Patent ID: 7243442

Claim:
An apparatus for drying a surface, the apparatus comprising: an elongated plenum having an inlet adapted for operative connection to a heater outlet to receive a pressurized warm air stream, and a plurality of plenum outlets spaced along a length of at least one side of the plenum; a plurality of cover supports extending laterally from the at least one side of the plenum; and a fabric cover extending from the plenum above the plenum outlets and laterally over the cover supports to a distal cover end thereof removed from the plenum and supported above the surface; means operative to hold the fabric cover substantially against the surface at side edges thereof such that the cover forms an air channel such that when the warm air stream enters the air channel through the plenum outlets, the warm air stream moves over the surface under the fabric cover to the distal cover end and is discharged into the atmosphere; wherein the apparatus is configured such that the fabric cover can be located above a surface to be dried.