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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard D. Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John F. Gerling, Modesto, CA (US);
Stephen D. Schultz, Modesto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/34 ;
Abstract
Compact microwave clothes dryer and method in which the dryer is small enough to be placed on a countertop, and air is circulated past microwave generator and power supply components to the drying chamber to transfer heat from the components to clothes in the chamber to supplement the microwave drying.