Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – Sheet – web – or strand
Patent
1997-03-14
1998-09-29
Joyce, Harold
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
Sheet, web, or strand
34621, 34444, F26B 900
Patent
active
058131396
ABSTRACT:
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 dry the carpet. The present invention includes a coiled rod, a handle, and a mounting washer. The handle and the rod are welded to opposing sides of the mounting washer. The rod is made from 3/16 of an inch diameter stainless steel and is sharpened to a needle point at the terminal end. The sharpened end of the device is used to puncture a small hole in the carpet. The handle is then rotated about the axis of the coiled rod which raises the carpet off of the floor. Once all of the carpet has been lifted from the floor, one side of the carpet is opened and an air blower is installed to blow air under the carpet. The device is capable of lifting approximately nine square yards of carpeting and padding. The number of devices needed to raise the carpet will depend on the grade of carpet and the amount of water in the carpet.
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Joyce Harold
Litman Richard C.
O'Connor Pamela A.
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