Laundry drier concept

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I just had an idea for a new form of laundry drier.  It would have a UV emitter, a couple of thousand watts, instead of the conventional heating elements.  A lot of that energy would come out simply as heat, which isn't really a problem in this context; but a lot would be visible and UV, which would be effective for bleaching and sanitizing.

I suppose it might be useful to have the conventional heating elements as well, for fabrics that would fade too badly in the equivalent of a short blast of bright sunlight.