A method for producing a hot-dip aluminum-coated steel wire, including dipping a steel wire in molten aluminum, and drawing up the steel wire from the molten aluminum, wherein at the time of drawing up the steel wire from the molten aluminum, a stabilization member is contacted with a surface of the molten aluminum and the steel wire at the boundary between the steel wire and the surface of the molten aluminum, a nozzle having a tip end of which inside diameter is 1 to 15 mm is disposed so that the tip end is positioned at a place away from the steel wire by a distance of 1 to 50 mm, and an inert gas having a temperature of 200 to 800 C. is blown out from the tip end to the boundary at a volume flow rate of 2 to 200 L/min.

The present invention relates to an annealing system which can be used to anneal workpieces, for example vehicle bodies. According to the invention, an annealing chamber, a feed air system, an exhaust air system and one or more air circulation systems are provided.

Provided herein is a portable clothes drying device, which includes a base unit and an air outlet unit; wherein the base unit is configured to not only enable the portable clothes drying device to be used in various kinds of use spaces, but also provide the portable clothes drying device with the functions of heating, drying, disinfecting, etc.; and wherein the air outlet unit is configured to correspond to various kinds of clothes with different geometric shapes.

A cleaning apparatus for a quartz tube includes a cleaning cover with an opening in a bottom, a base vertically assembled with the cleaning cover through movable inserting, a bearing table arranged in the base and holding the quartz tube, and a driving apparatus; a top of the cleaning cover has a first nozzle; a side wall of the cleaning cover vertically has multiple second nozzles; the bearing table vertically has an inner spray tube; a top and a side of the inner spray tube above the bearing table have multiple third nozzles; a rotary sealing apparatus is embedded in the base; the inner spray tube continuously and vertically penetrates through the bearing table and the rotary sealing apparatus; the driving apparatus drives the bearing table to rotate; the inner spray tube remains stationary during rotation of the bearing table.

A drying device includes a first compartment configured to removably receive a drying chamber. The drying chamber includes a tray capable of receiving one or more racks that are configured to hold a plurality of laboratory consumables. The first compartment includes one or more pistons capable of displacing the tray to agitate the laboratory consumables. A second compartment is attached to the first compartment. The second compartment includes one or more air flow sources for directing a flow of air to the plurality of laboratory consumables and an air filter located proximate to the one or more air flow sources. A method of drying laboratory consumables is also disclosed.

A drying device that includes a series of hollow tube sections connected sequentially end-to-end to form a helical-shaped manifold. Each hollow tube section includes a plurality of apertures used for producing air jets. The apertures fluidly connect internal passages in the hollow tube sections to an external region surrounding the manifold. The apertures are oriented to direct the air jets toward a center region of the manifold. Each hollow tube section is oriented at an oblique angel relative to a respective reference plane to produce the helical-shaped manifold.

A hand held appliance, such as a hairdryer, includes a body, a duct, a fluid flow path extending through the duct from a first fluid inlet of the appliance to a first fluid outlet of the appliance. A primary fluid flow path extends from a second fluid inlet through which a primary fluid flow enters the appliance to a second fluid outlet. A fan unit is located in the primary fluid flow path for drawing fluid through the second fluid inlet. A filter is located in the primary fluid flow path. Fluid is drawn through the fluid flow path by fluid emitted from the second fluid outlet. A heater is provided in the body and extends at least partially along and around the duct.

The present invention relates to a hand dryer for drying a user's hands by means of an airflow discharged through an air outlet on the hand dryer. The airflow is generated by a motor-driven fan unit, the airflow exiting the fan unit through a fan outlet on the fan unit. The fan unit is mounted to a fixed part of the hand dryer by means of an inflatable mount secured to the fixed part. The mount incorporates at least one inflatable duct connecting the fan outlet to the air outlet, which inflatable duct is, in use, inflated by the airflow passing from the fan outlet to the air outlet to provide pneumatic support for the fan unit.

A foam drying apparatus is provided. The apparatus is configured to pass air, and in some cases heated and/or dried air, through a quantity of foam. This air passing through the foam absorbs or otherwise carries moisture out of the foam, drying it. The apparatus may utilize a pressure differential on opposite sides of the foam, causing air on the higher pressure side to pass through the foam. Typical applications may include the drying of foam assemblies which use water based adhesives to accelerate drying of the adhesive and/or removal of water from the foam assembly, and packaging of the foam assembly.

The invention relates to a hand dryer for drying a user's hands by means of an airflow discharged through an air outlet on the hand dryer. The airflow is generated by a motor-driven fan unit. The hand dryer comprises a plurality of air intakes, the air intakes being connected to the fan unit to form a plurality of parallel air-intake paths. Each air intake path is provided with a separate air-filter. The air-filters may be replaceable for individual replacement as required.