Air seal arrangement in a clothes dryer

Details Air seal arrangement in a clothes dryer Air seal arrangement in a clothes dryer

1976-08-24

1978-01-24

Sprague, Kenneth W.

Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids

Apparatus

Chamber seals

34133, F26B 2500

Patent

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040695964

ABSTRACT:
An air seal arrangement in a clothes dryer having a cabinet housing a rotatable drum, the drum having a front wall with a loading opening therethrough and the cabinet having an access opening larger than the drum loading opening. There is a circular seal ring having a circumferential area tapered inwardly and the ring extends from the cabinet front through the access opening of the cabinet into the loading opening of the drum. A seal is provided having an area attached to the front wall of the drum circumferentially around the loading opening and a flexible area extending from the attached area toward the front of the cabinet. The seal ring and seal cooperate and overlappingly engage each other at the tapered area of the seal ring and the flexible area of the seal to provide the air seal.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2751688 (1956-06-01), Douglas
patent: 2802282 (1957-08-01), Buck
patent: 3875686 (1975-04-01), Smoot

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