Patent ID: 8122613
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: D06F,F24F

Abstract:
1. A combination air purifier and clothes dryer comprising: a housing, said housing having a first side surface and having a second side surface, a sidewall, said sidewall engaged to, and extending a first distance between, said first side surface and said second side surface; said housing having an interior cavity defined by said first and second side surfaces and said sidewall; said housing having a horizontal position wherein said first side surface is adjacent to a support surface and said second side surface is elevated said first distance above said first side surface; said housing having a vertical position wherein said first and second side surfaces are positioned substantially normal to said support surface; said sidewall in said vertical position having a first portion located adjacent to said support surface, and having a second portion opposite said first portion elevated a second distance above said first portion and atop said first side surface and said second side surface; a central chamber positioned within said interior cavity; a first conduit communicating between said central chamber and a first vent communicating through said second portion of said sidewall; a second conduit communicating between said central chamber and a second vent communicating through said first side surface; an electric fan positioned in said central chamber, said fan in operative communication with an electrical supply; said electric fan being reversible to move air through said housing along either a first flow path or a second flow path; said first flow path intaking air through said first vent and exhausting it through said second vent; said second flow path intaking air through said second vent and exhausting it through said first vent; a position sensing switch, said switch operatively engaged to said fan, said switch automatically switching said fan to communicate air along said first flow path when said housing is in said vertical position and along said second flowpath when said housing is in said horizontal position; a clothes rack for holding clothing, said clothes rack engageable with said housing to position said clothing either in a first position adjacent to said first vent, or in a second position adjacent to said second vent; said first distance of said sidewall sized to allow said housing in said horizontal position, to slide under a bed; and whereby said housing in said horizontal position with said fan directing said air along said first flow path communicates said air exhausting said second vent over said clothing in said second position, and said housing in said vertical position with said fan directing said air along said second flow path communicates said air exhausting said first vent over said clothing in said first position.