Bearing and seal assembly for clothes dryer drum

Details Bearing and seal assembly for clothes dryer drum Bearing and seal assembly for clothes dryer drum

1992-03-17

1993-06-08

Bennet, Henry A.

Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids

Apparatus

Rotary drums or receptacles

34242, F26B 1104

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052168239

ABSTRACT:
A bearing and seal assembly for rotatably supporting the open front end of the drum of a clothes dryer includes a ring-like felt seal positioned between the circular open front end of the drum and a circular support flange of smaller diameter coaxially nested within the end of the drum. The felt seal is fixed to the flange and substantially fills the annular space between the drum and the flange to preclude air leakage therebetween. A plurality of thin pad-like glides of wear-resistant plastic material are fastened to an upper arcuate portion of the ring-like felt seal, the glides engaging and bearing the weight of the end of the drum. The felt seal positioned between the glides and the support flange acts as a sound dampener and shock absorber between the rotating drum and the fixed flange to preclude undesirable noise caused by rotation of the drum.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3399464 (1968-09-01), Erickson et al.

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