Apparatus and method for drying and sterilizing fabrics
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1. Apparatus for drying and sterilizing fabrics comprising:
- a drier cabinet having walls;
means for suspending fabric parts in said cabinet; and
means for generating, distributing and circulating first warm air in said cabinet for drying purposes and thereafter hot air for the sterilization of the fabric parts;
means to cool said cabinet walls by causing fresh air to flow along at least a portion of the interior of said walls of said drier cabinet to cool same comprising distributing ducts in at least a portion of said walls and including at least one fresh air inlet port in at least one of said walls, said distributing ducts directing said fresh air to said means for generating, distributing and circulating first warm air, and at least one exhaust air outlet port in at least one of said walls.
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Apparatus for the drying and sterilizing of fabrics, the apparatus comprising a drier cabinet provided with means for suspending therein fabric articles, and with means for generating, distributing and circulating warm air for drying purposes and hot air for the sterilization of the fabric articles.
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1. Apparatus for drying and sterilizing fabrics comprising:
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a drier cabinet having walls; means for suspending fabric parts in said cabinet; and means for generating, distributing and circulating first warm air in said cabinet for drying purposes and thereafter hot air for the sterilization of the fabric parts; means to cool said cabinet walls by causing fresh air to flow along at least a portion of the interior of said walls of said drier cabinet to cool same comprising distributing ducts in at least a portion of said walls and including at least one fresh air inlet port in at least one of said walls, said distributing ducts directing said fresh air to said means for generating, distributing and circulating first warm air, and at least one exhaust air outlet port in at least one of said walls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. Apparatus for drying and sterilizing fabrics comprising a drier cabinet, means for suspending fabric parts in said cabinet, and means for generating, distributing and circulating warm air for drying purposes and hot air for the sterilization of the fabric parts, and said means for suspending fabric parts in said drier cabinet comprising bars individually having head portions and adapted to swing about a horizontal axis and releasably locked in an approximately horizontal position, said suspending means including a hinge pin forming a horizontal pivot axis and having a circular cross-sectional profile including a notch defining an engagement surface in the side opposite from each of said bars in a horizontal position, and each bar having a bore configured, in profile, as an elongated hole having a profile axis co-extending with the bar axis, and said head portion of each bar having a detent protruding into said elongated hole of each bore at the side opposite from the bar and defining a counter engagement surface which extends in parallel with the bar axis, said hing pin having a notch and said each bar head portion having a detent comprising lock means having lock elements, and said each bar head portion having at the side opposite from the lock elements a reset element keeping the lock elements in the engaged position.
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