Clothes dryer
First Claim
1. An improved clothes drying apparatus of the type in which clothes or other fabrics are tumbled in a substantially cylindrical tumbler which is rotatably mounted about a horizontal axis within an external housing having a stationary clothes retaining back wall and an access door, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a liquid supply source;
a liquid discharge nozzle operable to spray fabric material within the tumbler, said nozzle affixed to the front surface of the clothes retaining back wall substantially flush with said surface; and
liquid conveyance means extending between the interior and exterior of said tumbler through said backwall and connecting said supply source with said nozzle.
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Abstract
An improvement on conventional clothes dryers including a spray nozzle, a control valve, and a water line coupled to an existing water source. The touch-up spray is used for removal of wrinkles from clothing and fabrics and permanent press clothing in particular without removing a garment'"'"'s factory set creases. The apparatus may also include a water heating unit for spraying water of a selected temperature or steam. The apparatus may further be provided with a liquid additive dispenser for dispensing static electricity removal agents and clothes softening fluids.
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5 Claims
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1. An improved clothes drying apparatus of the type in which clothes or other fabrics are tumbled in a substantially cylindrical tumbler which is rotatably mounted about a horizontal axis within an external housing having a stationary clothes retaining back wall and an access door, wherein the improvement comprises:
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a liquid supply source; a liquid discharge nozzle operable to spray fabric material within the tumbler, said nozzle affixed to the front surface of the clothes retaining back wall substantially flush with said surface; and liquid conveyance means extending between the interior and exterior of said tumbler through said backwall and connecting said supply source with said nozzle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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