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US 2016/0101303 A1Published application
Nonwoven material and dryer with nonwoven material
AssigneeOwens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
InventorsAnthony L. Rockwell, Phillip J. Johnson, Jason Seward, Jason C. Bragg, Paula Miller, Jeffrey A. Tilton, William Kunkler
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Abstract
A non-woven fabric includes flame retardant fibers and binding material mixed with the flame retardant fibers. The binding material sets a thickness of the fabric. Application of a flame to the fabric causes the binding material to degrade and the flame retardant fibers to expand to prevent a flame from passing through a hole in a wall of an appliance, a building, or an appliance and/or to protect wiring of an appliance, a building, or an appliance.
Claims27
1-25. (canceled)
A clothes dryer comprising:
- a bulkhead having a drum mounting surface;
- a drum rotatably mounted to the bulkhead;
- a seal member positioned between the drum and the bulkhead, wherein the seal member comprises:
- a center layer that comprises flame retardant fibers and an intumescent material;
- first and second outer layers disposed on opposite sides of the center layer,
- wherein the first and second outer layers are made from polyester fibers
- wherein the first outer layer contacts the bulkhead;
- wherein the second outer layer contacts the drum;
- wherein application of a 1000° F. flame to the seal member causes the polyester fibers of the first and second layers to degrade and the intumescent material to expand.
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A clothes dryer comprising:
- a bulkhead having a drum mounting surface;
- a drum rotatably mounted to the bulkhead;
- a seal member positioned between the drum and the bulkhead, wherein the seal member comprises:
- a non-woven polyester fabric layer having a first side that is fixed to the drum;
- and
- a second layer that is connected to a second side of the non-woven polyester fabric layer,
- wherein the second layer includes:
- flame retardant fibers;
- intumescent material;
- wherein application of a 1000° F. flame to the seal member causes the non-woven polyester fabric layer to degrade and the intumescent material to expand.
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A clothes dryer comprising:
- a front bulkhead having a drum mounting surface;
- a drum having a front end disposed around the drum mounting surface of the front bulkhead;
- a seal member positioned between the front end of the drum and the drum mounting surface of the front bulkhead, wherein the seal member comprises:
- a center layer that comprises flame retardant fibers and an intumescent material;
- first and second outer layers disposed on opposite sides of the center layer,
- wherein the second outer layer contacts the drum;
- wherein application of a 1000° F. flame to the seal member causes the first and second outer layers to degrade and the intumescent material to expand by a factor of at least two.
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A clothes dryer comprising:
- a front bulkhead having a front drum mounting surface;
- a rear bulkhead having a rear drum mounting surface;
- a drum having a front end disposed around the front drum mounting surface and a rear end disposed around the rear drum mounting surface;
- a front seal member positioned between the front end of the drum and the front bulkhead, wherein the front seal member comprises:
- a center layer that comprises flame retardant fibers and an intumescent material;
- first and second outer polyester fiber layers disposed on opposite sides of the center layer,
- wherein the first outer layer contacts the bulkhead;
- wherein the second outer layer contacts the drum;
- wherein application of a 1000° F. flame to the front seal member causes the polyester fibers of the first and second layers to degrade and the intumescent material to expand;
- a rear seal member positioned between the rear end of the drum and the rear bulkhead, wherein the rear seal member comprises:
- a non-woven polyester fabric layer having a first side that is fixed to the drum;
- and
- a second layer that comprises flame retardant fibers and intumescent material;
- wherein the second layer of the rear seal member is connected to a second side of the non-woven polyester fabric layer,
- wherein application of a 1000° F. flame to the seal member causes the non-woven polyester fabric layer to degrade and the intumescent material to expand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.