Fast clothes dryer and drying method
First Claim
1. A clothes dryer, including a housing, a dryer door, a dryer drum, a heat source, comprising a means for recovering air after it leaves the dryer drum, a means for increasing the velocity of the recovered air, means for distributing the recovered air including duct means for supplying air to the periphery of the drum and means for removing moisture from the recovered air before distributing the recovered air, whereby the dryer will dry clothes quickly.
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Abstract
A fast clothes dryer (10) is provided and has a blower (32) located after the dryer lint trap (19) to recover air, boost its velocity and then distribute it throughout the dryer, includes the dryer door (12), dryer fins (28) and dryer circumference. If additional drying is desired, the recovered air can be dehumidified before it is distributed throughout the dryer (10). The inclusion of just one of these features, the air flow through the dryer door (12) can cut drying time from say 20 minutes to 15 minutes, with less wrinkling. The dryer and method use cold air to dry clothes without shrinkage, and to avoid tumbling at initial stages of drying. The clothes may be initially dried at a warm temperature and at a speed high enough to prevent mechanical tumbling for a first period (say 20 minutes) using rotation first in one then the other direction. Then, when partially dry, cold dehumidified air is used with a lower drum rotation speed to permit very gentle tumbling with the drum rotation varying In directions for a second period of say 15 minutes. Thereafter, the clothes may be normally dried at a normal temperature and medium drum speed until done, say for another 10 to 15 minutes.
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71 Claims
- 1. A clothes dryer, including a housing, a dryer door, a dryer drum, a heat source, comprising a means for recovering air after it leaves the dryer drum, a means for increasing the velocity of the recovered air, means for distributing the recovered air including duct means for supplying air to the periphery of the drum and means for removing moisture from the recovered air before distributing the recovered air, whereby the dryer will dry clothes quickly.
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22. A clothes dryer, including a housing, a dryer door, a dryer drum, a heat source, a lint trap, comprising a means for recovering air after the lint trap, a means for increasing the velocity of the recovered air, means for distributing the recovered air including at least two of the following:
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a) first duct means for supplying air axially through the dryer door, b) second duct means for supplying air to the outer periphery of the drum, c) third duct means for supplying air to the circumference of the dryer, and d) means for removing moisture from the recovered air before distributing the recovered air, whereby the dryer will dry clothes quickly.
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23. A method for drying clothes using a dryer having a heat source, a dryer drum, a door for the dryer, a means for moving air from the heat source through the dryer drum, comprising the steps of
recovering at least some of the heated air after the dryer drum, boosting the velocity of the recovered air, distributing air to the periphery of the dryer drum, and dehumidifying the recovered air before it is distributed to the dryer drum, whereby clothes in the dryer can be quickly and efficiently dried.
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34. A method for drying clothes using a dryer having a heat source, a dryer drum, a door for the dryer, a lint trap, a means for moving air from the heat source through the dryer drum, and through the lint trap, comprising the steps of:
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recovering at least some of the heated air after the lint trap, boosting the velocity of the recovered air, and distributing the recovered air to at least two of the following;
distributing air axial into the dryer drum through the dryer door, distributing air to the center periphery of the dryer drum, distributing air to the circumference of the dryer drum, and dehumidifying the recovered air before it is distributed to the dryer drum, whereby clothes in the dryer can be quickly and efficiently dried.
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35. A clothes dryer having a dryer drum and a door for closing the dryer, means provided for circulating drying air, means for selectively turning the dryer drum:
so that clothes therein do not tumble and so that clothes do tumble. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
- 57. A method of drying clothes without shrinking, comprising first drying the clothes without tumbling, drying the clothes with cold air with gentle tumbling and drying the clothes with warm air.
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71. A drying method for drying clothes comprising:
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a) drying the clothes with warm air without tumbling, b) drying the clothes with cold air with gentle tumbling, and c) drying the clothes with warm air at a higher speed to provide more tumbling than during gentle tumbling.
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