Abstract: A substrate cleaning and drying system includes a cleaning station, a drying station positioned adjacent the cleaning station, a cleaner robot to transfer a substrate from the cleaning station to the drying station, an aligner stage adjacent to the drying station, a robot arm rotatable between a substantially vertical first position for receiving the substrate from the drying station and a substantially horizontal second position for releasing the substrate onto the aligner stage, and a factory interface robot to transfer a substrate from the aligner stage into a factory interface module while in a horizontal orientation. The aligner stage includes a rotatable support to hold the substrate in a substantially horizontal orientation and to rotate the substrate to a desired orientation.

Abstract: A towel heating barrel, comprising a barrel body, a warm air assembly and a heating circuit arranged inside the barrel body, and also comprising an air duct bracket arranged inside an inner tank to guide the warm air blown out by the warm air assembly from an air outlet to outside of the barrel body, and a weight micro switch elastic head connected in series with the heating circuit and cooperates with the cover to realize the on-off of the heating circuit. In the present application, the air duct bracket provided can make the warm air blown by the warm air assembly flow from the air outlet to the outside of the barrel, so as to prevent the hot air from not being able to circulate out and cause the local part of the barrel to continue to heat up, resulting in excessive temperature and potential safety hazards.

Abstract: A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet and an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. A curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment is configured such that airflow exiting the air outlet generates a first force to attract hair toward the curved surface, and a second force to push hair away from the curved surface.

Abstract: A portable drying device that includes a fan unit that distributes air through the device, at least one drying manifold having a first end, a second end, and at least one outlet between the first end and the second end for distributing the drying air. The device further includes at least one dryer attachment selectively secured to the at least one opening of the at least one drying manifold.

Abstract: A towel heating barrel includes a frame body, a base, an enclosing member, and a support member. The frame body defines an opening. The enclosing member is flexible and arranged between the frame body and the base. The enclosing member, the frame body, and the base cooperatively define a placement chamber. The opening is communicated with the placement chamber. The support member is movably arranged between the frame body and the base. The support member is configured to enable the frame body and the base to move close to or away from each other and enable the enclosing member to be folded or unfolded.

Abstract: A dryer for ceramic products that includes a casing that encloses a drying chamber with drying channels that have a first movable plane equipped with a motor means provided to transport the ceramic products along a main direction, and a heating means provided to heat the drying chamber. The dryer further includes outlet channels in the drying chamber aligned with a respective drying channel along the main direction and a second mobile plane with a motor means and the motor means of each first mobile plane is activated independently from the motor means of the second mobile plane with which it is aligned.

Abstract: A method of treating a load of articles in a wash basket of a washing machine appliance includes determining a load size of the load of articles in the wash basket based on an image. The method further includes estimating a drying time for drying the load of articles in a one-step wash and dry cycle and predicting a demand for the washing machine appliance during the drying time. The one-step wash and dry cycle is recommended based on the determined load size less than a load size maximum and the predicted demand for the washing machine appliance during the drying time less than a maximum demand. The method further includes drying the load of articles in the wash basket during a dry portion of the one-step wash and dry cycle by rotating the wash basket within the washing machine appliance for the drying time.

Abstract: Car wash dryer apparatuses, namely car wash dryer inlet have a “reverse flow” in that the apparatuses allows a car wash dryer to pull air from the same side of the dryer apparatus to which it expels air. Such a configuration reduces sound levels of the car wash dryer without adding significant static drag. Moreover, such a configuration reduces moisture intake in wet environments, which protects internal components of the dryer apparatus.

Abstract: A hair dryer has a body having a hair dryer electrical contact. An accessory tool, which has an accessory tool having an accessory electrical contact, is removably mountable to the body. An electrically operable heating element provided in the accessory tool, whereby, when the accessory tool is mounted to the body and the hair dryer is actuated, the electrically operable heating element is energized using power provided by the hair dryer electrical contact.

Abstract: A process for drying granular polymeric material, includes: dehumidifying the granular polymeric material by a first flow of gas at a first temperature of between 100° C. and 150° C.; heating the dehumidified granular polymeric material to a second temperature, greater than the first temperature; drying the granular polymeric material heated to the second temperature, by applying a predefined vacuum level. The pressure-sealing elements include a filling unit, which includes a small tank blocked upstream and downstream by shut-off valves, as well as a discharge unit, which includes a small tank blocked upstream and downstream by respective shut-off valves.

Abstract: An air drying unit for compressed air systems is provided. The air drying unit has a precooler/reheater, a main cooler and a moisture separator. Incoming air is cooled to cause moisture within the compressed air to condense, which is then separated to dry the compressed air. The precooler/reheater, main cooler and moisture separator are designed as an integral unit that does not require pipes to connect the components together. Instead, compressed air flows through the sealed unit through passages therein between the precooler/reheater, main cooler and moisture separator.

Abstract: A hanger device according to the present disclosure may include a body having at least one opening to allow air to be pulled into the body and at least one discharge port to allow pulled air to be pushed out of the body. The body is configured to move away or toward a wall surface. A fan module is provided inside the body, and a filtering module disposed over the fan module. A hanging unit extends from a bottom surface of the body.

Abstract: A method and system for drying laundry in a laundry treating appliance. The laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber in which the laundry is received for drying. The method comprising supplying air to the treating chamber, exhausting the supplied air from the treating chamber, actuating a heater to a first temperature value, actuating the heater to a second temperature value, and maintaining a maximum evaporation rate.

Abstract: A shoe care apparatus including a cabinet forming a care chamber and including a supply port; a supply duct provided to supply air to the care chamber through the supply port; a supporter rail; and a supporter to support a shoe, and being detachably mountable to the supporter rail in the care chamber. The supporter rail and supporter may be configured so that the supply port is opened in response to the supporter being mounted to the supporter rail, and the supporter receives the air supplied through the supply port, and the supply port is closed in response to the supporter being separated from the supporter rail.

Abstract: A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet; a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet; a sealed system; a duct system; a blower fan capable of operating at variable rotational speeds; and a controller configured to perform an operation. The operation includes directing the blower fan at a preliminary rotational speed; determining a condensation capacity of the sealed system with regards to the process air in the duct system; determining a mass flow rate of moisture in the process air while directing the blower fan at the preliminary rotational speed; determining a target rotational speed of the blower fan corresponding to a set ratio of the determined condensation capacity to the determined mass flow rate; and directing the blower fan at the determined target rotational speed.

Abstract: A treatment system for solid bulk materials such as limestone or mineral ore is provided having a belt conveyor configured for receiving the solid bulk material upon a transportation surface thereof and for displacing the material from a charging region to a discharging region according to a rectilinear path and a heating chamber, configured to receive a solar radiation conveyed by an external field of heliostats. A length portion of the transportation surface passes within or below the heating chamber so that thermal energy associated with the solar radiation is transferred to the bulk material by direct impingement or by reflection or re-irradiation by internal surfaces or walls of the heating chamber.

Abstract: An air cleaning module includes a filter, a fan, a light source unit, a housing and a guide structure. The fan is configured to provide a suction direction and a blowing direction of a fluid which are substantially aligned. The light source unit is arranged to be adjacent to the filter to emit a light toward the filter. The light having a property that sterilizes a contaminant source in a fluid. The housing includes a fluid passage space. The guide structure is arranged between the fan and the filter and configured to guide a fluid to move along a fluid passage path set by the guide structure. The filter and the light source unit are arranged in the fluid passage space such that the light source unit sterilizes a fluid as a fluid flows toward the light source unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for drying a component transferred in a reel-to-reel method. The apparatus for drying a component transferred in a reel-to-reel method includes an uncoiler and a recoiler, both for transferring the component, a drying chamber disposed between the uncoiler and the recoiler and drying the component, wherein the drying chamber includes an inner space, a transfer roller for transferring the component; an infrared drier for irradiating infrared light toward the component, and a hot air supplier for supplying hot air between the infrared drier and the component.

Abstract: A hair drying and damage reduction system is disclosed. The system includes a base, a hose, and a plurality of perforated hollow tentacles. The base has a gripper opening side and a tentacle-mounting side. The gripper opening side includes a single central opening and the tentacle-mounting side includes a plurality of apertures through which heated air passes to the plurality of perforated hollow tentacles. The hose attaches to the gripper opening side of the base at a first end and attaches to a hair dryer at a second end. The plurality of perforated hollow tentacles each has a hollow tube root and a closed tip. The hollow tube root of each tentacle is configured to mount in one of the plurality of apertures in the tentacle-mounting side of the base.

Abstract: Sensor units that includes a power source, a communication interface, and a sensor coupled to the power source and the communication interface. The sensor is calibrated to connect the power source to the communication interface upon an occurrence of a condition in an appliance. The sensor, thereby, permits the communication interface to transmit data indicating the condition to a computing device. Methods, systems, and apparatus, for monitoring such sensor units.