Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
034202000 | Article inserted type | 37 |
20080216342 | Hand Drying Apparatus - 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. | 09-11-2008 |
20080216343 | Dryer - 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. | 09-11-2008 |
20080216344 | Drying Apparatus - 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. | 09-11-2008 |
20080222910 | Dryer - 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. | 09-18-2008 |
20080301970 | Drying Apparatus - 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. | 12-11-2008 |
20080313918 | Drying Apparatus - 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. | 12-25-2008 |
20080313919 | Drying Apparatus - 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. | 12-25-2008 |
20090113746 | DRYING APPARATUS - 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. | 05-07-2009 |
20090260250 | Clothes treating apparatus - 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. | 10-22-2009 |
20090282692 | EXPANDABLE/COLLAPSIBLE ENCLOSURE FOR A CLOTHES REFRESHER - 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. | 11-19-2009 |
20100088919 | AIR-DRYING ASSEMBLY - 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. | 04-15-2010 |
20100293805 | NAIL GEL SOLIDIFICATION APPARATUS - 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. | 11-25-2010 |
20110000098 | Shoe Dryer - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a shoe drier, comprising: a structure ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110197464 | VENTILATED PORTABLE CONTAINER FOR SPORTS EQUIPMENT - 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. | 08-18-2011 |
20120017459 | HAND DRYER - 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. | 01-26-2012 |
20120017460 | HAND DRYER - 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. | 01-26-2012 |
20120151789 | STORAGE AND DRYING APPARATUS FOR FOOTWEAR AND APPAREL - 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. | 06-21-2012 |
20120240425 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - 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. | 09-27-2012 |
20120285033 | HAND DRYER WITH ANNULAR AIR EXHAUST - 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. | 11-15-2012 |
20120291303 | HAND DRYER - 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. | 11-22-2012 |
20130042494 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL AIR DISCHARGE HAND DRYING APPARATUS - 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. | 02-21-2013 |
20130055581 | Household appliance with a drying system for wet articles - 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. | 03-07-2013 |
20130104413 | HAND DRYER | 05-02-2013 |
20130111778 | AIR INLET AND OUTLET DEVICE OF HAND DRYER - 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. | 05-09-2013 |
20130118023 | FORCED CONVECTION HANGING CLOTHES DRYER - 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. | 05-16-2013 |
20130139400 | HAND DRYER - 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. | 06-06-2013 |
20130263465 | DRYER-HANGER SINGLE-BODY MACHINE - A dryer-hanger single-body machine, comprises: a supporting body ( | 10-10-2013 |
20140013612 | TENTER OVEN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR STRETCHED FILM - 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. | 01-16-2014 |
20140020257 | Household Appliance For Drying Objects - In order to obtain satisfactory energy efficiency and environmental compatibility, a household tumble dryer ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140157616 | Hand Dryer - A hand dryer has a housing having an interior. Exit openings communicating with the interior of the housing are provided. At least one blower motor is arranged in the interior of the housing and conveys air through the exit openings to an exterior of the hand dryer. The air steams exiting from the exit openings meet in a drying area for the hands. | 06-12-2014 |
20140157617 | Hand Dryer - A hand dryer has a housing having an interior. At least one exit opening communicating with the interior of the housing is provided. At least one blower motor is arranged in the interior of the housing and blows air in an air stream through the at least one exit opening to the exterior of the hand dryer. At least one heat radiator emits heat rays, wherein the heat rays are directed toward a drying area of the hand dryer. | 06-12-2014 |
20140190033 | PORTABLE CLOTHING DRYER - A portable garment dryer, operable with a portable electric hair dryer which includes an outlet nozzle that can produce a heated airflow, the portable garment dryer including:
| 07-10-2014 |
20160073830 | Toothbrush holder having drying and illuminating means - My invention is a toothbrush holder that encompasses the entire toothbrush, with a drying unit that allows air to flow around the bristle of the toothbrush for a quicker dry time and an illuminating light which can be used as a night light. Both of which can be used together or independently of each other. | 03-17-2016 |
20160089694 | ARTISTIC NAIL POLISH CURING APPARATUS - An artistic nail polish curing apparatus includes a casing, a lamp holder, a light curing lamp module, a lamp source and a control unit. During use, a switch is assembled for turning on/off a lamp source to emit light, and a casing cover is formed at an opening at the top of the casing for selectively transmitting the light to the outside and allowing users to judge the ON/OFF status of the curing apparatus, while maintaining the overall stylish design of the curing apparatus. | 03-31-2016 |
20160095409 | LIGHT CURING STRUCTURE OF ARTISTIC NAIL POLISH CURING APPARATUS - A light curing structure of an artistic nail polish curing apparatus includes a base having a containing space formed by being enclosed by a top and a lateral side, an opening formed on the lateral side, and plural penetrating holes formed at the top; a circuit board installed at the top and having a through hole corresponsive to each penetrating hole, and a light emitting diode installed in each through hole for emitting ultraviolet light. The top includes a cover for covering the circuit board, a reflective portion installed at a position of each light emitting diode for reflecting the ultraviolet light at different angles through a through hole of the circuit board and a penetrating hole of the base into the containing space, so that the ultraviolet light is projected into the containing space uniformly. | 04-07-2016 |
20160107266 | METHOD AND A PLATE MODULE FOR MANUFACTURING A THERMAL MODIFICATION KILN - A method for manufacturing a thermal modification kiln for timber includes making plate modules from steel plates ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160143491 | HAND DRYER - 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 that generates an airflow, a nozzle that is provided in the hand drying chamber and ejects an airflow generated in the airflow generating device, a first sensor provided in the hand drying chamber, a second sensor that is provided in the hand drying chamber and is provided at a position that is below the first sensor and is more outward than the first sensor in a horizontal direction, and a control unit that controls an operation of the airflow generating device in accordance with a signal from the first sensor or the second sensor. | 05-26-2016 |