发明名称 |
DRYER FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONICS |
摘要 |
Systems and methods are described for conductively heated vacuum-based drying of portable electronic devices. For example, a portable electronic device that has been exposed to excessive liquid is placed inside a drying chamber. The drying chamber is closed and a drying routine commences. During the drying routine, the chamber is pressurized to a vacuum level sufficient to gasify liquids inside the device, and the device is conductively heated at least to replace latent heat of vaporization lost during the pressurization. Some embodiments include techniques relating to payment processing, monitoring and feedback control, decontamination, and/or other functionality. |
申请公布号 |
US2014157619(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.06.12 |
申请号 |
US201414179313 |
申请日期 |
2014.02.12 |
申请人 |
TekDry, LLC |
发明人 |
Cookson Adam Roy;Jones Eric Andrew |
分类号 |
F26B5/04;F26B3/18 |
主分类号 |
F26B5/04 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A drying system for portable electronic devices, the system comprising:
a pressurization subsystem configured, when the portable electronic device is in a chamber, to produce a negative pressure environment within the chamber sufficient to gasify liquid in the portable electronic device; and a thermal conduction assembly configured, when the portable electronic device is in the negative pressure environment within the chamber, to substantially conform in three dimensions to an external shape of the portable electronic device and to conduct heat to the portable electronic device sufficient to at least overcome latent heat of evaporation resulting from the gasifying of the liquid in the portable electronic device.
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地址 |
Broomfield CO US |