| 摘要 |
A dryer for drip dry type of clothing. The dryer has a horizontal screen, on which clothing to be dried can be placed, supported by two parallel rails, which are fastened to the tops of two pair of legs which have pivots to permit the dryer to be folded into a compact storage position. When in use, the area bounded by the feet is much smaller, about 40 percent of the width and 50 percent of the length, than the area of the screen. As a fraction of the length of the leg from the bottom of the leg, the pivots are about one fourth and the leg bend, inward about 30 degrees, starts at about one third. This makes the dryer low in height when used, and makes the angle the legs make with the screen small, so screen tension increases with load keeping the screen quite flat. When the dryer is stored, the location of the pivots and the bend of the legs provides clearance so the screen is not squeezed. The feet are spaced apart in the stored position so the dryer can be stored upright. The dryer can be secured in the stored position by resilient bands that hold together the tops of each pair of legs. For very heavy clothing, two slats separating the rails to make the screen flatter, can be used.
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