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EP 0360086 B1 19930310 - TOWEL DRYER

Title (en)

TOWEL DRYER

Publication

EP 0360086 B1 19930310 (DE)

Application

EP 89116591 A 19890908

Priority

DE 8811488 U 19880910
DE 8903146 U 19890314

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0360086A1] The towel dryer has a length of tubing (1) bent in the form of a meander in each of two adjacent vertical planes which are parallel to one another. The lengths of tubing (1) are flowed through by a heating medium. Their straight parts are formed by tubes (2) and their curved parts by tube connections (3). The tubes (2) within the same vertical plane are arranged essentially horizontally at a distance from one another. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A47K 10/06; F28D 1/047

IPC 8 full level

A47K 10/06 (2006.01); F28D 1/047 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47K 10/06 (2013.01); F28D 1/0477 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0036 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0360086 A1 19900328; EP 0360086 B1 19930310; DE 58903713 D1 19930415

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 89116591 A 19890908; DE 58903713 T 19890908