Inventors:
- Southfield MI, US
Jaime Marrero - Chalfont PA, US
Brian Lieb - Phoenixille PA, US
Danielle Fong - San Francisco CA, US
Jessica Fegeley - Bergenfield NJ, US
Melissa Shaine - Marlton NJ, US
Erika Saienni - Newark DE, US
International Classification:
C11D 17/04
C11D 3/00
Abstract:
A reusable clothes dryer static charge storage device and method of reducing static cling within clothes while tumbling in a dryer is provided. The device includes an outer housing having a conductive layer with a first conductivity and a capacitor received in the housing. The capacitor has conductive first and second walls spaced from one another. The device further includes a conductive member having a second conductivity that is greater than the first conductivity, with the conductive member being in direct electrical contact with one of the first and second walls of the capacitor, with the conductive member being spaced from the housing conductive layer by a gap. The first and second walls store the static charge accumulated from the clothing while tumbling in the dryer, whereupon the static charge is discharged to ground at a selected time.
