Apparatuses and methods of cleaning and drying applicator tools, such as brushes, cosmetic applicators, or cosmetic tools, are disclosed. An applicator tool cleaning apparatus according to various embodiments includes an applicator tool holder configured to hold multiple applicators of various sizes with the applicator heads facing down. The applicator tool cleaning apparatus further comprises a cleaning chamber that can dispense liquid to saturate the applicator heads and contact the applicator heads with a textured surface to dislodge collected materials on the applicator heads. Additionally, the applicator tool cleaning apparatus may comprise a drying chamber where drying mechanisms blow air or dissipate heat at the applicator heads until dried. The applicator tool holder may be moved vertically between the cleaning chamber and the drying chamber via a motor and drive mechanism of the applicator tool cleaning apparatus. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the applicator tool holder may be flipped such that the applicator heads are facing upwards and aligned with the drying mechanisms.

A nail lamp is configured to cure light-curable nail product on a user's nail. The lamp includes a base and a support with discrete light sources that each may emit with the same or different light wavelength profiles, and each may emit continuously or with the same or different pulsing functions. The lamp also includes source reflectors and a ring reflector. The different wavelength profiles are configured to, in combination, cure a light-curable nail product. The pulsing function is used to cure the nail product more efficiently. The source reflectors and ring reflector are used to target specific areas of the nail. A space is disposed between the base and the support and is sized to accommodate therein the nails of an appendage of a user so as to expose the user's nails to light from the discrete light sources.

A plurality of modular units are connected together on a slightly sloped drainage field with a perforated header pipe at the lower side conveying water away from the drainage system. An impermeable flexible liner cushioned on both sides is located below the modular units. The modular units are each made up of rigid boxes that have connecting cross slots at the bottom thereof and vertical perforations there through. The rigid boxes are lined with a drainage fabric that is site specific and have an expanded geosynthetic material therein, which is held in place when filled with porous granular material. High flexural strength mats are connected together over the tops of the modular units. An air inlet pipe connects air to the cross slots, down the sloped drainage field, to the header pipe to drain water from the bulk granular material resting on the high flexural strength mats. Some of the modular units have a pneumatic vibrator connected to a source of pressurized air. The entire system may be quickly disassembled, moved to a different location, and reassembled with the number of modular units being changed according to the circumstances.

A soil dryer is provided that allows a user to efficiently decrease the moisture content of a small soil sample to a level of five percent or less at the site of sample collection without needing an external source of power or electricity or jeopardizing the carbon content of the sample.

A portable dryer for suits and helmets includes a housing; a motor driving one or more blowers; a first air duct for directing air from the one or more blowers into a helmet, the housing configured to receive the helmet over an outlet of the first air duct; and a pair of second rotatable air ducts each for directing air from the one or more blowers into a separate leg of a suit, the second pair of rotatable air ducts spaced from the first air duct so as not to interfere with the outlet of the first air duct. The rotatable air ducts may be replaced with flexible tubing. An optional suitcase may contain the suit and helmet dryer and include a telescoping pole on which to hang a suit to be dried.

A system for drying an organic material includes: a drying chamber to hold the organic material under controlled atmospheric conditions; convection equipment to regulate temperature and humidity within the drying chamber; flow control equipment to regulate flow of one or more gases in and out of the drying chamber; sensing equipment to sense the atmospheric conditions of the drying chamber; a processor; and memory communicably connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive sensed data from the sensing equipment; and control the convection equipment and the flow control equipment based on the sensed data.

A data collector for use in monitoring a lyophilisation process of a product in a test product container in a lyophilisation chamber, said data collector comprising a battery, a measuring device including an electronics unit and a sensor configured for being arranged in said test product container, a first compartment in a first portion, a second compartment in a second portion, a first end surface configured for resting on the support surface, and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, wherein said first and second portions are arranged side-by-side when seen in a plane defined by the first end surface, and wherein the battery is housed in the first compartment and the electronics unit of the measuring device is housed in the second compartment, such that the battery and the electronics unit are separate from each other.

Disclosed herein is a sterilization and drying device. The sterilization and drying device includes: a body configured to be coupled to the inside of a sterilization target, and to suck and discharge internal air of the sterilization target; a silicon carbide honeycomb heater installed inside the body, and configured to sterilize, purify, dry, and heat the sucked air and discharge the sterilized, purified, dried, and heated air; an air circulation fan installed behind the silicon carbide honeycomb heater, and configured such that the internal air of the sterilization target is sucked, passed through the silicon carbide honeycomb heater, and then discharged; and a battery installed on one side of the air circulation fan, and configured to supply power to the silicon carbide honeycomb heater and the air circulation fan.

A bale dryer including a support frame, at least one air intake manifold movably coupled to the support frame for supplying heated air, a bale retainer coupled to the support frame and configured for retaining at least one bale in a fixed position vertically spaced from the at least one air intake manifold, and an actuator coupled to the at least one air intake manifold and configured to move the at least one air intake manifold between a retracted positon and an extended positon.

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a miniature, multiple-angle accessible nail gel curing lamp that minimizes the size of a light exposure area, while at the same time providing access to the light exposure area for a customer's hand, and both of technician's hands. This lamp is particularly useful for performing the gel-press on technique of applying artificial nails with a UV-curable nail gel. Some embodiments include a base, a riser extending generally upward from the base, and a lamp head extending generally horizontally from the riser, where the lamp head is operatively connectable to a power source and comprises an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV LED) configured to direct light emitted by the UV LED generally toward the base, thereby defining a light exposure area extending from the UV LED downward toward the base, and where an arc of access to the light exposure area is defined as an arc in a plane generally parallel to the UV LED and centered on the UV LED, so that the base, the riser and the lamp head are configured to allow unimpeded access of a user's hand to the light exposure area throughout the arc of access and where the arc of access is at least 180 degrees, and in some instances, at least 270 degrees.