Dryer for permanent press fabrics

• US 4,819,341 A
• Filed: 10/17/1986
• Issued: 04/11/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Donald Gayso
• Original Assignee: Donald Gayso
• Inventors: Gayso, Donald
• Primary Examiner(s): BENNETT, HENRY A
• Application Number:
  US06/920,261
• Time in Patent Office: 907 Days
• Field of Search: 34/86, 34/90, 34/91, 34/133, 34/151
• US Class Current: 34/86
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/10 Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/20 General details of domestic laundry dryers D06F59/00 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention provides a drying cabinet adapted to be connected to a conventional rotary clothes dryer. The drying cabinet of the invention provides a stationary drying zone for drying permanent press and delicate fabrics without wrinkling. Energy savings are thus obtained by utilization of the waste heat from the conventional domestic clothes dryer. The drying cabinet is a free-standing structure with rigid walls and is provided with a horizontal air distributing plate in its lower interior and a vertical baffle which forces hot air entering through the air distributing plate to pass vertically upward through the interior of the cabinet and then vertically downward through a space defined between the vertical baffle and the rear wall of the cabinet. The hot air inlet and outlet for the cabinet are both provided in the rear wall thereof to facilitate connection to the conventional rotary dryer.

Claims

1. A free-standing drying cabinet for permapress clothing utilizable as an accessory for a conventional rotary clothes dryer used in a domestic laundry room, the conventional rotary clothes dryer having an air inlet and an exhaust outlet, said drying cabinet comprising:

rigid wall means including side, rear, bottom and top walls and defining a cabinet enclosure surrounding an interior stationary drying zone;

a door on one side of said cabinet for providing access to said interior drying zone and for allowing clothing to be placed in said interior drying zone;

means, mounted within said cabinet enclosure, for supporting clothes hangers with clothing thereon in a manner whereby the clothing is allowed to hang freely from the clothes hanger;

a hot air inlet port for introducing hot air into said interior stationary drying zone;

a lint filter adjacent said hot air inlet port;

a hot air outlet port for discharging air from said interior stationary drying zone;

an air distribution plate for distributing the introduced hot air evenly throughout the interior of said cabinet, said air distribution plate being located between said inlet and said interior stationary drying zone; and

first conduit means having one end connected to said hot air inlet port and another end adapted to be fixed to the exhaust outlet of the conventional rotary dryer,

second conduit means, connected to said hot air outlet port, for exhausting the hot air at a point exterior to the room in which the drying cabinet is located.

2. The dying cabinet of claim 1 wherein said air distribution plate is parallel to and adjacent to said bottom wall to define, in conjunction with said bottom wall, an air header space therebetween.

3. The drying cabinet of claim 2 wherein said hot air inlet port is located in the rear wall of said cabinet enclosure in fluid communication with said air header and said hot air outlet port is located in the rear wall of said cabinet enclosure in fluid communication with said drying zone.

4. The drying cabinet of claim 3 additionally comprising a baffle plate extending vertically from said air distribution plate at the bottom and terminating short of the top wall to define a gap therebetween.

5. The drying cabinet of claim 1 further comprising legs which are at least 4 inches high fixed to said bottom wall to allow access to controls of the conventional dryer.

6. The drying cabinet of claim 5 wherein said legs are spaced to permit said drying cabinet to be stacked on top of a conventional rotary clothes dryer.

7. The drying cabinet of claim 1 additionally comprising brackets for supporting said air distribution plate, said air distributing plate resting on sad brackets in a manner whereby it may be freely lifted to provide access to said air header space.

8. The drying cabinet of claim 7 wherein said lint filter is a screen mounted diagonally across said air header space, said lint filter screen being freely removable for cleaning.

9. The drying cabinet of claim 2 wherein said lint filter is mounted in said air header space.