LAUNDRY APPARATUS

• US 3,555,701 A
• Filed: 05/15/1969
• Issued: 01/19/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James R. Hubbard
• Original Assignee: James R. Hubbard
• Inventors: Hubbard, James R.
• Application Number:
  US04/824,820
• Time in Patent Office: 614 Days
• US Class Current: 34/602
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 29/005 the other separate apparatus being a drying appliance
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/125 Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or legs
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/02 having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis

Abstract

A LAUNDRY DRYER INCLUDING A PAIR OF COMPARTMENTS FOR FABRICS TO BE DRIED, MEANS FOR MOVING HEATED AIR THROUGH THE COMPARTMENTS, AND AIR FLOW CONTROL MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERABLE EITHER TO EFFECT AIR FLOW THROUGH ONE OF THE COMPARTMENTS, WHILE PREVENTING AIR FLOW THROUGH THE OTHER COMPARTMENT, OR TO CAUSE AIR TO FLOW THROUGH BOTH COMPARTMENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. ONE COMPARTMENT COMPRISES A FIRST VENTED ROTATABLE DRUM OF CONVENTIONAL, LARGER SIZE FOR TUMBLING FABRICS TO BE DRIED, AND THE OTHER COMPARTMENTS IS DISPOSED BELOW THE ONE COMPARTMENT AND INCLUDES BOTH A STATIONARY REGION AND A SECOND ROTATABLE DRUM OF LESSER SIZE THAN THE FIRST, WITHIN EITHER OR BOTH OF WHICH FABRICS AND ARTICLES MAY BE PLACED TO DRY.

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