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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
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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.

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