Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – For hollow article
Patent
1998-07-27
1999-11-23
Bennett, Henry
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
For hollow article
34202, F26B 2500
Patent
active
059877731
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for overnight drying and storage of wet boots, shoes, gloves, mittens and the like, which consists of a furniture-style cabinet with capacity to hold and dry all of the foot and hand apparel of a family or other group in a typical vacation lodging environment. The cabinet contains means to support apparel for drying and a drying air distribution device wherein ambient drying air is drawn-in from the surrounding room and is fan driven from a plenum into a plurality of individual conduits through conduit flow restrictors. By resisting the free flow of air, conduit flow restrictors act to substantially equalize the air flow through all conduits, regardless of length. The individual conduits convey the ambient drying air to the interior chambers of the apparel items and cause overnight drying. Air mixing within the cabinet assures overnight drying of the exterior surfaces of apparel. The drying operation is performed quietly and conveniently behind closed doors with damp air being exhausted out holes in the cabinet back. Since drying is completed without electrical heaters or hot surfaces, there are no associated risks of fire, injury or apparel damage. This is an energy conservation device.
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Bennett Henry
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