# US 10,119,761 B1 · Paint card drying board and paint card drying methods

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- Number: US 10,119,761 B1
- Document ID: US10119761B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 14/664,463
- Filed: 2015-03-20
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-20
- Assignees: Randy Scheurer
- Applicants: Randy Scheurer; Shawn Watson
- Inventors: Randy Scheurer; Shawn Watson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119761B1

## CPC

- F26B 5/00: Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat (separating liquids from solids by straining B01D; replacing liquids in wet solids by other liquids, e.g. water by spirit, B01D12/00; drying by electrophoresis B01J)
- F26B 3/04: the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence)
- F26B 9/10: in the open air; in pans or tables in rooms; Drying stacks of loose material {on floors which may be covered, e.g. by a roof (ventilating means of stacks for agricultural produce A01F25/08)}
- F26B 21/001: {Air generating units, e.g. movable or independent of drying enclosure}
- F26B 21/50: Ducting arrangements from the source of air or other gases to the materials or objects being dried
- F26B 21/55: Outlets for directing or distributing the air or other gases
- F26B: DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM (drying devices for combines A01D41/133; racks for drying fruit or vegetables A01F25/12; drying foodstuffs A23; drying hair A45D20/00; body-drying implements A47K10/00; drying household articles A47L; drying gases or vapours B01D; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00; centrifugal apparatus B04; drying ceramics C04B33/30; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry D06F; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27)

## Abstract

Paint card drying assemblies are provided that can include a substrate configured to support cards and a drying assembly coupled to the substrate. Methods for drying paint cards are provided that can include providing a drying assembly coupled to a substrate, aligning cards below the drying assembly, and providing gas through the drying assembly and along the face of the cards to dry paint applied to the cards. Assemblies can also include a substrate configured to support cards, horizontally opposing handles aligned along lateral edges of the substrate, and a drying assembly coupled to the substrate and aligned between the handles upon one face of the substrate, the drying assembly comprising conduit in fluid communication with a plurality of flat-nosed nozzles evenly distributed along the conduit, each of the plurality configured to direct a gas stream along the face of the substrate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A paint card drying assembly comprising:
a substrate supporting a plurality of painted cards aligned in a plurality of rows and columns, wherein a face of each of the painted cards is aligned parallel with a support surface of the substrate; and
a drying assembly coupled to the substrate above the plurality of rows and columns, and configured to provide a gas stream parallel with each face and the support surface along the face of each of the plurality of the painted cards supported by the substrate, wherein the drying assembly comprises a plurality of nozzles, each of the plurality of nozzles being vertically aligned with each of the plurality of columns.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The paint card drying assembly of claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises wood, plastic, and/or steel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The paint card drying assembly of claim 1, wherein the cards comprise cellulose.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The paint card drying assembly of claim 1, further comprising a pair of handles extending from the substrate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The paint card drying assembly of claim 1, wherein the drying assembly comprises a conduit coupled to one or more of the plurality of nozzles.