Drying cabinet

A drying cabinet

A drying cabinet is an electrical machine designed to expedite the drying of items - usually clothing - that are unsuitable for a traditional clothes dryer. Such items may include delicate clothing designated as "hang dry", "dry flat" or "do not tumble dry" on their wash instructions, as well as items such as comforters, boots and coats.

History

Europe

Since the 1980s, drying cabinets have been common in European laundromats, especially in the Swedish Tvättstuga - a laundry room in Swedish housing cooperatives. With the large size of the drying cabinets and relatively small size of European homes, drying cabinets have been almost exclusively found in self-service laundry facilities.

United States

With the steadily increasing size of American homes over the past decades, the laundry room has increased in size and functionality as well. To meet the increasing demand for luxury appliances in the US residential market, a handful of home appliance manufacturers (including Asko and Staber) have begun to supply drying cabinets for the home within the past few years. A typical residential drying cabinet is approximately the size of a narrow refrigerator, and is used to supplement traditional tumble dryers.

Industrial use

Drying cabinets are particularly useful in industrial applications for the quick drying of wet weather clothing such as that worn by emergency services like fire fighters. Clothing can be dried in one hour. A boot rack can also be fitted.

References

Laundry

List of laundry topics

Chemicals	Biological detergent Bleach Fabric softener Laundry detergent

Washing	Combo washer dryer Dry cleaning Tunnel washer Wet cleaning Washboard Washing machine

Drying	Clothes dryer Clothes horse Clothes line Drying cabinet Hills Hoist Mangle

Folding	FoldiMate Laundroid

Finishing	Box mangle Clothes hanger Ironing

Concepts	Colour fastness Fulling Ironing Posting Shrinkage Stain

Organizations	Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance French laundries of California Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union Laundry Workers Industrial Union Project Laundry List Worshipful Company of Launderers

Culture	Dhobi Housekeeping Industrial laundry Laundry symbol

Accessories	Clothespin Dispensing ball Hamper Laundry ball Washing paddle

Law	Barbier v. Connolly Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States Muller v. Oregon Pearson v. Chung Yick Wo v. Hopkins

Places	Baths and wash houses in Britain Dhobi Ghat Laundry room Lavoir Self-service laundry Tvättstuga

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