the full height of the towel at some point after the first two wash locations are completed the leading edge of the towel reaches the dryer section 8 location this triggers the start of the electric heaters 48 when the heat has reached a certain level the drying fan 22 starts a moisture sensor detects when drying is sufficient and releases the mechanism to advance once the next wash location has completed this then repeats for the full height of the towel if the alternate u v lights 50 are employed in the design they are activated when the first section of towel reaches the light station and deactivated when the towel is complete safety sensors and devices prevent overheating of the towel in the dryer section 8 when the towel has completely processed an alarm signals the user the user can then retrieve the washed sanitized dried and warmed towel an alternate process would be the warming of a clean towel in this case the user would press a u201c feed warm u201d or similar button and all the above processes would engage except for the wash wash support features and the dryer fan 22 instead of a moisture indicator triggering the advance of the towel a simple timer or thermal sensor would be used the same safety features would be used to prevent overheating of the towel the operation of the towel washing and drying unit 1 would involve a person feeding a dirty towel into the machine before the start of a bath or shower the machine washes sanitizes dries and therefore warms the towel after two minutes the towel is.