Portable towel dryer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11896167-B2
Application number	US-202017119217-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2020
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

A portable towel dryer is provided in the present application, which comprises a main machine and a rack configured to hang a cloth, wherein the main machine comprises a shell, a heater mounted in the shell and a fan mounted in the shell, an air outlet is provided at a bottom of the shell corresponding to an outlet of the fan, the bottom of the shell is provided with an air inlet, and the heater is arranged on an airflow path of the fan, wherein the rack comprises a hanging rod, two supports respectively supporting both ends of the hanging rod, and a lifting mechanism configured to adjust the height of the supports, each of the supports is connected with the lifting mechanism, and the lifting mechanism is connected with the shell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable towel dryer comprising a main machine and a rack configured to hang a cloth, wherein the main machine comprises a shell, a heater mounted in the shell and a fan mounted in the shell, an air outlet is provided at a bottom of the shell corresponding to an outlet of the fan, the bottom of the shell is provided with an air inlet, and the heater is arranged on an airflow path of the fan, wherein the rack comprises a hanging rod, two supports respectively supporting both ends of the hanging rod, and a lifting mechanism configured to adjust the height of the supports, each of the supports is connected with the lifting mechanism, and the lifting mechanism is connected with the shell; and
wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a reinforcing plate connected with each of the supports respectively and a locking component configured to lock the reinforcing plate in the shell, the locking component is mounted on the shell, an upper end of the reinforcing plate is slidably inserted into the shell, and the bottom of the shell is provided with a lack for slidable insertion of an upper end of the reinforcing plate therein.

2. The portable towel dryer according to claim 1 , wherein, the reinforcing plate is provided with a plurality of clamping slots, and the plurality of clamping slots are distributed on the reinforcing plate along a vertical direction at an interval; the locking component comprises a latch configured to fit into the clamping slot, a supporting shaft configured to support the latch, a supporting block configured to support the supporting shaft, and an elastic member configured to elastically push the latch along an axial direction of the supporting shaft into the clamping slot, the elastic member is mounted in the supporting block, and the supporting block is mounted on the shell.

3. The portable towel dryer according to claim 2 , wherein, the locking component further comprises a button configured to push the latch, the button is mounted on the supporting block, and the button and the elastic member are respectively located on the opposite sides of the latch.

4. The portable towel dryer according to claim 3 , wherein, the supporting block is arranged in the shell, and the shell is provided with a through hole configured to expose the button.

5. The portable towel dryer according to claim 2 , wherein, a receiving groove is arranged in the supporting block, the latch is located in the receiving groove, and opposite two side walls of the receiving groove support the two ends of the supporting shaft respectively.

6. The portable towel dryer according to claim 1 , wherein, each of the supports is provided with a support section, and a vertical section configured to support a wall, a lower end of the vertical section is fixedly connected with a rear end of the support section, the end of the hanging rod is supported on the corresponding support section, an upper end of the reinforcing plate extends out the vertical section, and each of the jacks is located at a corresponding position close to a rear side of shell.

7. The portable towel dryer according to claim 2 , wherein, each of the supports is provided with a support section, and a vertical section configured to support a wall, a lower end of the vertical section is fixedly connected with a rear end of the support section, the end of the hanging rod is supported on the corresponding support section, au upper end of the reinforcing plate extends out the vertical section, and each of the jacks is located at a corresponding position close to a rear side of shell.

8. The portable towel dryer according to claim 3 , wherein, each of the supports is provided with a support section, and a vertical section configured to support a wall, a lower end of the vertical section is fixedly connected with a rear end of the support section, the end of the hanging rod is supported on the corresponding support section, an upper end of the reinforcing plate extends out the vertical section, and each of the jacks is located at a corresponding position close to a rear side of shell.

9. The portable towel dryer according to claim 4 , wherein, each of the supports is provided with a support section, and a vertical section configured to support a wall, a lower end of the vertical section is fixedly connected with a rear end of the support section, the end of the hanging rod is supported on the corresponding support section, an upper end of the reinforcing plate extends out the vertical section, and each of the jacks is located at a corresponding position close to a rear side of shell.

10. The portable towel dryer according to claim 5 , wherein, each of the supports is provided with a support section, and a vertical section configured to support a wall, a lower end of the vertical section is fixedly connected with a rear end of the support section, the end of the hanging rod is supported on the corresponding support section, an upper end of the reinforcing plate extends out the vertical section, and each of the jacks is located at a corresponding position close to a rear side of shell.

11. The portable towel dryer according to claim 6 , wherein, the support section is arranged as inclined downward in a direction from the rear side of the shell to a front side of the shell.

12. The portable towel dryer according to claim 1 , wherein, the main machine further comprises an ultraviolet light source, and the ultraviolet light source is supported on the shell.

13. The portable towel dryer according to claim 2 , wherein, the main machine further comprises an ultraviolet light source, and the ultraviolet light source is supported on the shell.

14. The portable towel dryer according to claim 3 , wherein, the main machine further comprises an ultraviolet light source, and the ultraviolet light source is supported on the shell.

15. The portable towel dryer according to claim 4 , wherein, the main machine further comprises an ultraviolet light source, and the ultraviolet light source is supported on the shell.

16. The portable towel dryer according to claim 5 , wherein, the main machine further comprises an ultraviolet light source, and the ultraviolet light source is supported on the shell.

17. The portable towel dryer according to claim 12 , wherein, the ultraviolet light source is an ultraviolet lamp tube, the main machine further comprises a lamp holder mounted in the shell, and a window exposing the ultraviolet lamp tube is arranged at the bottom of the shell.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Antop Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Ruidian
• Liao Xianquan

Classifications

• A61L2103/23

  Containers other than laboratory or medical, e.g. bottles or mail · CPC title

• A47K10/06 Primary

  combined with means for drying towels (A47K10/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61L2/10

  Ultraviolet [UV] radiation · CPC title

• A61L2202/16

  Mobile applications, e.g. portable devices, trailers, devices mounted on vehicles · CPC title