Method and apparatus for cleaning dryer lint screens
OwnerDaniel Mark Treuinventor
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Abstract
A device (10) for removing lint from a dryer lint screen (14). Device (10) preferably includes a trash container (13) and a trash container lid (12), the latter of which forms a slot (26) for receiving the dryer lint screen (14). Attached to the underside of lid (12) adjacent slot (26) are bristles (40). Lint is removed from the lint screen (14) by inserting it into slot (26) and then withdrawing it. Bristles (40) contact the lint and strip it off of screen (14) as the screen is withdrawn from the slot (26). The lint can then fall into trash container (13) for subsequent disposal.
Claims11
A device for removing lint from a dryer lint screen, comprising:
- (a) a frame forming a slot suitable for accepting the lint screen;
- (b) a lint stripper connected to the frame and arranged adjacent to the lint screen slot;
- and
- (c) a container operatively connected to the frame for holding the lint that has been stripped from the lint screen, wherein when the lint screen is inserted into the lint screen slot and then withdrawn the lint is stripped off of the screen by the lint stripper and deposited into the container.
A device for removing lint from a dryer lint screen, comprising:
- (a) a frame forming a slot;
- and
- (b) lint stripping media adjacent the slot, wherein the lint stripping media comprises a pair of linear media elements on either side of the slot, wherein when the lint screen is inserted into the slot and then withdrawn the lint is stripped off of the lint screen by the linear media elements.
A device for removing lint from a dryer lint screen, comprising:
- (a) a container;
- and
- (b) a lint stripper assembly comprising a frame and lint stripping media connected to the frame, wherein the frame is operatively connected to the container and the lint is removed from the lint screen by inserting the lint screen into the lint stripper assembly and then withdrawing it, whereupon the lint is stripped off of the screen by the media and collected within the container.
A device for removing lint from a dryer lint screen, comprising:
- (a) a frame;
- and
- (b) a lint stripper attached to the frame, the stripper being asymmetrical in terms of its lint stripping aggressiveness, wherein when the screen is moved past the stripper in a first direction a first amount of lint is removed from the screen and when the screen is moved past the stripper in a second direction, opposite the first direction, a second amount of lint is removed from the screen, wherein the second amount of lint is greater than the first amount of lint.
A device for removing lint from a dryer lint screen, comprising:
- (a) a container assembly;
- and
- (b) a lint stripper operatively connected to the container, wherein the screen can be inserted into the container through the lint stripper without removing a significant portion of the lint, but upon withdrawal of the lint screen from the container the-lint is substantially removed from the screen by the lint stripper and held within the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.