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Drying apparatus and related methods

US11596278B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2020
Grant dateMar 7, 2023
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47K10/48
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for dispensing a consumable to a user includes a body, a bar movable relative to the body, an air inlet, a flow generator to receive inlet air from the air inlet and to generate an airflow, a consumable dispensing unit to receive a quantity of a consumable, and a nozzle operatively connected to the consumable dispensing unit to receive the consumable from the consumable dispensing unit. The nozzle provided within a flow path of the airflow from the flow generator such that the consumable is drawn from the consumable dispensing unit, mixed with the airflow, and expelled from the nozzle.

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