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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4297795 | Portable drying rack A portable drying rack is provided which comprises frames of unitary construction for hanging articles and support members for supporting the rack in an upright position. The support members are pivotably attached to the frames to permit the drying rack t... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4265030 | Article dryer An apparatus for drying articles of apparel having a centrifugal blower associated with a housing for providing a flow of air through several tubes extending from the housing. The articles are disposed at the output portion of the tubes for drying the wet... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265029 | Motor vehicle dryer stand A motor vehicle dryer stand including a base member having a pair of laterally spaced legs projecting remotely from the base member, a standard projecting upward from the proximal end portion of the base member, an elongated lamp arm and means for clampin... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4250631 | Tobacco-pipe holder and dryer A tobacco pipe holder and dryer comprises an enclosed, forced air circulation apparatus having means to support one or more pipes with the stems or shanks, thereof open to the exterior of the apparatus and having an arrangement of air jets for supplying h... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4236322 | Apparatus for and method of drying items by open air and solar energy A dryer which employs open air and solar energy for tumble drying of such items as clothes comprises a rotatable, closed drum and a frame. The drum has first and second end surfaces and a lateral surface. Each of the end surfaces and lateral surface has a... | 12/02/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4203230 | Hair dryer with compactable bonnet A salon-type hair drying device is provided, which is easily collapsable when the device is not in use. The device includes a hair dryer in a storage case. Attachable to the hair dryer is a bonnet through a stem plenum portion of which heated air from the... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4200993 | Apparatus for drying boots An apparatus for drying boots has a hollow housing one of whose upright side walls is formed of a plurality of upper and a plurality of lower pairs of apertures. A blower, a heater, and an ozone generator are provided in this housing for expelling air fro... | 05/06/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4188878 | Restraining device for use in drying lumber A restraining device is used in a dry kiln with a load of green lumber in order to reduce warpage during drying and cooling. A single restraint device is comprised of a pair of inverted leaf springs joined together at their centers and having a strap exte... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4171580 | Boot dryer A boot dryer utilizes a housing having an ingress port and an egress port and a low current consuming motor driven fan therein. A pair of flexible hoses are removably secured to the ports of the housing and extend downwardly therefrom when the housing is ... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4162580 | Wig drying attachment for hair dryers A wig drying attachment for hair dryers including a planar sheet having a substantially U-shaped portion which encircles and clamps to a vertical portion of a hair dryer such as the hot air inlet or the like, an arm integral with the U-shaped portion and ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4156974 | Combination plant seedling-bulk tobacco support structure The present invention relates to a material handling device that is adapted to have utility in both a greenhouse operation and a bulk tobacco curing and drying structure. More particularly, in use with a greenhouse, the material handling device of the pre... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4145602 | Ski boot and glove warmer There is disclosed a ski boot and glove warmer including a vertically extending blower body having a pair of spaced apart dryer tubes projecting horizontally from the front face thereof and each having a boot support bail spaced there below for supporting... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4144108 | Support A method of supporting a ferromagnetic sheet having a tacky layer on its upper surface comprises locating the sheet on a support which comprises a sheet of glass having on its upper surface a layer of magnetic material.... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4121351 | Vent apparatus for clothes dryer Vent apparatus for a clothes dryer is disclosed comprising a tube having an outlet and an inlet opening. A removable screen is positioned across the outlet opening for filtering lint particles from the exhaust stream of a forced air clothes drying apparat... | 10/24/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4109397 | Rotatable, non-tumbling drying rack A drying rack for a dryer of the type having a rotating drum. The rack is adapted to prevent the tumbling of articles received in the rack as the drum rotates. The rack comprises an open-work basket portion that receives the articles to be dried. The bask... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4094076 | Fixture for portable hair dryer A fixture serving as a storage holster for a portable hair dryer and also functioning as a rack for drying towels and other fabric articles. The fixture which is mountable on a wall or attachable to an existing towel rack includes an upright holster secti... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4068390 | Photomask dryer The dryer is used for drying developed photomasks of the type used in manufacturing integrated circuit devices. The dryer provides a continuous flow of very clean, warm, dry air over photomasks placed in it to dry. The dryer comprises a box having a serie... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4003135 | Specimen holder and technique employed to effect a continuous maximum concentration gradient in critical point drying The present device and technique enables a small specimen to be subject to a continuous maximum concentration gradient by continually replenishing the fluid coming in contact with the specimen. Accordingly, the diffusion rate from the specimen to the flui... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3992139 | Support assembly for supporting pottery articles A support assembly unit and a support assembly formed from such units which can be mounted on a kiln car to support pottery being fired. The unit comprises upper and lower shelves having through holes which receive upper and lower spigots of a plurality o... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3986272 | Hair dryer Hair dryer comprising a motor, an air blowing nozzle and a hand grip. The hand grip of the hair dryer is pivotably attached to the motor body so that it can be brought in two different positions. A carrier loop is detachably affixed on the blowing nozzle. In o... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3983638 | Collapsible hair dryer device or the like A collapsible salon-type hair dryer or the like is provided with a collapsible umbrella-like frame adapted for being adjusted between collapsed and expanded conditions, a flexible body being supported thereon which is provided with an opening for the dist... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3975833 | Drier A clothes airer or drier that is fitted to a wall and can be collapsed to a compact shape. The upper end of the drier is designed as a compartment with a recess to receive portable heater-fan unit, the front of the unit having a hood movable from a closed... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3946498 | Portable hair dryer A portable hair dryer comprises a flexible bonnet, a combined blower and heater power module for supplying heated air under pressure to the bonnet, and a control module for selecting the operating mode of the dryer. The power module is suspended against t... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3939574 | Linen drier A linen drier for mounting on a wall and in the form of a box equipped with eans for blowing warm air in the direction of linen supported on horizontal bars. The bars extend longitudinally across the box parallel to the wall. The box carries a visor which ... | 02/24/1976 |
