Patent Application
20200367702
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The disclosure and prior art relates to drying devices and more particularly pertains to a new drying device for drying a wet towel or dish rag.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that has a convex top thereby facilitating a towel to be draped over the housing. The housing has a plurality of apertures each extending into an interior of the housing. The plurality of apertures passes air therethrough thereby facilitating the towel to be in thermal communication with the interior of the housing when the towel is draped over the housing. A heating element is positioned within the housing such that the heating element is in thermal communication with the interior of the housing. The heating element heats the interior of the housing when the heating element is turned on. In this way the plurality of apertures can communicate heated air to the towel for drying the towel when the towel is draped over the housing.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The top side 14 is convexly arcuate between the front 16 and back 18 sides and the housing 12 has a plurality of apertures 24 each extending into an interior of the housing 12. The plurality of apertures 24 passes air therethrough thereby facilitating the towel 15 to be in thermal communication with the interior of the housing 12 when the towel 15 is draped over the housing 12. Moreover, the apertures 24 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed on the front side 16, the back side 18 and the top side 14. The housing 12 may have a length of approximately 10.0 inches, a height of approximately 6.0 inches and a width of approximately 3.0 inches.
A control circuit 26 is positioned within the housing 12 and the control circuit 26 receives an on input and an off input. A heating element 28 is positioned within the housing 12 such that the heating element 28 is in thermal communication with the interior of the housing 12. The heating element 28 heats the interior of the housing 12 when the heating element 28 is turned on. Moreover, the plurality of apertures 24 communicates heated air to the towel 15 for drying the towel 15 when the towel 15 is draped over the housing 12. In this way a wet dish rag can be dried thereby inhibiting bacteria from growing on the wet dish rag and subsequently producing unpleasant odors.
The heating element 28 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 26. The heating element 28 is turned on when the control circuit 26 receives the on input. Additionally, the heating element 28 is turned off when the control circuit 26 receives the off input. The heating element 28 may comprise an electric heating coil or the like that has an operational temperature of approximately 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit.
A sensor 30 is coupled to the housing 12 and the sensor 30 senses when the towel 15 is positioned on the housing 12. The control circuit 26 receives the on input when the sensor 30 senses the towel 15. Additionally, the control circuit 26 receives the off input when the sensor 30 does not sense the towel 15. The sensor 30 may be an electronic light sensor 30 that senses light passing through the apertures 24. Moreover, the control circuit 26 may receive the on input when the towel 15 is draped over the housing 12, thereby inhibiting light from passing through the apertures 24.
A power cord 32 is coupled to and extends outwardly from the housing 12. The power cord 32 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 26. The power cord 32 has a distal end 34 with respect to the housing 12 and a male plug 36 is electrically coupled to the distal end 34. The male plug 36 can be electrically coupled to a power source comprising a female electrical outlet.
In use, the housing 12 is positioned on the support surface 22 and the power cord 32 is plugged into the power source. The heating element 28 is turned on when the towel 15 is draped over the housing 12. Thus, the heated air produced by the heating element 28 passes through the apertures 24 to dry the towel 15. In this way the towel 15 can be dried while the towel 15 is not being used, thereby inhibiting the towel 15 from developing foul odors. The heating element 28 is turned off when the towel 15 is removed from the housing 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
