US 11,896,171 B2
Integrated faucet and dryer with recirculating flow
Randall Gallob, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Charles S. Allen, Franklin Park, IL (US); and Jason Mak, Franklin Park, IL (US)
Assigned to Stone And Steel Systems, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 17/251,562
Filed by Stone and Steel Systems, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/036579
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/241270, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,570, filed on Jun. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321835 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A47K 10/48 (2006.01); E03C 1/186 (2019.01)
CPC A47K 10/48 (2013.01) [E03C 1/186 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drying system comprising
an outer shell defining a sink deck;
a sink basin disposed within the outer shell, the sink basin defining a sink basin region and a plenum region, the plenum region separated from the sink basin region by a vent ring, the sink deck being separated from the sink basin region of the sink basin by the vent ring,
a plenum cavity formed between an internal surface of the outer shell and the plenum region;
the vent ring having a vent with an associated opening, the opening exposed to the sink basin region and to an area underneath the sink deck, the opening allowing a flow of air therethrough; and
a dryer configured to direct forced air through a dryer exhaust port into the sink basin region of the sink basin, the dryer is positioned relative to the sink basin region and the vent such that the forced air from the dryer is directed through the dryer exhaust port into the sink basin region and then into vent.