Abstract: A material drying apparatus having a sealable chamber for receipt of wet material, such as clothing. In this embodiment clothing placed into the chamber is dried upon the evacuation of air from the chamber wherein moisture drawn from the clothes is condensed on a condensate coil placed in the chamber. Heating coils placed around the chamber elevate the temperature to enhance condensate operation providing an energy efficient material dryer requiring no make-up air. Condensed water is purged after the drying process although provisions provide for an interim purge should excess liquid be drawn from the material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 13, 1997
Date of Patent:
September 15, 1998
Assignee:
MMATS, Inc.
Inventors:
Karl H. Hoffman, Michael Pastore, Walter Glowacki