Electrostatic and moisture control system for automatic clothes dryers
AssigneeMagic Chef, Inc.
InventorSheldon W. Mandel
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Abstract
Buildup of static electricity and uniform drying of a clothes dryer are controlled by condensing moisture from the exiting air stream and later injecting it into a recirculating air stream before the clothes become overdried.
Claims11
An automatic clothes dryer including a drying chamber, an air inlet, an air outlet, inlet air heating means, outlet air temperature sensing means and air circulating means, the improvement comprising:
- (a) means for condensing moisture from the outlet air;
- (b) means for storing the condensed moisture;
- (c) means for injecting the condensed moisture from the storage means into the air inlet;
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- (d) means responsive to the temperature sensing means for activating the moisture injecting means when the outlet air reaches a predetermined temperature, thereby preventing the buildup of static electricity and permitting uniform drying of the clothes.
A method of drying clothes in an automatic clothes dryer wherein the clothes are dried in a chamber provided with an air inlet and an air outlet by preheated air circulated through the chamber and controlled by sensing the temperature of the outlet air, the improvement comprising the steps of:
- (a) condensing moisture from the outlet air;
- (b) injecting the condensed moisture into the air inlet when the outlet air reaches a predetermined temperature, thereby eliminating the buildup of static electricity and permitting uniform drying of the clothes.
A method of uniformly drying articles without the buildup of static electricity in a drying chamber having an air inlet, an air outlet and means for circulating preheated air through the chamber, comprising the steps of:
- (a) condensing moisture from the outlet air;
- (b) sensing the temperature of the outlet air;
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- (c) injecting the condensed moisture into the air inlet when the outlet air reaches a predetermined temperature.
An apparatus for uniformly drying articles without the buildup of static electricity, which apparatus comprises:
- (a) a drying chamber including an air inlet and an air outlet;
- (b) means disposed in the air inlet for heating inlet air;
- (c) means disposed in the air outlet for sensing the temperature of outlet air;
- (d) means for condensing moisture from the outlet air;
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- (e) means for injecting the condensed moisture into the air inlet when the outlet air reaches a predetermined temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.