Clothes dryer

• US 10,151,059 B1
• Filed: 07/17/2017
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KE M.O. House Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: KE M.O. House Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsai, Mo-Tsan
• Primary Examiner(s): Gravini, Stephen M
• Application Number:
  US15/651,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20180355547A1
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 34595
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/00 Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 25/0664 Standing garment supporting racks; Garment supporting stands with swingable or extending arms
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 57/00 Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired in combination with means for heating or positive air circulation D06F58/00; adapted to retain the shape of particular articles being dried D06F59/00
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 57/08 Folding stands D06F57/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 59/02 for garments
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 73/00 Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers, or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam combined with external pressure means D06F71/00

Abstract

Provided is a clothes drier including a drying device, a base, a support rod, and a drying jacket. The base is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. The drying device is disposed inside the base. The support rod has a first end disposed on the base and a second end extending in a direction away from the base. The support rod can be a telescopic rod. The drying jacket is suspended from the second end of the support rod and further arranged to enclose the base. The drying jacket is used for being sheathed in clothes. According to the clothes drier the drying device is disposed inside the base and the telescopic support rod is fixedly disposed on the base so as to facilitate the drying of the clothes hung on the support rod by the drying device.

Claims

1. A clothes drier comprising a drying device, a base, and a support rod, wherein the base is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, the drying device is disposed inside the base and is configured to draw and heat air from the air inlet of the base and further blow heated air out of the air outlet of the base;

the support rod comprises a first end disposed on the base and a second end extending in a direction away from the base, the second end being configured to hang clothes;

the support rod is a telescopic rod and configured to pass through a garment;

wherein the first end of the support rod, the garment and an edge of a top surface of the base is configured to define a drying space to receive the heated air out of the base.

4. The clothes drier according to claim 1, further comprising a support frame disposed on the second end of the support rod and configured for holding up clothes.

5. The clothes drier according to claim 4, wherein the support frame comprises:

a fixed portion fixedly disposed on the second end of the support rod; and

two support arms provided on both sides of the fixed portion respectively and configured for holding up clothes.

6. The clothes drier according to claim 5, wherein the support arms are arcuate in shape, one end of each support arm being disposed on the fixed portion while another end thereof being gently curved away from the fixed portion and close to the base.

7. The clothes drier according to claim 1, wherein the air outlet is disposed adjacent to the support rod.

8. The clothes drier according to claim 1, wherein the edge of the top surface of the base is protruding out from sides of the base.

9. The clothes drier according to claim 1, wherein the drying device comprises a heater, an air sucker, and an air blower, wherein the air sucker is arranged close to the air inlet of the base, the air blower is arranged close to the air outlet of the base, and the heater is installed between the air sucker and the air blower and is configured to heat up the air drawn by the air sucker through the air inlet of the base and so that the heated air is blown out of the air outlet by the air blower.

10. The clothes drier according to claim 1, wherein the air outlet is disposed adjacent to the support rod.

13. The clothes drier according to claim 4, wherein the air outlet is disposed adjacent to the support rod.

14. The clothes drier according to claim 5, wherein the air outlet is disposed adjacent to the support rod.

15. The clothes drier according to claim 1, wherein the edge of the top surface of the base is protruding out from sides of the base.

18. The clothes drier according to claim 4, wherein the edge of the top surface of the base is protruding out from sides of the base.

19. The clothes drier according to claim 5, wherein the edge of the top surface of the base is protruding out from sides of the base.

2. A clothes drier comprising a drying device, a base, and a support rod, wherein the base is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, the drying device is disposed inside the base and is configured to draw and heat air from the air inlet of the base and further blow heated air out of the air outlet of the base;

the support rod comprises a first end disposed on the base and a second end extending in a direction away from the base, the second end being configured to hang clothes,

wherein the clothes drier further comprises a drying jacket suspended from the second end of the support rod and further sleeved on the base, the drying jacket being configured to be sheathed in clothes.

3. The clothes drier according to claim 2, wherein the drying jacket comprises:

a main body suspended from the second end of the support rod and sleeved on the base; and

two sleeves provided on both sides of the main body respectively, wherein both the main body and the two sleeves are provided with through holes.

11. The clothes drier according to claim 2, wherein the air outlet is disposed adjacent to the support rod.

12. The clothes drier according to claim 3, wherein the air outlet is disposed adjacent to the support rod.

16. The clothes drier according to claim 2, wherein the edge of the top surface of the base is protruding out from sides of the base.

17. The clothes drier according to claim 3, wherein the edge of the top surface of the base is protruding out from sides of the base.

20. A clothes drier, comprising:

a drying device;

a base; and

a support rod,

wherein the base is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and the drying device is disposed inside the base and is configured to draw and heat air from the air inlet of the base and further blow heated air out of the air outlet of the base,

the support rod comprises a first end disposed on the base and a second end extending in a direction away from the base, the second end being configured to hang clothes,

the support rod is a telescopic rod and configured to pass through a garment, and

an end of the garment is configured to hang on the first end of the support rod, another end of the garment is configured to opposite to the air inlet of the base, and the garment is configured to receive the heated air out of the base.