Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – Rotary drums or receptacles
Patent
1998-08-12
1999-11-02
Bennett, Henry
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
Rotary drums or receptacles
34184, F26B 1100
Patent
active
059746939
ABSTRACT:
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 holders secured to opposite sides of the inside surface of the dryer drum and between which the two main actuator arms are firmly fixed during use; and a plurality of outwardly spring-biased shoe bracket subassemblies upon which wet footwear may be placed to allow the footwear to dry within an automatic clothes dryer more rapidly than if it were placed loose within the dryer drum. Since the footwear remains attached to the rack during the entire time it is being dried, air circulates evenly about it thereby reducing damage to the footwear, and it is not allowed to contact the dryer drum and door which can cause an undue amount of noise, mar and dent the dryer's walls and door, cause the motor to burn up if the laces become sufficiently entangled in the drum to stop it, and periodically knock open the clothes dryer door to interrupt the drying cycle and cause drying delay. Applications may include, but are not limited to, the drying of shoes belonging to both children and adults, work boots, steel-tipped shoes, and athletic footwear including shoes having spikes and cleats that are commonly used in the sports of baseball, softball, football, golf, hiking, and mountain climbing.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5365675 (1994-11-01), Shabram, Jr.
patent: 5398428 (1995-03-01), Wallace
Richards Russell F
Schomberg Robert E.
Bennett Henry
Drake Malik N.
Morse Dorothy S.
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