Carpet dryer

• US 5,174,048 A
• Filed: 07/10/1991
• Issued: 12/29/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Castle Rock Entertainment Incorporated (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: William K. Shero
• Inventors: Shero, William K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bennet, Henry A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE
• Application Number:
  US07/727,879
• Time in Patent Office: 538 Days
• Field of Search: 34/243 R, 34/90, 34/91, 34/96, 34/97, 34/98, 34/151, 15/405, 392/360, 392/361, 392/365, 392/366, 392/373, 392/379, 392/383, 392/384, 415/208.1, 415/203, 415/206
• US Class Current: 34/444
• CPC Class Codes: F26B 21/001 Drying-air generating units, e.g. movable, independent of drying enclosure

Abstract

An improved carpet dryer is disclosed for drying carpets saturated with water. The dryer includes a securing mechanism for maintaining the edge of a carpet on the upper surface of the air outlet portion of the device. The device further incorporates a shroud disposed on one air intake of the dryer to minimize the effects of air turbulence within the dryer unit.

Claims

1. In a portable dryer for carpet having a housing including an air inlet portion, a blower chamber portion, and an air outlet portion, and a blower disposed within said blower chamber portion to draw air into said inlet portion and discharge the air through said outlet portion at a high velocity, said blower including a generally cylindrical motor rotatably connected to a fan and attached to said housing by at least one strut, the improvement comprising:

an aerodynamically configured shroud attached to said housing so as to be positioned over said inlet portion for reducing air turbulence within said blower chamber portion, said shroud including a circular, dome-shaped central portion having an outer diameter dimension substantially equal to the outer diameter dimension of said motor, and at least one arm portion extending radially outward from said central portion having a width substantially equal to the width of said at least one strut, said central portion and said arm portion defining arcuate outer surfaces which are operable to prevent the direct impingement of air entering the housing via said inlet portion against said motor and said at least one strut.

2. The portable dryer of claim 1 further comprising:

a handle member attached to said housing in an orientation wherein said handle member is positioned directly over the motor disposed within the blower chamber portion for purposes of aiding the handling and moving of the dryer.

3. The portable dryer of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of adjustable feet connected to said housing, each of said adjustable feet being vertically adjustable relative said housing and operable to selectively adjust the vertical orientation of said air outlet portion.