Patent ID: 6796055
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A method for the drying of a damp material (2), in particular of damp laundry, whereby the material (2) is treated in a treatment chamber (15) of a drying cabinet (1) in mechanically immobile condition in which air (10) is directed through the treatment chamber (15) and over a condenser (13), which is cooled by an outer air circuit, and the moisture in the air (10) condenses on the condenser (13) and can be led away, characterised in thatthe air (10) is circulated over the material (2) for drying at least during a period of the drying of the material (2) with a switched-off condenser in a closed inner loop through the treatment chamber (15) in which the material (2), which is hung by means of an on hanging device (3), is exposed at increasing temperature in the treatment chamber (15) to steam or increased humidity generated at least partly from the dampness of the material (2) or the increased humidity of the air (10) circulating around with a temperature up to between 90 degrees Celsius and 125 degrees Celsius and is relaxed and smoothed by the steam or the increased humidity in relation to creases, or folds from preceding treatments, and with an increasing dehumidify of the residual humidity of the air (10) after the beginning of the condensation at the condenser (13) the material (2) then is freed of creases, or folds and therefore is then dried largely without ironing.