ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,423, issued on Nov. 3.
"Clothes dryer fire extinguishing system" was invented by Bradley Oast (Winston Salem, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothes dryer fire extinguishing system including a dispensing assembly and a control box assembly. The dispensing assembly includes extinguishers. The control box assembly includes a housing having a microcontroller having an integrated sensor and an electric switch therewithin. The microcontroller can actuate the extinguisher to dispense water and the electric switch to turn off a dryer when the integrated sensor detects a predetermined temperature in the dryer. The dryer is connected to...