Patent · US Expired

Dryer

US4338730A · kind A · utility

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28Claims
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Filing dateAug 19, 1980
Grant dateJul 13, 1982
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F2105/46
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A dryer wherein wet clothing placed in a drying chamber is dried by hot air resulting from the heat generated by an electric heater. The dryer comprises a ventilation fan which draws off air streams from the drying chamber and introduces the same amount of air streams as those thus removed into the drying chamber during a drying cycle. An amount of air streams ventilated by the ventilation fan is set at less than 1 m.sup.3 /min per kilowatt of the heat-generating capacity of the electric heater while the electric heater is operated.

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