Clothes drying apparatus and method with improved tumbling action
US6401362B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F58/04
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Tumble drying apparatus and method in which fabric articles are placed in a horizontally disposed cylindrical basket with a stringer which extends across the basket along an arcuate path that passes near the axis, and the basket is rotated about its axis with the stringer causing the fabric articles to tumble through the central portion of the basket in a loosely packed manner as they fall from one side of the basket toward the other.
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