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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7591082 | Laundry dryer There is provided a dry board received and fixed in a dry drum. The dry board is mounted in the dry drum and laundry such as shoes can be stably dried. ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7552545 | Ducted drying rack for clothes dryer A drying rack assembly, for use in a clothes dryer with a rotatable tumbler, is constructed with a perforated tray to support clothing in a stationary manner within the tumbler. A duct is attached to the perforated tray to direct a primary airflow through the perfor... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7389596 | Shoe drying rack A shoe drying rack to fit a dryer's drum, comprised of an open container divided into two mirror imaged halves joined together by an adjustable connector arm. In one embodiment, the adjustable connector arm is a telescopic arm, allowing for the sizing of the shoe dr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7356944 | Drying rack for a laundry dryer A drying rack for the stationary drying of articles to be dried, which can be installed in the drum of a clothes dryer. The articles can be knitwear or shoes that must not be moved when dried even when the drum turns. For articles, especially, wool articles, to dry ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7237293 | Method of controlling a shoe washing process of a washing machine A method of controlling a shoe washing process of a washing machine performs washing, rinsing, and spin-drying operations. The method includes the operations of determining whether or not to select a shoe washing course, and washing the shoe according to a reversibl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228646 | Article drying support apparatus An article drying support apparatus includes a perimeter wall defining a housing and enclosing an interior space. The perimeter wall includes a backside having an elongated slit therein defining an opening extending into the interior space. The perimeter wall compri... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7062863 | Washing machine and method of controlling drying process thereof A washing machine and method of controlling a drying process thereof is provided. The washing machine includes a water temperature detecting unit and a controller. The water temperature detecting unit is disposed in a condensing duct to detect temperatures of conden... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7007409 | Drying rack for a laundry dryer A drying rack for the stationary drying of articles to be dried, which can be installed in the drum of a clothes dryer. The articles can be knitwear or shoes that must not be moved when dried even when the drum turns. For articles, especially, wool articles, to dry ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6922913 | Volatilizable media holder for a laundry dryer A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drying chamber, a door assembly, a blower assembly and an air passage for directing an airflow to the drying chamber. A media holder is removably positioned in the air passage to suspend a volatilizable media in the path of ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915593 | Drying rack for a laundry dryer A drying rack can be fixed in the drum of a tumble dryer to dispose items to be dried in a static manner. The items can be, for example, woolens or shoes that should not be rotated with the moving drum during the drying process. To prevent the items to be dried from... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6732447 | Drying apparatus A shoe drying device having two arms and an airflow channel extending therethrough. A spring exerts an outward force on the arms. Each arm includes a member for holding a shoe at an end thereof. During a drying cycle, convection air enters through an air inlet towar... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6604298 | Drying apparatus A drying apparatus for use in a drying device, having a surface and a first mechanism to at least partially hold an article relative to the surface. A second mechanism associated with the surface is operable to cooperatively engage with an air exit in the... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6385862 | Method and apparatus for drying articles having internal cavities within a clothes dryer An apparatus for use in drying articles defining internal cavities within a conventional clothes dryer includes a manifold and a plurality of tubes extending therefrom. Each of the tubes is provided with various, circumferentially spaced and longitudinall... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6374509 | Shoe holder for attaching a shoe to a dryer A shoe holder for attaching a shoe to a dryer for preventing the tennis shoes from banging in the drum of the dryer while being dried. The shoe holder for attaching a shoe to a dryer includes a piece of material being adapted to fasten about a sole of a s... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6212792 | Basket and method of use A basket or dryer liner that has the usual basket shape, i.e, generally cylindrical, but is resiliently compressible or deformable along multiple axes for reshaping into irregular shapes. It has perforate bottom wall and side walls and an open top and is ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6134810 | Washing machine insert A washing machine insert for holding athletic shoes therein when washing the athletic shoes in a washing machine. The washing machine insert includes a member designed for insertion into a washing tub of a front loading style washing machine. The member h... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6115936 | Free tumbling padded shoe container for use in clothes dryer The device consisting of a hollow body made of foam rubber or other shock absorbing material defining an enclosed chamber and having a plurality of holes therein. A closeable opening is provided that is of adequate size to allow wet tennis shoes or other ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6067723 | Clothes dryer hanging feature A hanging feature is provided for a clothes dryer. The hanging feature is included on the door, or on the cabinet adjacent the door opening so that shoes or other objects can be hung from the hanging feature and suspended in a position exposed to the hot ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6067729 | Elastic shoe bar and method for drying shoes A shoe bar is useful for drying shoes in a conventional clothes dryer. The shoe bar has a relaxed length that is equal to or slightly greater than the inner diameter of the drum of the clothes dryer. The bar ends are inserted into the shoes. The bar is ma... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6026592 | Drying rack with electronic control A stationary drying rack of the present invention is used in a clothes dryer for drying articles of clothing which cannot be tumbled by the dryer. The stationary rack is capable of using the electronic control drying circuitry of the dryer by making elect... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5974693 | Footwear drying rack and method for its use A footwear drying rack and a method for its use within automatic dryers having a rotating drum, the framework of the rack having one outwardly spring-biased main actuator arm and one telescoping main actuator arm placed in opposition thereto; two rack hol... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5743025 | Dryer basket for sneakers insertable into a clothes dryer A dryer basket for sneakers including a plurality of baskets. A plurality of mounting brackets are secured within a dryer drum of a dryer adjacent to tumblers of the dryer. The mounting brackets each are removably secured to the baskets whereby the basket... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5519949 | Clothes dryer and tumble-preventing means for use with a clothes dryer An improved clothes dryer includes a heated drying chamber, a drum mounted for rotation in the drying chamber to tumble articles of clothing, and a door which is opened to permit placement and removal of articles in the dryer and is closed during the dryi... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5398428 | Shoe dryer bracket First and second telescoping support tubes are arranged for securement relative to one another in an extended orientation and provided with respective first and second rigid foot members, wherein the foot members are arranged to be received within respect... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5365675 | Expandable strut for holding tennis shoes in a dryer A more economical, efficient, portable and versatile apparatus for drying tennis shoes within rotary drum dryers, which comprises a fixed main tube (11), a pair of telescoping members (12), a pair of heel support crossbars (14), and an urging means (20) t... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5333393 | Shoe retaining apparatus and method An apparatus (12) for retaining a shoe (18) within a clothes dryer (10) having a rotatable chamber (16), the apparatus (12) having a shoe tree (28) with a toe support member (38) and a heel support member (36) for maintaining the inner shape of the shoe (... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5333392 | Process and apparatus for thermal treatment of a mixture of solid substances and gases An apparatus known per se for the thermal treatment of a mixture of solids and gases, comprising a vessel having an axially symmetrical interior, which vessel has in the lower part and in the upper part in each case at least one tangentially arranged open... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5276979 | Shoe drying support apparatus A mesh tubular basket is arranged for mounting about a support tube and secured at each end of the mesh basket by strap members to position canvas type shoes and the like within a clothes dryer during a drying procedure. The support tube is arranged with ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5220734 | Apparatus comprising straps with end attachments for removably fastening objects to be dried within dryer drum An apparatus for drying shoes, soft toys, or similar objects in a commercial dryer with a rotating drum (116) comprises a pair of strong nylon straps (20) and (22) with hook-and-loop fasteners to interconnect both straps. On their respective free ends the... | 06/22/1993 |
| 4813641 | Device and method for attaching an object to a surface A device and method for attaching an object to a surface includes at least one elongate resilient member and an attachment assembly for attaching the elongate resilient member to a surface. Each elongate resilient member has two ends, the ends of each res... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4617743 | Dryer insert, holder, container An article holding container for a rotary drum dryer comprised of a compartment for holding hosiery, tennis shoes, etc. The compartment is separated into multiple chambers by divider insert means. The compartment is secured inside the drum by an expandabl... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4467535 | Laundry drier dividers This invention relates to a foldable, removable drier divider assembly with removable suction cup pieces that can be easily inserted into a household drier and quickly secured in its operating unfolded position to act as a drier drum divider for separatin... | 08/28/1984 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
