A washstand may include a washing device, a cabinet and a dryer. The washing device may include a sink, a water-supply assembly that supplies water to the sink, and a water-discharge assembly that drains water from the sink. The cabinet may be provided below the sink and having an inner space. The dryer may be provided in the cabinet and may include a first outlet in communication with the inner space of the cabinet and a second outlet under the cabinet in communication with an outside of the cabinet. The dryer may be configured to selectively generate airflow through the first outlet to the inner space or through the second outlet to the outside of the cabinet.

A drying machine comprising a frame (1) with a cavity (2) to introduce the hands of a user in order to dry them, with a collector (3) in which there is an opening for the passage of water (10) connected to the cavity (2) for the passage of dripping water, with an outlet pipe (4); a container (5) inside the frame (1), to which the outlet pipe (4) is connected to receive the water that passes from the cavity (2) to the inside of the frame (1) through the collector (3); a water detection element (6); an electrical resistance (7) which heats the container (5), evaporating the water in the inside; a control unit connected to the water detection element (6) and to the electrical resistance (7), and a conduit (8) to allow the release of evaporated water in the container (5) to the outside of the frame (1).

A hand-portable drying apparatus and method for use in a damp or waterlogged room, the apparatus including a housing having a carrying handle, the housing containing first and second airflow ducts arranged generally parallel to each other and having respective air inlet and air outlet ends, the apparatus further including means to force air through the ducts and to selectively heat it in at least one of the ducts, and valve means within the housing to selectively direct air from the first duct to the second duct whereby to move air from within the room received by the first duct back to the room via the second duct or to expel air from the room via the first duct to outside the room and draw in fresh air from outside the room via the second duct.

A dryer assembly for a vehicle wash system for emitting high velocity air onto a vehicle exterior includes a housing having an air inlet and an outlet. The air inlet is in communication with a motor assembly having an operating and a non-operating mode. The assembly also includes a gate mechanism in communication with the air inlet. The gate mechanism includes a plurality of pedals that are each pivotable between a first position and a second position. The gate mechanism is in communication with a controller, which directs movement of the plurality of pedals from the first position where the plurality of pedals surround the inlet opening such that air can flow into the housing and the second position where each of the plurality of pedals covers a portion of the inlet opening such that in their entirety the plurality of pedals obstruct the inlet opening to prevent air for flowing into the housing.

An agricultural dryer assembly has a fan apparatus and burner assembly that form a longitudinal dryer axis. An airflow transition mechanism is positioned between the fan apparatus and the burner assembly and has an endcap with an end plate that is substantially perpendicular to the dryer axis. A transition housing has an upstream end proximate the fan apparatus having a first diameter and a downstream end proximate the burner assembly having a second size, and an open middle. The airflow transition mechanism also includes an end plate perpendicular to the airflow and for a single burner configuration, a first and second air-directing crossing members and for a dual burner configuration, two inlet devices positioned in a middle opening of the transition housing that extend through the axis of the fan heater assembly.

A blower includes a blowout port configured to blow air outside the blower, a channel member connected to the blowout port, the channel member configured to guide the air to the blowout port, a first heat insulation member configured to cover an inner wall of the channel member, and a second heat insulation member configured to cover an outer wall of the channel member.

A ventilation assembly is defined comprising a fan located in the top of a drying chamber or furnace and which recirculates gases at high temperatures and/or humidity; a drive shaft with its mounts or bearings, on which is mounted the fan, and a separation chamber which houses the shaft bearings and separates said bearings from the inside of the drying chamber or furnace. The separation chamber is open to the external environment and is sized such that a person may enter it to perform maintenance of the shaft bearings without the need to enter the dryer or furnace. The ventilation assembly may further include the pre-assembly in the factory of the engine, its transmission system and/or one or more air renewal vents. Furthermore, the assembly can be complemented with trusses to further facilitate installation on the walls of the dryer or furnace.

A metering device is disclosed for regulating the depth of a flowable product coating a surface movable relative to the metering device by directing an air curtain towards the surface. The metering device comprises a body having an interior chamber, an inlet for connecting the chamber to a source of gas under super-ambient pressure; and an opening communicating with the chamber and having a mouth through which gas is discharged from the chamber towards the surface to form the air curtain. A porous or reticulated membrane is secured to, or formed integrally with, the body of the device to lie in the path of the gas discharged through the mouth of the opening.

Leaking of high-temperature gas inside a furnace to the outside of the furnace via a furnace body opening portion and entry of normal-temperature air outside the furnace into the furnace via the furnace body opening portion are effectively prevented. A central vent that forms an airflow curtain in a target object passage region of a furnace body opening portion and left and right side vents that form airflow curtains respectively in gap regions between the target object passage region and left and right side walls of the furnace body opening portion are provided as vents for forming airflow curtains, an airflow fa for forming an airflow curtain blows from the central vent toward the inner side of the furnace diagonally downward at an inclination angle that is smaller than 40 relative to a horizontal direction, and airflows for forming airflow curtains blow from the left and right side vents vertically downward or toward the inner side of the furnace diagonally downward at an inclination angle that is larger than 60 relative to the horizontal direction.

Leaking of high-temperature gas inside a furnace to the outside of the furnace via a furnace body opening portion and entry of normal-temperature air outside the furnace into the furnace via the furnace body opening portion are effectively prevented. A central vent that forms an airflow curtain in a target object passage region of a furnace body opening portion and left and right side vents that form airflow curtains respectively in gap regions between the target object passage region and left and right side walls of the furnace body opening portion are provided as vents for forming airflow curtains, an airflow fa for forming an airflow curtain blows from the central vent toward the inner side of the furnace diagonally downward at an inclination angle that is smaller than 40 relative to a horizontal direction, and airflows for forming airflow curtains blow from the left and right side vents vertically downward or toward the inner side of the furnace diagonally downward at an inclination angle that is larger than 60 relative to the horizontal direction.