Laundry machine air vent

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1977-03-04

1978-05-30

Geoghegan, Edgar W.

Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids

Apparatus

With means to treat gas or vapor

34108, F26B 2106

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040915468

ABSTRACT:
In a laundry machine having a horizontal axis rotatable drum and a door for access into the drum there is provided an air vent including a duct having one end in air flow communication with the interior of the drum and the opposite end in air flow communication with air outside the machine. The air vent also includes a flexible flap within the duct having one end free and movable from a vertical first position to a second position and the opposite end of the flap is secured to the duct. The flap has a dimension less than the inside lateral cross section of the duct. There is also a partition spaced from the free end of the flap when the flap is in the first vertical position and the partition has an opening smaller than the flap whereby the opening is covered when the machine is in operation and the flap is in the second position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3242584 (1966-03-01), Jacobs
patent: 3622134 (1971-11-01), Mazza
patent: 3922798 (1975-12-01), McMillan

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