Shoe drying apparatus

• US 3,256,616 A
• Filed: 09/19/1962
• Issued: 06/21/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph M. Mcgoldrick
• Original Assignee: Joseph M. Mcgoldrick
• Inventors: Mcgoldrick, Joseph M.
• Application Number:
  US04/224,654
• Time in Patent Office: 1,371 Days
• US Class Current: 34/104
• CPC Class Codes: A43D 95/10 Drying or heating devices for shoes
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 23/20 Devices or implements for drying footwear, also with heating arrangements cabinets for shoes A47B61/04
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 23/205 with heating arrangements

Claims

1. A DRIER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A HOUSING HAVING AN INTAKE MANIFOLD, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING AIR INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, A NOZZLE IN THE HOUSING CONNECTED TO DISCHARGE AIR FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A SHOE IN POSITION FOR DRYING IN THE HOUSING, THE NOZZLE BEING SO DIRECTED AS TO INJECT THE AIR INTO THE TOE OF A SHOE SUPPORTED IN SUCH POSITION, AND THE HOUSING INCLUDING ELEMENTS WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO CLOSELY SURROUND A SHOE SUPPORTED THEREIN, TO CAUSE THE AIR EMERGING FROM THE HEEL OF SUCH A SHOE FLOW OVER THE OUTER SURFACE OF SUCH A SHOE IN A CLOSELY CONFINED SPACE, AND AN