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Microwave clothes dryer and method with fire protection

US5396715A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 1994
Grant dateMar 14, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F2105/60
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Microwave clothes dryer and method in which water is introduced into the chamber in response to detection of an impending fire to immediately increase the moisture content of the clothes throughout the chamber to a level which will not sustain combustion.

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