Patent ID: 9062409
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: D06F,F26B

Abstract:
1. A forced convection hanging clothes dryer, comprising: a cabinet having an interior drying chamber; a drying rack slidably mounted to said drying cabinet and moveable between a retracted position wherein said drying rack is disposed within said interior drying chamber and an extended position wherein said drying rack is disposed exteriorly of said interior drying chamber, said drying rack configured to removably receive and retain a drying chamber dividing panel in a vertical orientation so as to divide the drying rack horizontally into two separate sections; a drying chamber dividing panel removably receivable by said drying rack and dividing said interior drying chamber into separate horizontally disposed and vertically extending first and second drying chambers when said drying chamber dividing panel is received by said drying rack and said drying rack is in said retracted position; an article hanger assembly having a suspension member comprising an elongated bar removably and slidably attached at opposite ends to said drying rack; and a plurality of protrusions spaced along a top face of said suspension member that serve to lift material of an article draped over said suspension member to enhance air flow across the material along its interface with said suspension member, wherein said suspension member includes a plurality of vertically extending air passages, one corresponding to each of said plurality of protrusions.