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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367137 | Clothes treating ultrasonic nebulizing cabinet apparatus A clothes treating apparatus comprising a cabinet (1) having external walls (2) and internal walls (3), said internal walls (3) defining an interior region (4) for receiving clothes, said apparatus further comprising a door (6 | 05/06/2008 |
| 7322497 | Covering for an inflatable body of an apparatus for pressing items of clothing, and apparatus for pressing items of clothing equipped with the covering Items of clothing, such as dress shirts, may be smoothed or pressed by pulling them taut from within by way of an inflatable body that is linked with a base that is provided with a fan for inflating the inflatable body. In order to partially or completely prevent th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7195412 | On-demand wallpaper printer having dryer An on-demand wallpaper printer is provided comprising a pagewidth ink jet printhead for printing ink onto a media web moving along a path, a compartment arranged along the path downstream from the printhead so that the moving media web traverses the compartment and ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7140121 | Garment drying cabinet and system A garment drying cabinet and a garment dryer utilizing the garment drying cabinet. The garment drying cabinet includes a housing through which at least one heater mounting opening and at least one exhaust hole are disposed. At least one heater mount is attached to t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7093374 | Clothes dryer and method of controlling the same A clothes dryer and a method of controlling the clothes dryer. The method detects conditions of clothes using a sensor, and performs at least one of: a complex drying function to perform a drying operation, a deodorizing operation, and a wrinkle removing operation; ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090092 | Clothes hamper A clothes hamper includes a container having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into the container. A plurality of guides is attached ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083072 | Inflatable body for pressing items of clothing, and apparatus for pressing items of clothing with the inflatable body Items of clothing are smoothed by pulling them taut from within by way of an inflatable body that is detachably linked with a base that has a fan for inflating the inflatable body. In order to releasably fasten the inflatable body, the base has second fastening devi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080465 | Method of manufacturing inkjet recording sheet and drying apparatus for application film The present invention dries an ink absorption layer using a drying apparatus after applying an ink absorption layer application liquid containing inorganic particles and water-soluble resin to a continuously running web and thereby reduces a drying speed distributio... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7036670 | Cloth drying apparatus A garment drying apparatus (200) is provided having a frame (201), a porous net (204), an adjustable width garment hanger (202) and a hook (203) to support said adjustable width garment hanger; slip proof pads (205,206) are ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020983 | Method and apparatus for drying items of clothing Instead of desiccating articles of clothing by spinning the articles, the method and apparatus according to the invention removes moisture from these articles by pressing or drying them with the aid of hot air. Desiccation of the clothing articles occurs gently and ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6944970 | In-line dryer for a printer The invention provides a dryer for a printer such as a print on demand wallpaper printer. The dryer has a compartment with an opening across the top. The opening is in a path of a moving media web which is printed on by the printer. The opening is optionally covered... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6925737 | Method and apparatus for smoothing items of clothing To improve a smoothing effect on items of clothing by subjecting the items to moisture and heat and, thereby, relaxing the fabric of the clothing items to reduce creases, an apparatus and a method of smoothing includes subjecting the items of clothing, preferably, i... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6895692 | Device for heat treating metallic webs in-line A device for heat treating metallic webs in-line, in particular for operation with a low-density protective gas, comprises stabilising nozzle systems which stabilise the course of the web and effect heat transfer, primarily by forced convection, in the heating porti... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6834441 | Apparatus for pressing shirts A shirt-smoothing device includes a lower part and an inflatable body fixed thereon. Because the inflatable body must be at least the same size as the shirt to be smoothed, the device has considerable height, however, the rigid components in the area of the inflatab... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6745496 | Air-flow dryer and method The invention is an apparatus and method for drying and de-wrinkling an article of clothing, which includes a housing having an upper compartment, a lower compartment, and a dividing wall separating the compartments. An exhaust hole is disposed through one side of t... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6493962 | Drying section Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes at least one web guidance device and at least one wire arranged to guide the material web through the at least one web guidance device. The at least one web guidance dev... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6457257 | Portable film dryer The present invention is a completely portable film dryer. The film is hung in strips within an encircling shroud. A heater assembly positioned at the top of the shroud blows warm air downward over the suspended film strips and out through exhaust vents n... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6381867 | Stabilized high vacuum drying installation for industrial hides and similar products A stabilised high vacuum drying installation for industrial hides and similar products includes a plurality of drying beds (2, 2', 2") with heating platforms (3, 3', 3") and hermetic covers (4, 4', 4"), vacuum means (7) connected to the drying beds to ext... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6363627 | Clothes dryer A clothes dryer includes a housing and a hollow tube connected to a first end of the housing. The housing has plural lengthwise narrow air inlets formed in a bottom, a wind leaves wheel rotated by a motor and a heater in its interior, and a wind outlet fo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6185834 | Centrifugally rotating type clothes drying hanger structure A centrifugally rotating clothes hanger includes a motor for rotating the hanger, the centrifugal force resulting from rotation of the hanger being used to swing water off the clothes and assist in drying the clothes due to the wind-drying effect caused b... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6088930 | Convection-radiation system for heat treatment of a continuous strip In a heat treatment installation a strip moves continuously past infrared radiant elements and elements for blowing air onto the strip. The installation comprises a succession of blower elements separated from each other by at least one infrared radiant e... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6072158 | Method and apparatus for heating thin plastic sheet with air diffuser plate preventing sagging of the sheet A method and apparatus heats a thin sheet of material prior to subjecting the sheet to a process for forming the sheet into a desired shape, such as by vacuum forming. The sheet is supported in a generally horizontal manner during transport through the ap... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6018886 | Effect of air baffle design on mottle in solvent coatings Apparatus for drying coated web material and preferably moving web material comprises a nozzle, means for supplying air to the nozzle and means to distribute the air through said nozzle substantially uniformly across the web width, said nozzle arcing from... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6018887 | Drying apparatus for photo prints An enclosure having a back wall which is made of a net-like material and unto which photo prints can be placed. A front part of the enclosure has at least one source of hot air which is directed to the back wall and switches which turn on and off the sour... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5996249 | Portable garment dryer with carrying case The present invention pertains to a portable garment dryer having a support member (10, 14, 60) with a centrally located opening (26) on a top surface thereof. A light but durable, air permeable garment bag (18) is secured about the opening (26) on a bott... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5852883 | Concealable drying bar for clothes hamper The conceable drying bar for a clothes hamper provides a simple mechanism to receive and suspend wet or damp towels of clothing externally of the hamper structure.... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5813139 | Method and device for drying carpet A method for facilitating the drying of carpet More specifically, the present invention relates to using a coiled corkscrew-like device to lift and hold wet wall-to-wall carpeting and padding off of the floor so that air may be blown under the carpet to d... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5755042 | Drying apparatus with swivel support structure for sheet direction changing rollers Air-blowing nozzles 21 for blowing a hot air are provided in both sides of an electrode sheet 33 for a battery both surfaces of which an electrode compounding agent has been applied to. In each of the air-blowing nozzles 21, a pair of slit-shaped blowhole... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5729909 | Method and apparatus for drying an article of clothing A clothes drying apparatus has the general shape of a drying sleeve with sufficient length and width to hold an article of clothing for drying. The article of clothing is placed in the drying sleeve and synch lines on each end of the drying sleeve are clo... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5704135 | Instant photographic print drying device An instant photographic print drying device. The device has a stand which carries a fan and a heating coil. Downstream of the fan the photograph is held in place by clips. A timer is provided which can be set to a prescribed time to dry the photographs. A... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5642572 | Portable garment dryer with carrying case The present invention pertains to a portable garment dryer that has a planar base member with a centrally located opening. A light but durable, air permeable garment bag is secured about the opening on one side of the planar base. An elastic grommet-like ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5640784 | Non-contact flotation web guide/dryer Drying apparatus including pressure control of air supply feeding an air bar and subsequently impinging upon a web, so as to avoid or compensate for web shift without disturbing the cushion pressure and flotation techniques necessary for adequate web flot... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5642462 | Fabric article drying rack assembly mountable to a support assembly utilizing heated air flow A rack assembly for drying and warming fabric articles which includes an elongated tube having an interior chamber housing an electrical dryer for warming the air and directing the air through the tube and over a plurality of elongated slots formed in the... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5606640 | Towel warming cabinet with heated air from attached hair dryer circulating through towel rack and downwardly over the towel An apparatus for warming a towel or other article includes a cabinet having an open top and closed by hinged lid and a hollow rack is mounted within the cabinet. A towel to be warmed is draped over the rack. A portion of heated air is introduced through a... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5555648 | Portable device for drying and removing wrinkles from clothing A portable device is provided for drying and removing wrinkles from an article of clothing. The device is for use with a portable dryer of the type having a handle, internal fan, and nozzle from which heated air is blown. The device comprises an inflatabl... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5548100 | Article warmer with heated frame and flexible enclosure A warmer and dryer for fabric articles having a vertically disposed heated frame upon which one or more articles can be draped. A heated fluid is circulated through the frame by a pump that is mounted in the base of the frame. The frame is enclosed by a f... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5457283 | Apparatus for coating and drying paper sheets A space-saving apparatus and method for coating paper sheets with lacquer and drying the sheets with streams of air are provided. The sheets are coated with lacquer and are moved by parallel and spaced apart conveyer belts in a first direction as the shee... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5438763 | Multipurpose electric dryer A multipurpose electric dryer including a housing covered with a front cover, a blast fan installed in the housing and having an air output port coupled with a fully clad electric positive-temperature-coefficient heater and connected to a first air hole a... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5343634 | Ostomy pouch drying container An apparatus for drying an ostomy pouch in a discreet manner includes a container having a box-shaped structure formed from top, bottom, front, back and side panels with an L-shaped extensor rod extending from an inner surface of one of the back or side p... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5150955 | Drying apparatus Apparatus for drying webs of light sensitive material comprises means defining a channel for receiving a web, a plurality of elongated spaced injection slits for applying drying fluid to opposite sides of the web, and a plurality of elongated spaced evacu... | 09/29/1992 |
