Patent ID: 6748669
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: A01G,E01H

Abstract:
A drying machine comprising:a frame structure including a perimeter wall which defines an underlying cavity; a screen element connected to the frame structure and defining an enclosed space within the drying machine, wherein the enclosed space is external of the perimeter wall and is in fluid communication with the underlying cavity; means for propelling air into the underlying cavity at a relatively high velocity wherein the frame structure is adapted to hover across a surface to be dried and the high velocity air is effective in driving moisture or water from the surface and outwardly of the underlying cavity into the enclosed space within the drying machine, said propelling means being operatively coupled to the frame structure; and means operatively coupled to the frame structure and arranged to divert the air with the moisture or water driven from the surface through the enclosed space for collection of the moisture or water externally of the underlying cavity.