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US5606804:
Microwave clothes dryer and method with hazard detection
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Smith, Richard D.; Palo Alto, CA
Lentz, Ronald R.; Modesto, CA
Meachim, Patrick C.; Oakdale, CA
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| Assignee: |
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
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| Published / Filed: |
1997-03-04
/ 1995-10-23
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| Application Number: |
US1995000546878
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
D06F 58/26;
D06F 58/28;
F26B 3/34;
F26B 25/00;
Core:
D06F 58/20;
F26B 3/32;
more...
IPC-7:
F26B 3/34;
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| ECLA Code: |
D06F58/26M; D06F58/28; F26B3/34B; F26B25/00E; N06F58/28C2;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
034/261;
034/260;
Original:
034/261;
034/260;
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| Field of Search: |
034/260,261
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| Priority Number: |
| 1995-10-23 |
US1995000546878 |
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| Abstract: |
Microwave clothes dryer and method in which an impending fire and/or explosion is detected by monitoring gases from the drying chamber with a solid state gas sensor to detect the presence of a gas associated with fire or an explosion. In the disclosed embodiments, the gases to be detected include ethane, propane, butane, toluene, hydrogen sulfide, alcohol, and combinations thereof.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Flehr, Hohbach, Test, Albritton & Herbert ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Bennett, Henry A.; Doster, Dinnatia
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| Maintenance Status: |
R1 Reinstated
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. In a microwave clothes dryer: a chamber for holding clothes to be dried, means for introducing microwave energy into the chamber to evaporate moisture in the clothes, a plurality of gas sensors each adapted to detect the presence of a different gas selected from the group consisting of ethane, propane, butane, toluene, hydrogen sulfide, alcohol, and combinations thereof in the chamber, and means responsive to the gas sensors for delivering an alarm signal in the event that one of the gases in the group is detected.
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