Abstract: In order to obtain satisfactory energy efficiency and environmental compatibility, a household tumble dryer (1) is proposed that includes a drying chamber (2) adapted to accommodate therein objects (3) to be dried. A first circuit is provided for impinging the drying chamber (2) with a drying medium (4). The dryer further includes a heat pump (5) with a second circuit for circulating a heat exchange medium. The first and second circuit are coupled in a heat exchanging manner. The heat exchange medium is of a hydro-fluoro-olefine type.

Abstract: A tenter oven stretches a thermoplastic resin film in the width direction thereof, wherein an air blowing nozzle provided therein that blows heated air onto a film running along a film passing surface is a proximate nozzle in which an air blowing opening provided on the air blowing surface thereof is formed as a slit, a distance (L) between the air blowing surface and the film passing surface and a slit width (B) of the slit satisfy the relationship expressed by the equation, (L/B)?10, and the distance (L) is 150 mm or less.

Abstract: A fabric treatment apparatus is provided. The fabric treatment apparatus includes a treatment room adapted to receive laundry to be treated; a rack disposed in the treatment room, and adapted to support a plurality of hangers to hang the laundry; one or more electromagnets to apply attraction and repulsion to the clothes rack; and a heating unit adapted to supply at least one of hot air and steam into the treatment room.

Abstract: A hand dryer is equipped with a hand insertion area (10), having a width that is able to accommodate hands, a high-pressure air generator (2), which generates a high-pressure airflow, discharge nozzles (N1, N2), which are disposed in the upper surface of the hand insertion area (10) and blow the high-pressure airflow, an exhaust duct (4), which is connected between the exhaust side of the high-pressure air generator (2) and the discharge nozzles (N1, N2), an ejection port (23), which opens to the space surrounding the hand dryer, a switching damper (24), which opens a portion of the exhaust duct (4) and is connected to the ejection port (23), and an ion generator (22), which generates ions having sterilization action into the high-pressure airflow passing through the exhaust duct (4) on the upstream side of the switching damper (24).

Abstract: The apparatus of the invention is intended for drying wet clothing by using heat emitted through the louvers of an air conditioner in a vehicle or a wall-mounted room air conditioner. The apparatus comprises a sealable container that has an inlet port and an outlet port. The apparatus is provided with a flexible inlet hose, one end of which has a cup-shaped adapter for attachment to the air conditioning vent on the dashboard of the vehicle. The adapter is made from a soft and transparent plastic and contains inside its body two hooks that can be engaged with the racks of the louvers of the air conditioner vent. Transparency of the adapter body facilitates connection to the air-conditioner vent. Wet air exhausts to the outside of the vehicle through the outlet hose that connects to the outlet port of the container.

Abstract: A hygienic razor blade dryer is provided that comprises a housing having an interior, a razor blade holder disposed within the interior that is adapted to receive a razor blade, a dryer for drying a razor blade received in the razor blade holder, and a vacuum for evacuating the air within the interior to prevent moisture buildup in the air and on the razor blade and to inhibit oxidation on the blade surfaces. A sanitizer may also be provided to sanitize the razor blade before, during or after the dryer operation.

Abstract: Apparatus for treatment of multiple articles located in separate chambers (38) for treatment with an ambient or heated, and/or treated air flow stream (44); and processes for drying multiple articles located in the separate chambers (38) using an ambient or heated, and/or treated air flow stream (44). The chambers (38) are within a container or form a container (36), and the chambers (38) are connected in a manner that defines a virtual air flow stream tube having a length in excess of any single nominal length dimension or of any nominal internal width dimension or of any nominal internal height dimension of the container so that any to-be-treated items supported within any chamber is treated with air flow stream (44).

Abstract: A dryer-hanger single-body machine, comprises: a supporting body (1) at a base of the dryer-hanger single-body machine; a pillar (4) vertically provided above the supporting body (1); a drying unit (2) located at one side of the pillar (4); and a spare unit (3) located at the other side of the pillar (4). The drying unit (2) comprises: a drying rack member (21) located at one side of an upper end of the pillar (4); a hood (22) supported on the drying rack member (21) and naturally hanging down along one side of the pillar (4); and a heating member (23) for supplying a heated air into an inside space of the hood (22). The hood (22) is provided with an air outlet (226) and an air inlet (225). A vent port (232) of the heating member (23) is offset from the pillar (4) and hermetically connected to the air inlet (225) of the hood (22). The spare unit (3) comprises a spare hanging member (31) having a clothes-hanger (311).

Abstract: A hand dryer with annular air exhaust includes a casing and an air supply device located in the casing. The casing has a coupling portion and an air exhaust portion connected to the coupling portion. The air exhaust portion has two extension sections extended from the coupling portion and a connection section connected to the two extension sections to form an annular hand drying passage. The air exhaust portion includes a plurality of first nozzles and a plurality of second nozzles corresponding to the hand drying passage which has a first opening and a second opening at two ends. The air supply device has an airflow guiding duct to direct air to the air exhaust portion. The first and second nozzles exhaust the air towards the hand drying passage to form annular air exhaust, and thus hand drying angles are increased to dry hands faster.

Abstract: A clothes-treating apparatus is disclosed. According to the clothes treating apparatus, it is easy and convenient for a worker to have access to a mechanism compartment for maintenance and repair of the components. In addition, if the user chooses an easier method of accessing the components of the clothes treating apparatus the maintenance repair costs may be lowered. Furthermore, it is easy for a worker to remove and replace the components of the mechanism compartment. In addition, according to the clothes treating apparatus, the assembly line of the mechanism compartment may be separate from an assembly line of the clothes treating apparatus, which may enhance work efficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes treating apparatus, which treats clothes into a more wearable condition. A clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet; an accommodating space defined in the cabinet to accommodate clothes, and maintained in a stationary state; an air supplying device generating dry air and supplying the dry air into the accommodating space such that the dry air is circulated in the accommodating space, wherein the air supplying device includes an inlet provided at a bottom of the accommodating space such that the air in the accommodating space flows into the air supplying device through the inlet; and a filter assembly installed in the inlet, and filtering the air passing through the inlet.

Abstract: A hygienic razor blade dryer is provided that comprises a housing having an interior, a razor blade holder disposed within the interior that is adapted to receive a razor blade, a dryer for drying a razor blade received in the razor blade holder, and a vacuum for evacuating the air within the interior to prevent moisture buildup in the air and on the razor blade and to inhibit oxidation on the blade surfaces. A sanitizer may also be provided to sanitize the razor blade before, during or after the dryer operation.

Abstract: A hand dryer includes: a box body that includes a hand drying chamber whose upper portion and side portion are open; an airflow generating device provided in the box body and generates an airflow; a nozzle provided on an inner wall surface of the hand drying chamber and ejects an airflow generated in the airflow generating device to the hand drying chamber; a first sensor provided on an inner wall surface of the hand drying chamber; a second sensor provided on an inner wall surface of the hand drying chamber and is provided at a position below the first sensor and is more outward than the first sensor in a horizontal direction; and a control unit that detects presence or absence of a hand in accordance with a signal from the first sensor or the second sensor and controls an operation of the airflow generating device.

Abstract: A clothes dryer has a cabinet forming a drying chamber and a drying rack slidably mounted to the cabinet and movable between a retracted position where the drying rack is within the drying chamber and an extended position where the drying rack is exteriorly of the cabinet. A removable dividing panel is retained by the drying rack and divides the drying chamber into two horizontal and vertically extending drying chambers. A control system associated with the dryer has selectable modes to operate the divided drying chambers independently or concurrently as a single large drying chamber. A recycle system associated with the dryer permits recycling of heat air to increase drying efficiency.

Abstract: A device for drying food containers is provided. The device for drying food containers includes: a holder portion providing an accommodation space; a support portion vertically detachably connected to the holder portion and formed in a pole shape; and a plurality of hanger portions slantly connected to the support portion. The holder portion includes an accommodation container body and an accommodation cover. The accommodation container body includes: an accommodation container body defining an accommodation space; and an accommodation container connection portion connected to the support portion. The accommodation cover includes: an accommodation cover body formed corresponding to a shape of the accommodation container body and connected to a top surface of the accommodation container body, a central region of the accommodation cover body being lower than a peripheral region of the accommodation cover; and an accommodation cover hole formed in the central region of the accommodation cover body.

Abstract: This invention belongs to a technical field of a hand dryer and, more particularly, relates to an air inlet and outlet device of a hand dryer. The air inlet and outlet device including a base, a fan fixedly connected with the base, an electric heater connected with the fan, an air inlet, and an air outlet. The top of the air outlet is in a parabolic shape to improve the efficiency of flowing out of air. A baffle is disposed inside the air inlet to divide the air inlet into two chambers, and one or more baffles are disposed at the air outlet to prevent the leakage of motor sound from the air inlet and the air outlet. The invention has a compact structure, a low noise, and a high efficiency of flowing out of the air and is applicable to different hand dryers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drying device for a hollow fiber membrane, including: a tubular drying member that is formed with an opening portion through which a hollow fiber membrane is input and output at at least one end thereof in a length direction, the hollow fiber membrane passing inside the tubular drying member while forming a gap between the hollow fiber membrane and an inner circumferential surface of the tubular drying member; and a gas supply unit that is formed on a side surface of the tubular drying member and supplies a drying gas into the tubular drying member. Thus, it is possible to dry the hollow fiber membrane in a short time at a low cost without the necessity of large equipment.

Abstract: To provide a hand dryer that is capable of reducing the amount of noise without reducing the drying performance, and is capable of preventing foreign substances from entering from an air outlet thereof. A hand dryer is configured to blow water off hands with airflow emitted from nozzles. The hand dryer includes a hand insertion section that is open toward the outside, and the nozzles disposed on wall surfaces of the hand insertion section. A nozzle hole at the distal end of each of the nozzles is a wave-shaped slit.

Abstract: A lavatory system includes a hand dryer with at least a first proximity sensor and a second proximity sensor to detect an object for drying. A controller is communicatively linked to the first and second proximity sensors. The controller activates a drying operation after a first delay period if the first proximity sensor first detects the object for drying and activates a drying operation after a second delay period if the second proximity sensor first detects the object for drying. A filter flow sensor may also be provided to ensure proper filtering of the dryer's air.

Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for storing dryer sheets at a location convenient to the user. Particularly, at least one implementation includes a dryer sheet holder that can couple to a desired support surface. Such dryer sheet holder also can allow the user to access dryer sheets at the more convenient location and can, thereby, reduce time of the drying process. Moreover, the dryer sheet holder may improve the dying process by reducing the number of unintentional omissions of dryer sheet from drying laundry loads.

Abstract: A coating device for coating a medical device with a drug-eluting material uses an in-process drying station between coats to improve a drug release profile. The drying station includes a dryer having a telescoping plenum which provides a drying chamber for the stent or scaffold to reside while a heated gas is passed over the stent/scaffold. The drying chamber improves efficiency in drying, predictability or drug release rate, uniformity of coating material properties lengthwise over the stent/scaffold and provides a platform that can effectively support stents that are over 40 mm in length.

Abstract: Proposed is a household appliance, in particular dishwasher, tumble drier or the like, having a primary circuit which has a hygroscopic liquid, in particular brine solution, for extracting moisture from drying air, and having a secondary circuit for drying wet articles by means of the drying air, wherein a contact chamber is provided which has at least one dispersal element for surface area enlargement of the contact surface of the hygroscopic liquid for the drying air, characterized in that the dispersal element of the contact chamber has at least one drive for imparting drive and/or movement, such that for the surface area enlargement, the hygroscopic liquid can be dispersed with kinetic drive energy.

Abstract: A multidirectional air discharge hand drying apparatus includes a high-pressure airflow generation device and a casing. The casing has a first opening to receive insertion of user's hands and a hand drying compartment leading to the first opening. The hand drying compartment includes a first wall surface and a second wall surface facing the first wall surface, and at least one third wall surface interposed between the first and second wall surfaces and faced the hand drying compartment. The first and second wall surfaces have at least one first air discharge nozzle. The third wall surface has a second air discharge nozzle. The first and second air discharge nozzles are connected to the high-pressure airflow generation device to eject high pressure airflows with respectively a first output airflow axis and a second air output airflow axis crossed in the hand drying compartment.

Abstract: An enclosure for storing of moisture sensitive devices (MSD's). The enclosure includes a plurality of compartments, each continuously purged with dry air supplied by a commercially available de-humidifier. MSD's housed in said compartments are thus protected from absorbing moisture which could cause cracking of the devices after being mounted on printed circuit boards and subjected to the high temperatures associated with wave solder and solder reflow processes.

Abstract: A drying apparatus has a casing, a cavity formed in the casing for receiving an object, a fan located in the casing and creating an airflow, and at least one slot-like opening communicating with the fan and arranged in the casing so as to direct an airflow transversely across the cavity. The slot-like opening has a maximum width which is no greater than 0.8 mm. This produces a very narrow, high velocity, high pressure airflow which is capable of drying an object efficiently and quickly and is suitable for use in a hand dryer.

Abstract: A drying apparatus has a casing, a cavity formed in the casing for receiving an object, a fan located in the casing and creating an airflow, a motor provided in the casing for driving the fan and ducting for carrying the airflow from the fan to at least one opening arranged to emit the airflow into the cavity, wherein the ducting includes at least one air duct in which at least one vane is located, the vane extending in the direction of airflow and dividing the air duct into a plurality of airflow portions.

Abstract: A hand dryer comprising a plurality of hand dryer nozzles—one or more for each of a user's hands. The left hand dryer nozzle(s) are arranged to extend across the width of the user's left hand when it is held palm-open in front of the left-hand nozzle(s), and the right-hand dryer nozzle(s) are likewise arranged to extend across the width of the user's right hand when it is held palm-open in front of the right-hand nozzle(s). The left-hand nozzle(s) extend axially along the wall of a first air supply duct, and the right hand nozzle(s) similarly extend axially along the wall of a second air supply duct. Each air supply duct communicates at its inlet end—being the end nearer the user's respective thumb in use—with a motor driven-fan for driving an axial airflow through duct.

Abstract: A hand dryer with annular air exhaust includes a casing and an air supply device located in the casing. The casing has a coupling portion and an air exhaust portion connected to the coupling portion. The air exhaust portion has two extension sections extended from the coupling portion and a connection section connected to the two extension sections to form an annular hand drying passage. The air exhaust portion includes a plurality of first nozzles and a plurality of second nozzles corresponding to the hand drying passage which has a first opening and a second opening at two ends. The air supply device has an airflow guiding duct to direct air to the air exhaust portion. The first and second nozzles exhaust the air towards the hand drying passage to form annular air exhaust, and thus hand drying angles are increased to dry hands faster.

Abstract: A laundry machine includes a cabinet and a partition wall dividing an inner space of the cabinet into a first space for main laundry treatment and a second space for auxiliary laundry treatment. An air supply unit is provided outside of the second space and supplies a downward airflow into the second space.

Abstract: PET drying apparatus for a machine used to produce PET bottles, comprising a unit in which the raw plastic is dried, before the plastic melting process, in which the PET is heated by using microwave energy and the PET is dehumidified by the outflow of the vented air that is recovered after the blowing process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can make clothes drying, deodoring, crumple removal and sterilization easily, thereby preventing the clothes from damaging and having improved thermal insulation.

Abstract: A sport equipment bag with drying system incorporated therein has a flexible shell defining an environmentally controlled interior space having a bottom portion, side wall portions, and a top portion. A sealable opening within the top portion adapted to allow sports equipment to be placed within and taken out from the interior space. An opening within one of the side wall portions adapted to allow environmentally controlled air to be placed within and taken from the interior space. An opening cover attached adjacent to the side wall opening and adapted to cover and seal the side wall opening when not in use. A grid floor member attached to at least one of the side wall portions and suspended above the bottom portion forming a gap therebetween, and including a plurality of holes therein; and at least one elongated support member adapted to fit within any one of the holes of the grid floor member and is adapted to extend between the bottom portion and the top portion and thereby support the top portion.

Abstract: A wetsuit drying and transportation carrier includes a container having a wetsuit receiving interior. A reservoir is provided adjacent to the bottom of the container to receive liquid from the interior of the container. A first wetsuit support is pivotably connected to the container to pivot into and out of the container interior. A second wetsuit support is pivotably connected to the container in front of the first wetsuit support to pivot into and out of the interior of the container. A wetsuit shoulder support is connected to the container or to the first wetsuit support. A third wetsuit support is pivotably connected to the first and second wetsuit supports. The third wetsuit support desirably has a slot for receiving a wetsuit for drying and transportation.

Abstract: A drying system for a hair removing device is safe and convenient for drying and sterilizing a cutter head with a sufficient amount of heat. The drying system includes a casing having a dry chamber with a top opening for detachably receiving a cutter head of the hair removing device, and a heater for heating the cutter head, a blower for generating a forced air flow and drying the cutter head. A lid is provided to close the top opening of the dry chamber such that the drying chamber is kept free from the entry of the environmental dust, which enables to heat the cutter head at an elevated temperature for effective sterilization.

Abstract: Vacuum concentrator, comprising a vacuum chamber with a closure which may be sealed in an airtight manner, a centrifuge rotor arranged in the vacuum chamber with at least one receiver for at least one vessel for samples to be dried, a drive motor arranged outside the vacuum chamber for driving the centrifuge rotor, a vacuum pump connected to the vacuum chamber, a tempering device associated with the vacuum chamber for tempering the at least one sample in the vacuum chamber, a pressure sensor associated with the vacuum chamber for detecting the pressure inside the vacuum chamber and an electrical control and evaluating device which is connected to the drive motor, the vacuum pump, the tempering device and the pressure sensor, for detecting the end point of the vacuum concentration by means of the pressures detected by the pressure sensor in the vacuum chamber and terminating the vacuum concentration when the end point is determined.

Abstract: A dispensing vessel for introducing moisture into a clothes drying environment includes a sponge-like core configured to at least temporarily retain a moistening substance therein, a generally oblong-shaped cover substantially surrounding the core and retaining the core in a compressed condition, and a moistening substance retained within the core. The cover includes a fill opening defined therethrough, the fill opening providing access to an interior of the cover from an exterior of the cover, a plurality of protuberances spaced generally evenly from one another, each protuberance having a generally conical shape, and one or more dispensing openings, each dispensing opening disposed at a distal end of a protuberance of the plurality of protuberances, and each dispensing opening providing access to an exterior of the cover from an interior of the cover. Furthermore, each of the dispensing openings is not positioned generally opposite the fill opening.

Abstract: A storage and drying apparatus may comprise a base component, and storage and drying components. The storage and drying component may be a large footwear component, a small footwear component or an apparel component. Any combination of components may be used in connection with the apparatus. A drainage tray may be removeably carried by the base component. The storage and drying components may each include connecting pegs and corresponding connecting holes to receive the connecting pegs so that the storage and drying components may be securely and interchangeably stacked.

Abstract: A hand drying apparatus includes a high-pressure airflow generator that takes air through an air inlet and generates a high-pressure airflow, a main body casing, a first air path that is protruded from the main body casing, and a nozzle that is located in a position ahead of the main body casing in a direction of the first air path. The main body casing includes a main-body air inlet through which outside air is taken and a second air path that causes air from the main-body air inlet to flow upward and then downward to a level where the air inlet of the high-pressure airflow generator is located.

Abstract: A small, portable electric shoe dryer that includes an elongated, narrow outer housing with three longitudinally aligned heating elements and a fan and motor assembly mounted on one end. Formed on the outer housing and around the fan and motor assembly is a fan vent opening. Formed on the opposite, distal end of the outer housing is a plurality of front and side body vent openings. In one embodiment, a three pole manual switch is mounted inside the outer housing that connects to the fan and motor assembly which draws dry air into the shoe from the top opening or forces moist air out of the shoe. In another embodiment, a pair of longitudinally aligned, upward extending wing elements are formed on the top surface which maintains air space when the inside of the shoe is adjacent to the top surface.

Abstract: Clothes drying furniture, comprising a furniture assembly defining a housing. The furniture assembly has a first top wall, a first bottom wall, first and second lateral walls, an intermediate wall, a rear exterior wall, and a door. The first and second lateral walls each have longitudinal tracks mounted thereon. A clothes drying assembly comprises a second top wall, a second bottom wall, third and fourth lateral walls, and a rear wall. The third and fourth lateral walls each have longitudinal rails mounted thereon. The longitudinal rails are journally mounted onto the longitudinal tracks. An electrical assembly comprises a heating element. The heating element is positioned in between the intermediate wall and the rear exterior wall. The electrical assembly further comprises power means. The first and second lateral walls each comprise a latching member to keep the clothes drying assembly housed within the furniture assembly.

Abstract: An expandable and collapsible enclosure is provided for a garment refreshing appliance. The appliance has at least either a top or a bottom rigid housing structure. The enclosure comprises a wall structure extending substantially an entire height of the enclosure. The wall structure is made of a flexible material. An opening is provided in the wall structure through which garments can be introduced into or removed from the enclosure. A zipper is attached at the opening to selectively open and close the opening. A snap attachment mechanism is located at either or both of the top and a bottom of the wall structure for securing the wall structure to the top and/or bottom rigid housing structures.

Abstract: An air displacing device for transferring air from a first location to a second location comprising a housing including a fan, a prime mover for the fan, means defining an air inlet to receive air from the first location, and an air outlet to deliver air to the second location and a duct for air through the housing from the inlet to the outlet, the fan being operable by way of the prime mover to cause air to be displaced along the duct from the inlet to the outlet, the housing serving to define a datum plane characterized in that the housing has external members adapted for displacement between a first, standby, configuration where the projection of the housing from the datum plane is a minimum and so the volume of the housing is a minimum and a second, working, configuration where the projection of the housing from the datum plane is a maximum and so the volume of the housing is a maximum.

Abstract: An application for a hearing aid drying/disinfecting system includes a closable container with an internally mounted ultraviolet lamp for disinfecting the hearing aid. A heating element creates an internal temperature that is higher than ambient temperature and a fan circulates air through vents from the outside of the container over the hearing aid and back out, thereby drying the hearing aid contained within the drying/disinfecting system. The vents are positioned to reduce ultraviolet emissions out of the container.

Abstract: A wall-mounted, hot air body blow drying apparatus comprising a plurality of round nozzles located along a front surface of the apparatus is herein disclosed. Said nozzles are adjustable and capable of directing jets of warm air over a person's body. A flow of heated air is provided by a resistance heater, an electric blower, and a plurality of distributing ductwork. The apparatus may be hard-wired thereto a standard household power circuit or by using a standard power cord. The apparatus is variably controlled by a temperature and fan speed controlling system and a timer. To use, a person would stand in front of the dryer apparatus and slowly turn around, allowing the multiple heated forced air streams to dry their body in a similar fashion as a forced warm air hand dryer.

Abstract: A hand dryer includes a hand drying chamber that includes a hand insertion opening from which a hand is inserted, a first wall section that faces the hand inserted from the hand insertion opening, a second wall section that faces the hand and the first wall section, and a plurality of air nozzle sections, which extends in a direction from the hand insertion opening to a far side and jets a high-speed air, on any one of the first wall section and the second wall section, and a distance between the air nozzle sections in a horizontal direction is wide on a side of the hand insertion opening and is narrow on the far side.

Abstract: A hand dryer includes a hand drying chamber that includes a hand insertion opening from which a hand is inserted, a first wall section that faces the hand inserted from the hand insertion, opening, a second wall section that faces the hand and the first wall section, and a plurality of air nozzle sections, which extends in a direction from the hand insertion opening to a far side and jets a high-speed air, on any one of the first wall section and the second wall section, wherein a distance between the first wall section or the second wall section that faces the air nozzle sections and the air nozzle sections is large in an upper portion and is small in a lower portion.

Abstract: A hand dryer is equipped with a hand insertion area (10), having a width that is able to accommodate hands, a high-pressure air generator (2), which generates a high-pressure airflow, discharge nozzles (N1, N2), which are disposed in the upper surface of the hand insertion area (10) and blow the high-pressure airflow, an exhaust duct (4), which is connected between the exhaust side of the high-pressure air generator (2) and the discharge nozzles (N1, N2), an ejection port (23), which opens to the space surrounding the hand dryer, a switching damper (24), which opens a portion of the exhaust duct (4) and is connected to the ejection port (23), and an ion generator (22), which generates ions having sterilization action into the high-pressure airflow passing through the exhaust duct (4) on the upstream side of the switching damper (24).

Abstract: A dryer for hair shaving devices includes a casing having a drying space for removably receiving a blade portion of a hair shaving device, and a heater and a fan for drying the blade portion received in the drying space. Also, a control unit is provided for controlling output power of the heater and the fan to perform operation modes, the operation modes include a drying operation mode in which the heater and the fan are driven simultaneously and a sterilizing operation mode in which the heater alone is driven with the fan kept stopped.

Abstract: A ventilated portable container is a carrying case or sports equipment bag for storing, carrying and drying sports equipment. The portable container includes a ventilator for drawing fresh air into the container and for encouraging stale air out of the container through at least one filtered air outlet. The portable container includes an exterior pocket having at least one air inlet and at least one air vent.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an apparatus and methods for rinsing and drying substrates. One embodiment provides an end effector comprising a body having a contact tip for contacting an edge area of a substrate, wherein the end effector is configured to support the substrate while the substrate is in a rinsing bath and while the substrate is being dried from the rinsing bath, and the contact tip comprises a hydrophilic material.