Article Inserted Type Patents (Class 34/202)
  • Publication number: 20110197464
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: DRY LOCKER, INC.
    Inventors: Murray CHAPPELL, Roger ROBINET, E. Marie COSTELLO, Joe FREI
  • Patent number: 7980000
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Lewis, Michael Biese, Garrett H. Sin, Chidambara A. Ramalingam, Balaji Chandrasekaran, Tak Fan (Kerry) Ling
  • Patent number: 7971368
    Abstract: In a hand drying apparatus, an infrared light absorber absorbs infrared light, when a hand is not present, emitted from an infrared light emitter provided on an inner surface of a drying space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fukaya, Syunichi Mori, Yasuyuki Itoigawa
  • Patent number: 7946055
    Abstract: A drying apparatus has a casing, a cavity formed in the casing for receiving an object, and a fan located in the casing and creating an airflow. At least one slot-like opening communicates with the fan and is arranged in the casing so as to direct an airflow transversely across the cavity. The slot-like opening is formed between opposing walls which are manufactured from a thermosetting plastics material. By manufacturing the walls of the slot-like opening from a thermosetting plastic material such as melamine, the walls of the slot-like opening can be molded economically instead of machined from metal. The thermosetting plastic material is dimensionally stable when moulded, thermally resistant and impact resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: John Churchill, James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
  • Patent number: 7941936
    Abstract: A garment drying apparatus including upper and lower housings with an expandable and collapsible wall extending therebetween. The apparatus may include at least one support pole and/or bracket to support the upper housing to expand the wall. The upper and lower housings may include openings to slidably receive ends of the at least one support pole and/or bracket. A blower assembly can be located within the lower housing configured to circulate air through one or more vents, wherein when the wall is in an expanded position, the blower assembly circulates air through the one or more vents and into the chamber to dry and press the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Ingenious Designs LLC
    Inventor: Joy Mangano
  • Patent number: 7930836
    Abstract: A drying system for a hair removing device is capable of effectively drying the cutter head. The drying system includes a casing having a dry chamber configured to detachably receive a cutter head of the hair removing device, a heater for heating the cutter head; and a blower for generating a forced air flow and drying the cutter head. The casing is formed with an air flow channel configured to direct the forced air flow towards the cutter head. A tray is provided to define the bottom of the dry chamber and bear the cutter head. The tray is formed with a draft port through which the flow channel communicates into the dry chamber so that the forced air flow can be directed straight to the cutter head for effectively cooling or drying the cutter head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Ueda, Kazuya Shigeta, Yasuo Ibuki
  • Patent number: 7900371
    Abstract: The personal dryer apparatus provides a full personal enclosure. The apparatus can be positioned as chosen, whether next to a shower or bath or apart from. One door of the apparatus may be selectively removed if complete shower-to-apparatus joining is desired, as the apparatus provides opposite entry and exit. The cap design and interior air delivery and air exit designs provide optimal air flow into, through, and out of the apparatus. The spaced apart nozzles provide multi-levels of air delivery. The apparatus provides temperature controlled heated air. The selectively positioned nozzle openings and fan control provide selectively delivered air flow amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Inventor: B. Wade Bullard
  • Publication number: 20110023319
    Abstract: A hand drying apparatus includes a main box body in which a hand insertion portion is provided for allowing insertion/pulling out of hands and a water pan is provided for collecting water drops blown away from hands. In the main box body, a drain tank is disposed for accumulating water that is collected in the water pan. The drain tank is attached to the main box body in a detachable manner. A first lock mechanism is disposed for restricting removal of the drain tank. Moreover, an operating unit is disposed for switching the operating state of the apparatus and is covered with an openable-closable operating unit cap. A third lock mechanism is disposed for restricting opening and closing of the operating unit cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fukaya, Takaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110005097
    Abstract: A clothes-treating apparatus and a controlling method thereof are disclosed. According to a controlling method of a clothes-treating apparatus, a predetermined operational condition of a compressor included in a heat pump to supply dry air to clothes placed therein may be maintained normally. Furthermore, a cooling fan provided in a mechanism compartment is operated only if an internal environment of the mechanism compartment is out of the normal operational condition of the compressor. As a result, noise created from operation of the cooling fan may be reduced and dust that happens to be sucked into the mechanism compartment when external air is drawn may be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Jung Wook Moon, Dae Yun Park, Sog Kie Hong, Jong Seok Kim, Seung Gyu Ryu, Hye Yong Park, Chang Gyu Choi, Dong Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20110000098
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a shoe drier, comprising: a structure (16) having an enclosed space into which shoes (28) are placed for drying; a heating system (detailed in FIG. 4 and the description thereof), for heating air inside said structure, thereby drying said shoes; a first rack (36), disposed inside said enclosed space, onto which said shoes are placed for drying; a mechanism for lifting said first rack as a result of opening the top of said structure, and placing down said first rack as a result of closing the top of said structure (detailed in FIG. 3 and the description thereof); thereby facilitating the use thereof for a disabled user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Alexander Karafinka
  • Patent number: 7861436
    Abstract: A laundry treating machine is disclosed. The laundry treating machine includes a case having a laundry receiving space for receiving laundry defined therein, the case being located above another laundry treating machine, a hot air supply unit for supplying hot air into the laundry receiving space, a manipulation part for allowing a user to select a drive course, a control unit for controlling the hot air supply unit to be driven according to the course selected by the manipulation part, and a guide unit for assisting the user to put the laundry in the laundry receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joo Yeon Kim, Kyung Ah Choi
  • Patent number: 7856736
    Abstract: A drying apparatus includes an outer case, a portion of the outer case defining a cavity in which articles can be dried and an outlet disposed at the lower end of the cavity. A removable liquid treatment module is arranged downstream of the outlet and within the outer case, the liquid treatment module including a liquid dispersal unit. By providing a liquid treatment module that is removable, the liquid treatment module can be easily and quickly replaced by an unskilled user without undue burden. The invention is particularly suitable for use in a hand dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: John Churchill, Peter Nigel Hutchinson, Alexander Stuart Knox, Marcus Lee Hartley
  • Publication number: 20100293805
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nail gel solidification apparatus including a housing, a control circuit board, a plurality of reflecting lamp holders, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) elements and a power supply module. By replacing the traditional lamp with the LED elements of the reflecting lamp holders, the invention provides longer using life and lower power consumption and reduces the solidification time for nail gels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Pao-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 7834297
    Abstract: A golf club grip warning and drying apparatus includes a housing that has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall which is attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defines an access opening extending into the housing. A heating assembly is positioned in the housing. The heating assembly provides warm air for an interior of the housing when the heating assembly is turned on. A securing assembly is attached to the housing. The securing assembly is configured to releasably secure the housing to the golf bag. A golf club grip is removably extendable into the housing and heated by the heating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: David K. Kendall
  • Patent number: 7814678
    Abstract: An application for a hearing aid drying/disinfecting system includes a closable container with an internally mounted ultra-violet 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 shielded vents from the outside of the container through the container and back out, thereby drying the hearing aid contained within the drying/disinfecting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Hearing Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Harvey Romanek
  • Patent number: 7774953
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system to dry the hands of individuals. The system may include a pedestal, an air pedal and powder pedal hinged to the pedestal, a chamber having a dome connected to a shroud to define a chamber interior. The chamber interior may be divided into a first divided area, a second divided, and an overhead area that connects the first divided area to the second divided area. Each dived area may include a perforated tube to deliver pressurized air and powder into the chamber interior. An air compressor may be connected directly to the perforated tubes and connected to a powder chamber. In addition to pressurized air being delivered to the chamber interior, powder optionally may be delivered to the chamber interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventor: Napoli I. Duran
  • Patent number: 7762006
    Abstract: A device and corresponding methods for drying medical equipment involving a dryer for drying the medical equipment; and a supply orb having a body and a cavity within the body for holding, ventilating, and storing the medical equipment, the at least one supply orb being mechanically coupled to the dryer for operation and being mechanically decoupled from the dryer during non-operation. The supply orb having a ventilation feature and a configuration conducive to creating a combined irrotational and rotational gas flow therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: SiestaMed, Technologies
    Inventor: David Kasso
  • Publication number: 20100132208
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Jung Wook Moon, Dae Yun Park, Sog Kie Hong, Jong Seok Kim, Seung Gyu Ryu, Hye Yong Park, Chang Gyu Choi, Dong Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20100122470
    Abstract: A dehumidifier is used for restoring a water damaged electronic device. The dehumidifier comprises a sealable watertight container having a wall with an inside surface. The container has an interior chamber, and an open end. The open end has a releasable seal. The wall has an anti-static property, which prevents electrostatic charges from damaging the electronic device. The wall is a moisture barrier. The interior chamber is large enough to receive the electronic device. A desiccant material is placed within a water vapor-permeable enclosure, which is disposed within the interior chamber. The desiccant material is a hydrophilic material such as silica gel, calcium carbonate, molecular sieve, activated clay, or alumina. The container wall is generally transparent. A humidity indicator is placed within the interior chamber. An optional heater is placed within the interior chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Bradley C. Davis, Gregory Montgomery
  • Patent number: 7716849
    Abstract: A portable, free-standing dryer device with generally tapered portions formed about a generally central axis facilitating insertion into clothing items to be dried from inside, for example gloves, mittens, socks and other substantially tubular items. The device has a connector temporarily fastening it to a forced air vent. The dryer device comprises at least first and second drier portions joined by an intermediate shoulder portion, each of which defines multiple air passages widening from inner to outer surfaces of the portions to define an expansion volume fostering air flow. A larger substantially open end in the first portion receives air from the vent. The air flows from within the drier outwardly through the passages. An angular relationship of outer surfaces of the first, second and intermediate portions relative to the device central axis ensures that the second drier portion has an extended, narrowing configuration facilitating its insertion into clothing items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Neil Hicks
  • Publication number: 20100115784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple laundry treating machine and a control method thereof. The multiple laundry treating machine includes a body (110) formed with a laundry holding part (40) for holding laundry, an supplemental body (120) provided at one side of the body (110), the supplemental body (120) having a volume and a height respectively smaller than a volume and a height of the body (110), and having a space (122) defined in the supplemental body (120) to hold laundry, and an air supply unit provided in the body (110), to supply air to an interior of the body (110) and an interior of the supplemental body (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seong Jin Jo, Seong Hae Jeong, Deua Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20100088916
    Abstract: An application for a hearing aid drying/disinfecting system includes a closable container with an internally mounted ultra-violet 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 shielded vents from the outside of the container through the container and back out, thereby drying the hearing aid contained within the drying/disinfecting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: HEARING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Harvey Romanek
  • Publication number: 20100088919
    Abstract: An air-drying assembly has a cabinet and an air conditioner. The cabinet has a door, a drying space, an air outlet, a fan and a drain device. The drying space is formed in the cabinet. The air outlet communicates with the drying space and outside of the cabinet. The fan is mounted near the air outlet in the cabinet. The drain device is mounted under the drying space in the cabinet. The air conditioner has an exhaust port that is mounted in the cabinet and communicates with the drying space. When the air conditioner is operated, airflow exhausted from the exhaust port can dry clothing or tableware in the drying space. Kinetic energy and heat energy of airflow is not wasted to provide an energy-saving effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Feng-Ying YANG, Kuo-Cheng CHIU
  • Publication number: 20100058608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry dryer and a controlling method of a dryer, which can dry clothes, cloth items, beddings and laundry objects (hereinafter, laundry) efficiently. A dryer includes a cabinet in which laundry is placed, a low temperature air generation unit that generates relatively low temperature air supplied to the cabinet to dry the laundry, and a path through which the relatively low temperature air is supplied to the cabinet. in another aspect, a controlling method of a dryer includes generating relatively low temperature air, and drying laundry by using the relatively low temperature air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jung Wook Moon, Young Jong Kim, Young Bok Son
  • Patent number: 7637030
    Abstract: A fully passive-type solar lumber drying house classified into two models, one is an east-west model configured as a half Quonset hut that lumber's axis loaded is parallel to the east-west direction, and another is a north-south model configured as a Quonset hut that lumber's axis loaded is parallel to the north-south direction and the house is fully surrounded by a triple transparent film and a carbon fiber sheet and is available to be used through all year in which stacked lumber can be dried due to solar energy being assisted by auxiliary heat for one or two weeks under leaving the dry process controlled automatically, and besides moist air inside the house is exhausted through an insulated cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Marusho-Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Sugawara, Kimio Kanayama, Shoshichi Sotoda, Kazuhiko Sotoda, Hiromu Baba, Hidehiko Seto, Shinya Koga, Masahiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20090293302
    Abstract: An artwork drying cabinet includes a housing that defines an interior drying compartment. A plurality of removable shelves are provided in parallel spaced relation within the compartment. A hinged door provides access to the compartment for purposes of loading and removing shelves with artwork. The door includes a vent to exhaust moisture laden air from the compartment. A blower and heating element are provided to supply a heated current of air to the compartment. A shroud couples the blower and heating element to the cabinet and directs the flow of heated air into the cabinet. The blower sends the current of air over the heating element through a diffuser comprising a v-shaped baffle with a central elongated opening along the vertex. Controls are provided to regulate air speed and temperature. An optional timer controls the duration of a drying cycle. The diffuser evenly distributes parallel laminar streams of heated air above and below each shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Helbert J. Jonaitis, Steven Wallis
  • Publication number: 20090282692
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: GEORGE F. SEIFFERT, TIMOTHY J. HICKS, SHAWN OLTZ, WESLEY TRAYLOR, FLOYD JACKSON
  • Publication number: 20090277040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for drying and for the material flow-specific processing of coarse-grained waste that can be aerated. The invention is characterized by subjecting the waste in a first step to a hot air drying step (1) in a tunnel drier (10), followed by the subsequent process steps of sieving (2) to remove the fines, preferably with a grain size <40 mm, air separation (3), removal of metal (4) and optical sorting (5), and size reduction (6) of the residual fraction, preferably to a grain size <40 mm, and returning the size-reduced residual fraction to the tunnel drier (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Reinhard Schu
  • Publication number: 20090260250
    Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus is disclosed. The clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet in which an accommodating space for receiving clothes is defined, a steam generator for generating steam to be supplied into the accommodating space, and a supply unit for supplying the steam, generated in the steam generator, into the receiving space and collecting water condensed from the steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Wook Moon, Dae Yun Park, Sog Kie Hong, Jong Seok Kim, Seung Gyu Ryu, Hye Yong Park, Chang Gyu Choi, Dong Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20090255141
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Wook Moon, Dae Yun Park, Sog Kie Hong, Jong Seok Kim, Seung Gyu Ryu, Kwang Hee Lee, Hye Yong Park, Chang Gyu Choi, Dong Won Kim
  • Patent number: 7596883
    Abstract: In a hand drying apparatus, a first air opening and a second air opening are arranged on opposing surfaces. The first air opening is displaced towards an interior of the hollow portion, for inserting wet hand, with respect to the second air opening such that axes of air jets output from the first air opening and the second air opening do not collide. Moreover, a surface that receives the air jet from an air opening on opposing surface is inclined toward the interior of the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiji Kameishi
  • Publication number: 20090193676
    Abstract: In the shoe drying apparatus according to the present invention, the ozone-containing air or the mixed air generated and heated by the sanitizing assembly is taken in through intake duct and moves through the main conduit and the auxiliary conduit into the shoe-holding member to sanitize inside of a shoe. After sanitizing, the mixed air moves from inside of the shoe to the interior of the housing, and comes back through return air duct to the anion generator where it is purified and deodorized. The purified air is subsequently sent to a motorized fan contained within the sanitizing assembly. During such circulation, shoes can be sanitized. Moreover, an ultraviolet lamp is installed on the shoe-holding member to sanitize inside of the shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Guo Shengguang, Guo Shengyan
  • Publication number: 20090183746
    Abstract: An appliance 1 according to the present invention comprises a bottom tray 2, a middle housing 3, a transparent lid 4, a lid release button 5 for removing the lid from the housing 3, at least one finger hole 6 for receiving a user's finger, and a glittering switch 7 for activating an automatic glitter application sequence. A glittering tray 9 is housed inside of the middle housing 3 and has a plurality of separate chambers or can have a single chamber. A finger hole 10 corresponding to each chamber is provided and the tray 9 can be manipulated to line up the hole 10 with the finger hole 6. Glitter fragments are loaded into the one or more chambers 32 and, as described below, will be blown about and dispersed so that some settle on and adhere to freshly painted nails before they dry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventor: BRENDA P.K. YUE
  • Patent number: 7555209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand dryer comprising inside the casing (1) two hollow chambers (3a, 3b) having: a mouth (36) for the inlet of high-speed air supplied by air propulsion means (4a, 4b) towards a drying chamber (2), inner channels (33) for the conduction and distribution of air through the inside of said hollow chambers with a low coefficient of friction, and a plurality of air outlet orifices (34) defined in the front plates (31) of the hollow chambers and simultaneously projecting air through orifices (21, 22) of the drying chamber onto the entire surface of the hands inserted and kept still inside said drying chamber (2). The dryer comprises an evaporation device (7) to evaporate the water from the drying chamber (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Inventors: Jorge Pradas Diez, Miguel Canut Cristobal
  • Publication number: 20090151205
    Abstract: A fabric refreshing apparatus is provided. The refreshing apparatus may include a case, and a receiving compartment, provided in the case to receive fabric articles. The apparatus may also include a steam generator, a fluid supply tank, and a drain tank. The steam generator supplies steam to receiving compartment to steam the fabric articles. The fluid supply tank supplies fluid the steam generator. The drain tank collects residual fluid from the steam generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Jong-Seok Kim, Si Moon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20090113746
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: John Churchill, James Dyson, Peter David Gammack, Paul Cedric Campbell Hackwell, Frederic Nicolas, Roy Macnaughton
  • Publication number: 20090034946
    Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a casing and a cavity formed in the casing for receiving an object to be dried. A fan is located in the casing so as to be capable of creating an airflow, and a motor is provided in the casing for driving the fan. Ducting is provided for carrying the airflow from the fan to at least one opening arranged to emit the airflow into the cavity (12). The ducting includes at least one air duct having a wall in which perforations are provided, and a layer of sound-absorbing material is located on the external surface of the wall so as to cover the perforations. The invention is particularly suitable for use in hand dryers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Joseph Zacary Caine, Kevin John Simmonds, Timothy Alexander French
  • Publication number: 20080313918
    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 arranged to drive the fan. At least one opening communicates with the fan and is arranged in the casing so as to direct an airflow transversely across the cavity. The motor and fan arrangement generate an airflow across the cavity, wherein, in use, the pressure of the airflow emitted through the opening is at least 8 kPa. The motor has a rotor which, in use, may rotate at a speed of at least 80,000 rpm. The high velocity, high pressure airflow provided by the apparatus is capable of drying an object efficiently and quickly and is suitable for use in a hand dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
  • Publication number: 20080313919
    Abstract: A drying apparatus includes an outer case, a portion of the outer case defining a cavity in which articles can be dried and an outlet disposed at the lower end of the cavity. A removable liquid treatment module is arranged downstream of the outlet and within the outer case, the liquid treatment module including a liquid dispersal unit. By providing a liquid treatment module that is removable, the liquid treatment module can be easily and quickly replaced by an unskilled user without undue burden. The invention is particularly suitable for use in a hand dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: John Churchill, Peter Nigel Hutchinson, Alexander Stuart Knox, Marcus Lee Hartley
  • Patent number: 7464486
    Abstract: In a method of coloring a dye coating-formed lens by heating, the lens is subjected to half dyeing by changing the heating temperature depending on the lens site. This dyeing method involves heating a lens having a dye coating-formed on the surface thereof in a heating furnace to diffuse a dye into the lens. This method is carried out in a heating furnace having a frame section having the shape of a cube or rectangular parallelepiped, a heating section provided within the frame section, and an insertion port for inserting the lens provided on the bottom surface of the frame section. All or a part of the lens is inserted from the insertion port into a furnace inside of the heating furnace from the lower portion of the heating furnace and heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Kubodera, Masahiko Samukawa
  • Publication number: 20080301970
    Abstract: A drying apparatus having 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 to direct an airflow transversely across the cavity. The slot-like opening is formed between opposing walls which approach one another at an angle of between 10° and 20°. In another aspect, two slot-like openings are provided ducting providing communication between the fan and the slot-like openings has a first cross-section in the vicinity of the fan whose dimensions are similar in all directions and a slot-like cross-section in the vicinity of the openings, the transition between the said cross-sections being gradual and smooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Cedric Campbell Hackwell, Frederic Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20080301971
    Abstract: The invention is related to means of drying various, mainly, capillary porous materials and can be used in agriculture to dry grain and other agricultural products, or in mill industry to dry timber and sawdust, or in food industry to dry food products, and also for similar purposes in other industries. A device for drying capillary porous materials comprises a drying chamber supplied with sound-proof partitions that divide its inner volume into isolated sections, each section being supplied with a separate source of sound, and a source of heated air, executed in such a way that heated air is supplied from said source to each section of the drying chamber. The invention solves the problem of making a drying device suitable for drying capillary porous materials by means of the acoustic thermal method, the device being at the same time simple in design and cost-effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Sergei Leonidovich Koretsky
  • Publication number: 20080263889
    Abstract: In a hand drying apparatus, an infrared light absorber absorbs infrared light, when a hand is not present, emitted from an infrared light emitter provided on an inner surface of a drying space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fukaya, Syunichi Mori, Yasuyuki Itoigawa
  • Publication number: 20080222910
    Abstract: A hand drying apparatus has a casing, a cavity formed in the casing for receiving a user's hands, a fan located in the casing and creating an airflow, and a plurality of openings communication with the fan and arranged to direct an airflow transversely across the cavity. The cavity has an entrance delimited by a front edge and a rear edge in which the openings are located. The shape of the front and rear edges is such that, when in use the user's hands are introduced to the cavity, the distance between the user's hands and the nearest opening is substantially uniform. Alternatively, one of the edges is substantially straight and the other of the said edges is curved so that the distance between the edges varies along the length of the cavity entrance. These arrangements enhance the drying efficiency of the dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: John Churchill, James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
  • Publication number: 20080216342
    Abstract: A hand drying apparatus includes a hand inserting portion having a concave shape including a front inner wall facing a back inner wall, an airflow generator that generates high-pressure airflows, and a first air nozzle and a second air nozzle that inject the high-pressure airflows to the hand inserting portion. The first air nozzle is provided on the front inner wall and the second air nozzle is provided on the back inner wall. The first air nozzle includes slip-shaped first holes arranged in a line, each having a first length. The second air nozzle includes slip-shaped second holes arranged in a line, each having a second length. The first length and the second length are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Kameishi, Takaki Kobayashi, Jun Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080216344
    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 is formed between opposing walls so that one of the walls terminates substantially flush with the casing and the other wall protrudes beyond the casing. The slot-like opening may be formed between an upper wall and a lower wall, the lower wall may terminate substantially flush with the casing and the upper wall protrudes beyond the casing, reducing the effect of the air causing the user's hands to be pulled or sucked towards the slot-like openings but eliminating any protrusion of the walls of the slot-like opening on one side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: John Churchill, Frederic Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20080216343
    Abstract: A drying apparatus has a casing, a cavity formed in the casing for receiving an object, and a fan located in the casing and creating an airflow. At least one slot-like opening communicates with the fan and is arranged in the casing so as to direct an airflow transversely across the cavity. The slot-like opening is formed between opposing walls which are manufactured from a thermosetting plastics material. By manufacturing the walls of the slot-like opening from a thermosetting plastic material such as melamine, the walls of the slot-like opening can be molded economically instead of machined from metal. The thermosetting plastic material is dimensionally stable when moulded, thermally resistant and impact resistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: John Churchill, James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
  • Publication number: 20080209760
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Alexander French, Peter Nigel Hutchinson, Frederic Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20080189975
    Abstract: When chuck pins are in a releasing state, support pins for supporting a lower surface of a substrate at respective heights different from each other support the substrate in an inclined position. When the chuck pins are in a gripping state, substrate gripping parts grip a substrate sidewise to separate the substrate upwardly from a substrate rest part, thereby holding the substrate in a horizontal position at a predetermined gripping height. After a liquid mass covering the substrate is formed, the chuck pins are changed from the gripping state to the releasing state to support the substrate having been gripped in the horizontal position into an inclined position, thereby draining the liquid mass from the surface of the substrate. The substrate with the liquid mass drained from the surface thereof is held and rotated in a horizontal position. Thus, the substrate is dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventor: Katsuhiko MIYA
  • Publication number: 20080178489
    Abstract: An apparatus for drying a disposable razor so as to prevent corrosion due to moisture left on such razor. The apparatus comprising a container having a predetermined shape and formed of a predetermined material. The container is designed for holding at least one such disposable razor. There is a base portion of the container, such base portion being removably engageable with a bottom part of the container, such base portion including a foot member and a housing member. A fan is disposed in the housing of such base portion of the container. A screen is disposed in the base portion of the container atop the fan. The apparatus has a power means disposed in one of the housing and the foot member of the base portion of the container for providing power to the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Roger Dionne