Portable clothes dryer and room humidifier
US5394619A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F58/14
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A clothes dryer designed to rest over the register of a floor duct delivering hot air from a forced hot air heating system. The dryer is a vertical hollow column, closed at the top and open at the bottom, to which are attached one or more foldable drying racks on which the clothes are hung for drying. Openings in the column at specified levels are fitted with baffles which direct the hot air toward the clothes. A flat base stabilizes the unit so it can remain in vertical orientation. A second embodiment has a housing beneath the base dimensioned to fit within the hot air duct when the register is removed. The drying racks can be easily folded down for storage.
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