A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet for receipt of clothes, and an integrated ironing assembly including an induction coil assembly positioned within the cabinet, such as below a top panel of the cabinet, and being selectively energized to generate a magnetic field for heating an ironing tool, such as a ferromagnetic ironing plate, when the ironing tool is positioned within the magnetic field generated by the induction coil assembly.

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet for receipt of clothes, and an integrated ironing assembly including an induction coil assembly positioned within the cabinet, such as below a top panel of the cabinet, and being selectively energized to generate a magnetic field for heating an ironing tool, such as a ferromagnetic ironing plate, when the ironing tool is positioned within the magnetic field generated by the induction coil assembly.

A process for preparing a natural fiber fabric for finishing the fabric with a botanical dye or printing content on the fabric with a botanical dye includes washing the natural fiber fabric in a washing solution comprising approximately equal parts washing soda and baking soda dissolved in water and rinsing the washed natural fiber fabric. The process also includes pre-treating the washed natural fiber fabric with a pre-treating solution comprising a bio enzyme in water and rinsing the pre-treated natural fiber fabric. After pre-treating, a pH of the washed and pre-treated the fabric load may be neutralized with a solution comprising vinegar in water.

A process for preparing a natural fiber fabric for finishing the fabric with a botanical dye or printing content on the fabric with a botanical dye includes washing the natural fiber fabric in a washing solution comprising approximately equal parts washing soda and baking soda dissolved in water and rinsing the washed natural fiber fabric. The process also includes pre-treating the washed natural fiber fabric with a pre-treating solution comprising a bio enzyme in water and rinsing the pre-treated natural fiber fabric. After pre-treating, a pH of the washed and pre-treated the fabric load may be neutralized with a solution comprising vinegar in water.

A clothes drying device includes a porous skeleton and an inflatable balloon placed over the porous skeleton. The balloon receives a wet item of clothing placed over the balloon and has an inlet for receiving air added into the balloon. The skeleton, the balloon and the wet item of clothing form an assembly having a size permitting it to be placed entirely into a clothes dryer drum and dried. A method for drying an item of clothing includes providing a porous skeleton and an inflatable balloon placed over the skeleton, placing a wet item of clothing over the balloon, adding air through an inlet of the balloon, and placing an assembly formed of the skeleton, the balloon and the wet item of clothing entirely into a clothes dryer drum. The wet item of clothing is dried over the balloon and the skeleton in the clothes dryer drum.

Devices and methods related to drying absorbent articles with water reactive materials are generally described.

Devices and methods related to drying absorbent articles with water reactive materials are generally described.

Methods and apparatuses that provide for laundry to be washed and rinsed in a washing device in a state in which it lies spread out on an upper strand of a belt conveyor and, directly thereafter, to be dried in a likewise spread-out state on an upper strand of a belt conveyor. During the washing, rinsing and also the drying operations, the laundry rests on the belt conveyors, which also transport the laundry through the washing device and the dryer. The items of laundry here are washed, and also rinsed, by being sprayed with jets of liquid. The procedure described provides for a compact washing and drying system and is gentler on the items of laundry.

Methods and apparatuses that provide for laundry to be washed and rinsed in a washing device in a state in which it lies spread out on an upper strand of a belt conveyor and, directly thereafter, to be dried in a likewise spread-out state on an upper strand of a belt conveyor. During the washing, rinsing and also the drying operations, the laundry rests on the belt conveyors, which also transport the laundry through the washing device and the dryer. The items of laundry here are washed, and also rinsed, by being sprayed with jets of liquid. The procedure described provides for a compact washing and drying system and is gentler on the items of laundry.

A portable drying device that includes a fan unit that distributes air through the device, at least one drying manifold having a first end, a second end, and at least one outlet between the first end and the second end for distributing the drying air. The device further includes at least one dryer attachment selectively secured to the at least one opening of the at least one drying manifold.