Collapsible garment dryer

• US 3,905,125 A
• Filed: 10/30/1973
• Issued: 09/16/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Otto Hubner
• Original Assignee: Otto Hubner
• Inventors: Hubner, Otto
• Primary Examiner(s): Sprague, Kenneth W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yeung, James C.
• Application Number:
  US05/411,096
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 34/151,75,163,233,219,239 223/88,89,94 206/7K,7H
• US Class Current: 34/622
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/14 Collapsible drying cabinets; Wall mounted collapsible hoods

Abstract

A collapsible garment dryer comprising a case-like hinged container having an upper section and a lower section hingedly secured to said upper section. A flexible dryer bag depends from the upper section and is received between said upper and lower section when said garment dryer is in a collapsed condition. The lower section when in a position at right angles to the upper section maintains the opened condition of the bag. A hot air generator having a housing is mounted on the upper section for directing hot air into said bag. The bag has a slide fastener for inserting garments into the bag and removing garments therefrom. The garment to be dried can be hung in said bag.

Claims

1. A collapsible garment dryer comprising a case-likE hinged container having an upper section and a lower section, hinge means securing said lower section to said upper section adjacent one end, a flexible dryer bag depending from said upper section and received between said upper and lower sections when said garment dryer is in a collapsed condition, a hot air generator in said upper section for directing hot air into said bag, said bag having a closure for inserting garments into said bag and removing garments therefrom, pivotable means secured to said upper section for hanging up garments to be dried in said bag, movable support means attached to said lower section of the container adjacent to said hinge means for hanging up the container, and snap open support means connecting said upper and lower sections for locking said sections when opened to a position 90* relative to each other whereby said lower section provides means for bracing the container against a perpendicular surface.

2. Garment dryer according to claim 1, wherein said hot-air generator is equipped with a radial blower which is driven by a low voltage d.c. motor with permanent magnet, and on whose thrust face at least one ring-shaped heating resistor is mounted in the plane of the impeller and the cylindrical ring-shaped hot-air outlet slot and concentrically with it, said bag having exhaust opening in the lower portion thereof.

3. Garment dryer according to claim 2, wherein said bag is provided with pre-embossed folding lines.

4. Garment dryer according to claim 3, wherein said housing is disposed centrally of said upper section.