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Clothes dryer

  • US 5,072,526 A
  • Filed: 12/18/1989
  • Issued: 12/17/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A clothes dryer comprising:

  • a body having a drying chamber for accommodating the clothes to be dried;

    drying means for supplying heated air to said drying chamber to dry the clothes placed in said drying chamber;

    a door attached to said body for closing and opening said drying chamber;

    a container for holding an agent which can be vaporized by the heated air;

    a hollow supporting member integral with said door for detachably supporting the container therein, said supporting member having an opening at an end thereof;

    said supporting member having in its interior means for detachably holding said container including an engaging member, a pushing member resiliently urged toward said hollow supporting member opening and a holding member at the opening for limiting outward travel of the pushing member said container being detachable by releasing the engaging member from the force of said pushing member,at least one of said container and supporting member having an aperture through which part of the heated air supplied to said drying chamber flows to vaporize the agent in said container and for supplying the vaporized agent into said drying chamber.

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