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US 2025/0198546 A1Published application
Dryer vent hose device
OwnerDaniel Angelillo, George Rotiinventors
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Abstract
A dryer vent hose device for inhibiting kinking, constriction and clogging of the hose includes a tube having a first end, a second end, and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends between the first end and the second end. A wire is coupled to the peripheral wall. The wire extends from the first end to the second end. The wire has a helix shape forming a plurality of loops along a length of the peripheral wall. The wire may further include a first side having a first polarity and a second side having a second polarity. The first polarity and the second polarity are magnetically attracted to each other such that the plurality of loops are magnetically attracted to each other and retract inwardly toward each other.
Claims7
A vent hose assembly for an electric dryer, the vent hose assembly comprising:
- a tube having a first end, a second end, and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending between the first end and the second end;
- a wire being coupled to the peripheral wall, the wire extending from the first end to the second end, the wire comprising a helix shape forming a plurality of loops along a length of the peripheral wall, the wire further comprising:
- a first side having a first polarity;
- a second side having a second polarity;
- and
- the first polarity and the second polarity being magnetically attracted to each other whereby the plurality of loops are magnetically attracted to each other thereby retracting the plurality of loops inwardly toward each other.
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A vent hose assembly for an electric dryer, the vent hose assembly comprising:
- a tube having a first end, a second end, and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending between the first end and the second end, the peripheral wall comprising an aluminum material;
- a wire being coupled to the peripheral wall, the wire extending from the first end to the second end, the wire being positioned on an interior surface of the peripheral wall, the wire comprising a helix shape forming a plurality of loops along a length of the peripheral wall, the wire further comprising:
- a first side having a first polarity;
- a second side having a second polarity;
- the first polarity and the second polarity being magnetically attracted to each other whereby the plurality of loops are magnetically attracted to each other thereby retracting the plurality of loops inwardly toward each other;
- the first side of a first loop of the plurality of loops facing the second side of a second loop of the plurality of loops whereby the first polarity pulls the first side of the first loop toward the second side of the second loop and draws the first loop and the second loop together thereby retracting the peripheral wall such that the tube remains taut between the first loop and the second loop;
- the first side of each of the plurality of loops facing the first end of the tube along a full length of the tube and the second side of each of the plurality of loops facing the second end of the tube along the full length of the tube, the full length of the tube being from the first end to the second end of the tube whereby the tube remains taut between the first end and the second end.
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A vent hose system comprising:
- an electric dryer having a back side and a dryer vent being attached to and extending outwardly from the back side;
- a wall having an exterior surface and a wall vent being attached to and extending outwardly from the exterior surface;
- a tube being coupled to and extending between the dryer vent and the wall vent, the tube having a first end, a second end, and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending between the first end and the second end, the peripheral wall comprising an aluminum material;
- a wire being coupled to the peripheral wall, the wire extending from the first end to the second end, the wire being positioned on an interior surface of the peripheral wall, the wire comprising a helix shape forming a plurality of loops along a length of the peripheral wall, the wire further comprising:
- a first side having a first polarity;
- a second side having a second polarity;
- the first polarity and the second polarity being magnetically attracted to each other whereby the plurality of loops are magnetically attracted to each other thereby retracting the plurality of loops inwardly toward each other;
- the first side of a first loop of the plurality of loops facing the second side of a second loop of the plurality of loops whereby the first polarity pulls the first side of the first loop toward the second side of the second loop and draws the first loop and the second loop together thereby retracting the peripheral wall such that the tube remains taut between the first end and the second end;
- a first worm clamp coupling the first end of the tube to the dryer vent;
- a second worm clamp coupling the second end of the tube to the wall vent;
- and
- wherein the first polarity and the second polarity of the wire retains the tube in a taut position between the dryer vent and the wall vent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.