Cissell Manufacturing Company

W. M. Cissell Manufacturing Company

Cissell Manufacturing, Inc.

Stanley T Wheeler

Naom Salameh

Laddie A DePas

Judith P Folk

A tumbler is provided for removing odors, such as smoke, from clothing. The tumbler comprises a rotating basket in which clothing tumbles, a blower which causes air to flow through said basket and an ozone source which releases ozone into the air which flows into the basket. The tumbler includes a controller which activates the ozone source after the basket and blower have been activated; and continues to operate the blower and basket after deactivation of the ozone source to provide for a purge period.

Clothes tumbler with ozone generator

A clothes dryer is provided with a fire detection and suppression system which releases a fire suppressing substance into the dryer chamber upon detection of a fire condition. The fire detection and suppression system includes, a controller, at least one temperature detector which is in communication with the controller and sends a signal to the controller when a temperature set point has been reached and/or exceeded, a source of fire suppressing substance (preferably water) which is delivered to the chamber over a pathway; and a valve in the pathway controlled by the controller. The controller opens the valve when a fire condition is detected, and closes the valve after a time sufficient to introduce a predetermined volume of the fire suppressing substance has passed. The dryer can include a flow detector, such as a pressure sensor or flow rate sensor, which will send information to the controller to enable the controller to determine how long the water valve needs to remain opened to deliver the predetermined amount of fire suppressing substance to the chamber.

Clothes dryer with fire suppression system

An arrangement for drying material in a selected drying location by a heated and flowing drying stream wherein the temperature and relative humidity levels of the drying stream are sensed upstream and downstream of such selected drying location and are relatively and comparatively controlled to arrive at a selected treated material moisture with comparatively minimal energy input.

Material drying arrangement

An improved pick off device adapted to transfer open mouth hook type work supports (e.g., hangers) from an extended length screw conveyor onto a branch support member (e.g., a slide rod), the support member branching off from the screw conveyor at an angle relative thereto. In preferred form, the improved device includes a helix concentrically fixed in place to the screw conveyor, the major diameter of the helix being substantially greater than the major diameter of the screw conveyor's threaded rod. A pick off finger is positioned generally longitudinally of the screw conveyor, and is positioned between the helix and the conveyor's threaded rod. The pick off finger is pivotally connected at one end to the branch support member, that pivotal connection permitting the finger's free tip to move between a pick off position where same is closely adjacent the surface of the conveyor's threaded rod and a pass-through position where same is elevated above that surface. When the pick off finger is in the pick-off position, work supports being conveyed along the screw conveyor are driven by the helix in a positive manner onto the pick off finger, and then onto the branch support member, thereby positively moving the work supports from the screw conveyor onto the support member. When the pick off finger is in the pass-through position, the work supports simply pass through the helix section of the screw conveyor without engaging the pick off fingers, thereby permitting the work supports to continue past the branch support member while remaining on the screw conveyor.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Stanley T Wheeler