Apparatus for Drying Laundry Or Other Items Using Ultra-Violet Radiation
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1. A clothes dryer comprising:
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a laundry receptacle, disposed within said housing, that is dimensioned to receive a load of wet laundry that is to be dried by said clothes dryer, said laundry receptacle comprising at least one ultraviolet permeable portion that is permeable to ultraviolet light; and
an ultraviolet light assembly that is adapted to direct ultraviolet light through said ultraviolet permeable portion of said laundry receptacle, wherein;
said clothes dryer is adapted to dry a load of wet laundry that is disposed within said laundry receptacle by transmitting ultraviolet light through said ultraviolet permeable portion of said laundry receptacle.
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An apparatus for drying laundry with ultraviolet radiation is provided. One or more ultraviolet light sources emit ultraviolet radiation, which, in various embodiments, is transmitted through a UV-radiation permeable transparent drum containing the wet laundry and other wet articles to be dried. Also provided is a dryer having ultraviolet light sources centrally situated with respect to the drum, wherein the ultraviolet light sources emit ultraviolet radiation directed at laundry in the drum.
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1. A clothes dryer comprising:
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a housing; a laundry receptacle, disposed within said housing, that is dimensioned to receive a load of wet laundry that is to be dried by said clothes dryer, said laundry receptacle comprising at least one ultraviolet permeable portion that is permeable to ultraviolet light; and an ultraviolet light assembly that is adapted to direct ultraviolet light through said ultraviolet permeable portion of said laundry receptacle, wherein; said clothes dryer is adapted to dry a load of wet laundry that is disposed within said laundry receptacle by transmitting ultraviolet light through said ultraviolet permeable portion of said laundry receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A clothes dryer comprising:
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a housing; a laundry receptacle that is rotatably mounted within said housing, said laundry receptacle defining an interior portion that is dimensioned for receiving a load of laundry; a motor that is adapted for rotating said laundry receptacle; and one or more ultraviolet light assemblies that are adapted to substantially facilitate drying said load of laundry by directing ultraviolet light onto said load of laundry while said load of laundry is disposed within said interior portion of said laundry receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of drying a load of laundry, said method comprising:
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providing a clothes dryer that comprises; a laundry receptacle, and an ultraviolet light assembly that is adapted to produce an amount of ultraviolet light that is sufficient to dry a load of wet laundry that is disposed within said laundry receptacle; and while said load of laundry is disposed within said laundry receptacle, using said clothes dryer to dry said load of laundry, wherein said clothes dryer dries said load of laundry by using said ultraviolet light assembly to direct said ultraviolet light onto said load of laundry until said load of laundry is substantially dry. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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