Dryer
Encyclopedia
A dryer most commonly means:
- Hair dryer
- Hand dryerHand dryerHand dryers are electric devices found in public washrooms that are used to dry hands. They may either operate with a button or automatically using an infrared sensor.- Costs :...
- Clothes dryerClothes dryerA clothes dryer or tumble dryer is a household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing and other textiles, generally shortly after they are cleaned in a washing machine....
, also known as a tumble-dryer - Belt dryerBelt dryerA belt dryer is an apparatus which is used for continuous drying and cooling of pellets, pastes, moulded compounds and panels using air, inert gas, or flue gas.- Working principle :...
- Cereal dryer, for food preservation
- DesiccantDesiccantA desiccant is a hygroscopic substance that induces or sustains a state of dryness in its local vicinity in a moderately well-sealed container....
, a substance that absorbs or adsorbs water - Grain dryer for storage grain bins
- Oil drying agentOil drying agentAn oil drying agent is a coordination compound that accelerates the hardening of drying oils through chemical crosslinking. The catalysts affect the autoxidation of the oils with air...
, an additive which accelerates the film formation of a drying oil
People
- Fred DryerFred DryerJohn Frederick "Fred" Dryer is an American actor and former football defensive end in the National Football League . Dryer played 13 years in the NFL, playing 176 games, starting 166, and recording 104 career sacks with the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams...
, American pro football player and actor - Ivan DryerIvan DryerIvan Dryer is generally considered to be the father of the commercial laser light show industry. He is the founder of the world's first continuously running laser entertainment known as Laserium....
, Designer of laser light shows - Moosie DrierMoosie DrierMoosie Drier is an American television and film actor known for his voice that sounded like someone with a head cold. His career began as a child actor...
, American actor - Sally DryerSally DryerSally Dryer is a former child actor best known for her voice-over work in the 1960s.-Career:...
, American voice actress from the 1960s - Thomas J. DryerThomas J. DryerThomas Jefferson Dryer was a newspaper publisher, Freemason, mountain climber, and politician in the Western United States.He was born on January 10, 1808, in Ulster County, New York. Dryer founded the Weekly Oregonian, which has survived as the daily Oregonian, and served as its publisher...
, 19th century American newspaper publisher