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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Dri-eaz Products, Inc., Burlington, WA (US);
Richard A. Black, Bellingham, WA (US);
Brett Bartholmey, Bellingham, WA (US);
Ryan Kulp, Bellingham, WA (US);
Larry White, Mount Vernon, WA (US);
William Bruders, Sedro Woolley, WA (US);
Dri-Eaz Products, Inc., Burlington, WA (US);
Abstract
Surface dryers having uniform exit velocity profiles, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. Surface dryers in accordance with certain embodiments include a housing, a gas driver positioned in the housing, an inlet aperture formed in the housing and positioned upstream of the gas driver, and a nozzle carried by the housing and positioned downstream of the gas driver. The nozzle can have an indentation forming a convergent portion positioned to accelerate the flow of air and a divergent portion positioned to decelerate the flow of air.