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US 11,885,064 B2Granted
Apparatus for drying laundry or other items using ultraviolet radiation
AssigneeUvdry, LLC
InventorsDan Abramovich, Jerry Chieh Liu
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Abstract
An apparatus for drying laundry with ultraviolet radiation is provided. One or more ultraviolet light sources emit ultraviolet radiation, which, in various embodiments, is transmitted through a UV-radiation permeable transparent drum containing the wet laundry and other wet articles to be dried. Also provided is a dryer having ultraviolet light sources centrally situated with respect to the drum, wherein the ultraviolet light sources emit ultraviolet radiation directed at laundry in the drum.
Claims20
A clothes dryer comprising:
- a housing;
- a laundry receptacle, disposed within said housing, that is dimensioned to receive a load of wet laundry that is to be dried by said clothes dryer, said laundry receptacle comprising at least one ultraviolet permeable portion that is permeable to ultraviolet light;
- and
- an ultraviolet light assembly that is adapted to direct ultraviolet light through said ultraviolet permeable portion of said laundry receptacle, wherein:
- said clothes dryer is adapted to dry a load of wet laundry that is disposed within said laundry receptacle by transmitting ultraviolet light through said ultraviolet permeable portion of said laundry receptacle.
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A clothes dryer comprising:
- a housing;
- a laundry receptacle that is rotatably mounted within said housing, said laundry receptacle defining an interior portion that is dimensioned for receiving a load of laundry;
- a motor that is adapted for rotating said laundry receptacle;
- and
- one or more ultraviolet light assemblies that are adapted to direct ultraviolet light onto said load of laundry to dry said load of laundry while said load of laundry is disposed within said interior portion of said laundry receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.