interior louver wall into a curing medium supply plenum chamber and a curing chamber. The... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4651440 | Spin drying apparatus A spin drying apparatus for drying semiconductor wafers wherein the wafers are contacted only at the edge thereof by a plurality of radially extending arms and wherein means is provided for preventing the generation of turbulent air flow by the fan-like e... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4596078 | Drying device A drying device comprises a hollow body and a plurality of supports for articles to be dried. The body has an inlet for communication with a source of heated air, for example a floor mounted outlet of a domestic hot air heating system or a hair dryer. The... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4578880 | Curing apparatus with ejector mechanism An apparatus for curing ink screen print on articles, particularly large articles such as pails or barrels, includes a rotatable turntable having a plurality of spin table compartments each of which is to receive a pail and carry the same in a circular pa... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4553341 | Apparatus for the heat treatment of lasted shoe uppers Apparatus for the heat treatment of lasted shoe uppers, e.g. for use in the curing of moisture-curable adhesive applied to the periphery of a shoe bottom. The apparatus comprises a treatment station (2), a conveyor belt (4) and drive means therefor, the b... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4538365 | Horizontal drip dryer A dryer for drip dry type of clothing. The dryer has a horizontal screen, on which clothing to be dried can be placed, supported by two parallel rails, which are fastened to the tops of two pair of legs which have pivots to permit the dryer to be folded i... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4529865 | Electrically heated musical instrument stand An electrically heated musical instrument stand for supporting an idle musical instrument during breaks or pauses during a musical performance for heating the interior of the instrument maintain the idled instrument warm and at its tuned temperature ready... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4429928 | Clothes drying structure A clothes drying structure attachable to the side of a motor home or the like and providing an enclosed area within which wearing apparel may be hung for drying by convective air currents. Heat from the motor home propane gas vent imparts convective movem... | 02/07/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4412388 | Method for drying semiconductor substrates A method for drying semiconductor substrates wherein a plurality of semiconductor substrates are irradiated with electromagnetic waves emitted from a waveguide in a non-reactive atmosphere of normal atmospheric pressure while the semiconductor substrates ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4389795 | Pelting board A novel pelting board removes the need for pins or other tack-like fasteners and allows for better drying of the pelts along edges of the board. The board's frame of non-absorbent plastic has channels along its edges, a dam to direct air to the channels, ... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4341517 | Curing kiln A kiln for curing or drying articles has a heated chamber having at least two wall sections which are formed by two vertical panesl which rotate as part of a roundabout device. This may have other panels which divide the roundabout into a desired number o... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4318749 | Wettable carrier in gas drying system for wafers A gas drying system for use in removing a liquid from a substrate comprises a carrier adapted to support the substrate wherein the parts of the carrier that make contact with the substrate have a surface wettable by the liquid and the wettable surface has... | 03/09/1982 |
