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Cost-efficient clothes dryer

Patent 6941680 Issued on September 13, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject July 3, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

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Tumbler washing and drying machine
Patent #: 4204339
Issued on: 05/27/1980
Inventor: Muller

Home heating system
Patent #: 4330083
Issued on: 05/18/1982
Inventor: Di Fiore

Flue gas heat recovery apparatus
Patent #: 4401261
Issued on: 08/30/1983
Inventor: Brown

Water heater utilizing laundry dryer exhaust
Patent #: 4412391
Issued on: 11/01/1983
Inventor: Bolognino

Solar clothes dryer
Patent #: 4514914
Issued on: 05/07/1985
Inventor: Kitzmiller

Clothes dryer and laundry system
Patent #: 4891892
Issued on: 01/09/1990
Inventor: Narang

Accessory dryer Patent #: 5946814
Issued on: 09/07/1999
Inventor: Farrant

Inventors

Application

No. 10612262 filed on 07/03/2003

US Classes:

34/607, And conduit to deliver gas or vapor to drum34/528, Using specific moisture sensor structure34/602, Specific drum structure211/119.008, Heat radiator34/75, Direct contact with cooling substance237/56, WATER236/10, HOT-AIR FURNACE34/90, Combined34/93, Solar34/86, With waste gas heat and/or power conservers34/103Forms

Examiners

Primary: Gravini, Steve

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 34 159 81 DE 10/01/1985
  • 0 456 173 EP 11/01/1991
  • 1-303 199 JP 12/01/1989
  • 2004-89415 JP 03/01/2004

International Classes

F26B011/02
D06F058/00
D06F058/26
D06F058/10
D06F058/24

Abstract

A clothes dryer that is operatively attached to a heating system is illustrated. The clothes dryer receives heated fluid when the dryer is turned on. The dryer has a radiator that receives the heated fluid from the circulating fluid flow system. The fluid-filled radiator radiates heat into a clothes-drying chamber, which forms part of a motor-driven, rotating drum. The rotating drum tumbles the clothes as heat is projected into the drying chamber, thus driving the moisture from the clothes.

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