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No-heat clothes dryer

CA 1071397 A · Owner: Smith, Derrick A. · Inventors: Smith, Derrick A.

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lambda. ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, A "no-heat" clothes dryer is provided herein. It includes a drying chamber having an access opening. An access door is hinged to the access opening, the door being adapted to close the access opening in an hermetically sealed manner. Means which are conventional but, which are adapted to be actuated only when the door is closed are pro-, vided to subject the interior of the drying chamber to a vacuum. Means are provided which positively interrelate the breaking of the vacuum with the opening of the access door. Such means include a door handle having a lever which is pivotally mounted to move between a closed position, where it locks the door in a closed …

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  • Granted February 12, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 12, 1997.
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GrantedFebruary 12, 1980
Term endedFebruary 12, 1997
Patent numberCA 1071397 A
Classification (IPC)F26B5/04 +2 more

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedFeb 12, 1980Term endedFeb 12, 1997

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