A system for supporting and drying personal protective equipment includes a ducting frame assembly, ventilated equipment racks connected to the frame assembly, and valves between the equipment racks and the ducting frame assembly. The system is supported by a base assembly, bracing, or a combination of a base and braces. A blower forces air through the frame assembly and may heat the air and add disinfecting or deodorizing substances to the air flow. Valves may be opened to direct the forced air into equipment racks and through ventilation apertures or openings in the racks. Personal protective equipment may be disposed upon the equipment racks, so that air is ventilated out of the racks and onto and around protective equipment on the racks.

An improved ventilated locker includes a pair of sidewalls and a a back wall connecting the sidewalls. A plurality of compartments is defined between the sidewalls, including at least an upper compartment and a lower compartment. A plenum is disposed adjacent the back wall, the plenum configured for connection to an existing HVAC system. At least one ventilation grille is carried by the back wall in fluid communication with at least one of the plurality of compartments and with the plenum. At least one circulation fan is disposed in one of the plurality of compartments to circulate air from the ventilation grilles through the plurality of compartments.

A method for applying a water-based coating and/or coating system to a metallic substrate to form sag resistant coatings is described. The method is particularly effective for protecting metal-containing substrates, such as intermodal cargo containers, against corrosion. The water-based coating includes an aqueous carrier, a resin component in admixture with the aqueous carrier and a high level of one or more CAS agents for excellent sag resistance.

A system and method for drying cavities containing spent nuclear fuel is devised. The invention utilizes a non-intrusive procedure that is based on monitoring the dew point temperature of a non-reactive gas that is circulated through the cavity. In one aspect, the invention is a system for drying a cavity loaded with spent nuclear fuel comprising: a canister forming the cavity, the cavity having an inlet and an outlet; a source of non-reactive gas; means for flowing the non-reactive gas from the source of non-reactive gas through the cavity; and means for repetitively measuring the dew point temperature of the non-reactive gas exiting the cavity.

Apparel drying assemblies including a housing having an internal passage, at least one outlet, and external mounting members, projections mounted to the external mounting members and having an inlet, at least one outlet, and positionable to receive an apparel; a valve element positioned between the internal passage of the housing and the inlets of the plurality of projections; and a source of pressurized air in the housing. The projections are adapted to contact and deflect the valve element when the projections are pivotally rotated so that the pressurized air passes through the projections to dry the apparel mounted on the projections. The projections may be elongated, extendable projections. Methods of drying apparel, apparel dryer supports, dryer nozzles, dryer nozzle assemblies, and apparel drying activation mechanisms are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to a shoe care apparatus including: a main body, a care room provided in the main body configured to accommodate shoes, a machine room provided in the main body configured to accommodate a heat pump device including an evaporator and a condenser, a circulation flow path configured to communicate with the care room so that air discharged from the care room passes through the evaporator and the condenser and is supplied to the care room, a first blower fan disposed on the circulation flow path configured to blow air in the circulation flow path in a first direction so that the air in the circulation flow path passes through the machine room from the care room and circulates back to the care room, and a second blower fan disposed in the machine room configured to blow air in the machine room in a second direction so that the air in the machine room passes through the condenser.

This exhalation measuring device is provided with a handle component, a chamber, a piezoelectric pump, and a drying mode controller. Exhalation is blown into the handle component. The chamber temporarily holds the exhalation that has been blown in. The piezoelectric pump supplies the exhalation held in the chamber to a measurement component. The dry mode controller executes a drying mode in which the piezoelectric pump is driven and outside air is drawn in from the handle component, after the measurement of exhalation by the measurement component.

The invention disclosed is an ammunition cartridge case dryer for use in the cleaning, drying and reloading of ammunition cartridge cases. It comprises an upper housing, a base, means for forcing air into a hollow space defined by the upper housing and base, an array of cups or nozzles that are located on the upper surface of the dryer and are adapted to receive a wet cartridge case. The nozzles have apertures in communication with the hollow space such that air can be expelled through said nozzles into said cases for quick drying.

A drying system and apparatus that includes a drying apparatus having a housing having opposite open ends, a plurality of sequentially spaced fans contained within the housing, and a cover member for covering an open end of the housing with the cover member containing a plurality of openings that are in communication with an interior of the housing. The drying system also includes a kit containing various components for drilling into cabinetry or similar enclosed structures and connecting the drying apparatus to the openings that are drilled into the cabinetry or similar enclosed structures.

Provided are a container-interior drying device and a container-interior drying method capable of shortening drying time and improving the efficiency in an entire filling line without causing container deformation, the device having a simple configuration and requiring little space for installation. The device includes a gas ejector nozzle (110) capable of being inserted into an interior of a container through an opening of the container, a suction mechanism (120) capable of facing the opening of the container, and a gas supply unit (130) configured to supply the gas ejector nozzle (110) with gas, wherein gas is ejected into the interior of the container from the gas ejector nozzle (110), and the suction mechanism (120) positioned so as to face the opening of the container sucks out gas through the opening of the container.