Laundry appliance

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2006-06-27

2006-06-27

Rinehart, Kenneth (Department: 3749)

Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids

Apparatus

Rotary drums or receptacles

C034S534000, C034S527000, C068S024000, C068S012070, C068S012260, C068S012020

Reexamination Certificate

active

07065905

ABSTRACT:
A laundry drying machine includes a cabinet and a laundry holding drum rotatably supported within said cabinet for rotation about a horizontal axis. The drum includes a cylindrical wall and a pair of ends. A drum hatch comprises a section of the cylindrical wall. A motor is connected to drive rotation of the drum via a drive belt. A hatch engaging member is actuable to grasp and hold the drum hatch relative to the cabinet.A controller operatively connected with the motor, is configured to operate the machine through each of:a) an opening operation in which the drum hatch is grabbed by the hatch engaging member and the drum is rotated to expose an opening,b) a closing operation, which follows a drum opening operation and in which the drum is rotated to re-close a the opening with the drum hatch, andc) a drying operation.

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