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.

Abstract: A mattress centrifugal dehydration device which includes a frame body, a dehydration assembly, and a second driving structure. The dehydration assembly has a dehydration rack, a stop member, and a first driving structure. The dehydration rack is rotatably arranged on the frame body, and a loading member of a mattress is arranged on the dehydration rack, and the loading member has a loading surface. The stop member is arranged above the loading member, the stop member has a stop surface, and an accommodating space of the mattress is formed between the stop surface and the loading surface; the first driving structure is arranged on the dehydration rack and acts on the stop member to drive it to be close to or away from the loading member so as to reduce or enlarge the accommodating space.

Abstract: A hair dryer is operational in a first mode of operation in which a first air flow path extends from an air inlet and exits through a first air outlet provided in a front face of the air dryer, the first air outlet is centrally positioned in the front face and, in operation, directs air in a direction that is generally axially forwardly. The hair dryer is also operational in a second mode of operation in which a second air flow path extends from the air inlet to a second air outlet, wherein the air flow path includes an annular flow portion and wherein the second air outlet comprises a slot.

Abstract: A dryer appliance includes a cabinet; a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a chamber for receipt of articles for drying; and a controller provided within the cabinet and operably connected with the drum, the controller including a wireless communication module, wherein the controller is configured to perform a drying operation. The drying operation includes obtaining one or more washer operating parameters from a washing machine appliance pertaining to a washing cycle; selecting a base drying cycle time from a plurality of base drying cycle times, each base drying cycle time of the plurality of base drying cycle times corresponding to a different combination of obtained washer operating parameters; calculating an initial cycle time estimate using the selected base drying cycle time; and initiating a drying cycle according to the initial cycle time estimate, initiating the drying cycle comprising displaying the initial cycle time estimate.

Abstract: A super absorbent polymer drying apparatus is disclosed. The super absorbent polymer drying apparatus is a drying apparatus equipped with a conveyor for drying the super absorbent polymer, and may include: a conveyor for transferring the super absorbent polymer; and a hot air supply part for supplying dry hot air to the conveyor, wherein the conveyor may include a plurality of conveyor beds connected to each other in a bent state, a link connecting part for connecting between the plurality of conveyor beds, and a driving part for driving the conveyor beds.

Abstract: A control method for a clothes drying device includes: a load determination stage: determining the size of a load; and a drying stage: on the basis of the size of the load, selectively controlling a drying drum to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise alternately or controlling the drying stage to at least operate for a first preset time. In the embodiments, targeted control can be carried out on different loads: during the drying of a large load by controlling a drying drum to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise alternately, the load is effectively prevented from being knotted and twisted; and during the drying of a small load, the phenomenon of uneven drying of mixed loads is avoided by means of prolonging the drying time.

Abstract: A grain dryer has pair of heating columns in communication with an upper plenum, and a pair of cooling columns in communication with a lower plenum. A heater is located between the lower plenum and the upper plenum, wherein air is heated by the heater as air in the lower plenum is pulled through the heater and into the upper plenum. As the grain flows into the cooling column, it is exposed to cooling air being pulled through the cooling column into the lower plenum. Ductwork adjacent each heating column includes vertical sections arranged along a length of the grain dryer. Each vertical section has a fan located adjacent the uppermost horizontal level of the heating column. Each fan takes a suction from the ductwork to draw heated air from the upper plenum through the heating column.

Abstract: A method for treating a substrate is provided. The method includes the following steps: performing a process of treating the substrate by dispensing a supercritical fluid onto the substrate. A treating fluid flows through a treating fluid supplying regulator regulating an amount of the treating fluid before dispensed onto the substrate. The treating fluid is heated to a set temperature or more by a first heater before passing through the treating fluid supplying regulator, and the treating fluid is heated by a second heater when the treating fluid is passed through the treating fluid supplying regulator. The temperature of the treating fluid is lowered in rear region of the treating fluid supplying regulator. The set temperature is a temperature that allows the lowered temperature to be maintained at a critical temperature or more.

Abstract: Provided is a dryer and a method of controlling the same that may determine whether drying is complete based on a temperature difference between a temperature of air discharged to a drum and a temperature of air flowing in from the drum. According to various embodiments, the dryer includes a drum; a heat pump; a duct configured to accommodate an evaporator and a condenser of the heat pump, heat air flowing in from the drum and discharge the air to the drum; a first temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the air discharged to the drum; a second temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the air flowing in from the drum; and a controller configured to determine that drying is complete, based on maintaining a difference value between the temperature of the air discharged and the temperature of the air flowing in below a preset value.