I found this article on Brooks Stevens and in the 4th paragraph from the end, it mentions, briefly, the dryer.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=HTML&rgn=DIV1&byte=149436941
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=HTML&rgn=DIV1&byte=149436941