Hot-air blower/dryer with side-by-side motors, and an exhaust end cap

• US 20060096118A1
• Filed: 11/05/2004
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electric Cleaner Corporation
• Original Assignee: Electric Cleaner Corporation
• Inventors: Myhre, Gary A., Ward, John O. III
• Application Number:
  US10/981,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20060096118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 34/487
• CPC Class Codes: F26B 21/001 Drying-air generating units, e.g. movable, independent of drying enclosure

Abstract

A hot-air blower/dryer which includes two inline hot-air blowers positioned side-by-side with one another. Each of the inline hot-air blowers has a housing in which are located, in line, a motor, a fan and a heat element (coil). Each housing has a nozzle passageway running from it. The two nozzle passageways merge with an exit passageway to from an exhaust/end cap.

Claims

1. A hot-air blower/dryer, which comprises:

a) a first inline hot-air blower, and

b) a second inline hot-air blower,

the first inline hot-air blower and the second inline hot-air blower being positioned side-by-side.

2. The hot-air blower/dryer as claimed in claim 1, wherein

a) the first inline hot-air blower includes a first housing having therein inline, a first motor, a first fan rotatably attached to the first motor, and a first heat coil, the first housing having an entrance aperture and an exit aperture;

b) the second inline hot-air blower includes a second housing, having therein inline, a second motor, a first fan rotatably attached and powered by the second motor, the second housing having an entrance aperture and an exit aperture; and

c) an exhaust end cap includes an exit passageway, a first entrance passageway in communication with the exit passageway and with the exit aperture of the first housing, and a second entrance passageway in communication with exit passageway and the exit aperture of the second housing.

3. The hot-air blower/dryer as claimed in claim 2 wherein the first inline hot-air blower and the second inline hot-air blower are in parallel alignment.

4. The hot-air blower/dryer as claimed in claim 3, wherein

(a) a first mesh is positioned over the entrance of the first housing;

and

(b) a second mesh positioned over the entrance of the second housing.

5. The hot-air blower/dryer as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first inline hot-air blower and the second inline hot-air blower are mounted horizontally on a support.

6. The hot-air blower/dryer as claimed in claim 5, wherein the support has four casters.

7. The hot-air blower/dryer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first inline hot-air blower and the second inline hot-air blower are mounted on a support.

8. The hot-air blower/dryer unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein exit passageway of the exhaust end cap has an exit end, and said exit end is adapted for attachment of a hot air hose thereto.

12. A method of using the hot-air blower/dryer as claimed in claim 1 for animal grooming, or drying grain, or farm application.

9. An exhaust end cap comprising:

an exit passageway, a first entrance passageway having an entrance end and in communication with the exit passageway, a second entrance passageway having an entrance end in communication with the exit passageway, a first cap portion surrounding and extending away from the entrance end of the first entrance passageway, and asecond cap portion surrounding and extending away from the entrance end of the second entrance passageway.

10. The exhaust end cap as claimed in claim 9, wherein side of first cap portion away from the entrance end of the first entrance passageway has a concave shape, and side of second cap portion away from the entrance end of the second entrance passageway has a concave shape.

11. The exhaust end cap as claimed in claim 10, wherein the exit passageway of the exhaust end cap has an exit end, and said exit end is adapted for attachment of a hot-air hose thereto.