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US 5,394,620 AGranted
Body dryer
OwnerCarmen R. Chimerainventor
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Abstract
A hand held, portable body dryer for the entire body is disclosed as including a hollow tube carrying a hollow hand grip in which a battery is disposed; a fan and a heater are disposed in the tube with rheostatic controls therefor on the exterior of the tube with indications for off, low and high positions, and with a reverse fan switch for cleaning the tube. A plurality of attachments for the dryer function as outlet nozzles for assuring entire body coverage.
Claims7
A hand held, portable body dryer comprising:
- a generally hollow tube having an air inlet and an air outlet;
- fan and heating means in said tube;
- a support element carried by said tube adjacent said outlet;
- an arrangement of a plurality of selective attachments;
- each attachment having a holder at one end to interlock with said support element on said tube;
- a generally hollow hand grip connected to said tube and extending generally transverse thereto;
- battery means in said hand grip for energizing said fan and heating means;
- switching means electrically connecting said battery means to said fan and heating means;
- manual operating means mounted on said tube and controlling a plurality of switch positions from off to high operating conditions of said fan and heating means;
- and
- a clean control position for said fan means defining a reverse position for reversing air flow through said tube.
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A hand held, portable body dryer comprising:
- a generally hollow tube having an air inlet and an air outlet;
- a hollow hand grip connected to said tube and extending generally transverse thereto;
- an electrically operated fan in said tube;
- an electrically operated heater in said tube;
- battery means in said hand grip electrically connected to said fan and said heater;
- manually operated control means on said tube controlling a plurality of control positions from off to high operating conditions of said fan and of said heater;
- a separate control position for said fan including a reverse position whereby air flow through the tube is reversed to effect a cleaning of lint from the tube;
- a support element carried by said tube adjacent said air outlet;
- and
- a plurality of selective attachment means each having a holder at one end to interlock with said support element on said tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.