Clothes dryer filter and exhaust system
OwnerEdward E. Dotyinventor
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Abstract
A portable filter enclosure is connected to the exhaust outlet for a clothes dryer. The enclosure includes a multiple stage successive filter screen arrangement for removing entrained particles or lint from the air stream from the dryer. The enclosure is coupled through a flexible coupling to the exhaust outlet of the dryer to permit the exhausted heat to be directed at will to any part of the room or rooms near the dryer. Further included is a louvered arrangement in the outlet of the enclosure which permits further adjustment of the air stream. The outlet of the enclosure has a shape which is adapted to allow for connection of a hand-held drying tool or the like which may then be connected to utilize the output of the warm air from the dryer.
Claims5
An exhaust system for a clothes dryer having extending therefrom an exhaust outlet for directing flow of heated air therefrom after its use in the dryer, comprising:
- a portable filter enclosure, said filter enclosure further having an inlet and an outlet;
- a flexible hose coupling intermediate said exhaust outlet of said dryer and said inlet of said filter enclosure, said outlet of said filter enclosure further including flow directional control means displaceable to direct the stream of air from the dryer in a desired course;
- said filter enclosure further including a pivotal lid, a multiple stage filter mounted in said enclosure and accessible responsive to lifting of the lid to a pivoted open condition, each of said filter stages comprising a slidable filter element, movable vertically relative to said enclosure for ready removal, cleaning and reinsertion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.