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US 5,199,190 AGranted
Universal appliance venting assembly
AssigneeChampion Furnace Pipe Company
InventorsJames J. Mayer, James L. Ratton
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Abstract
A venting assembly preferably for a clothes dryer to provide a universal dryer venting assembly directed to a dryer vent and flexible vent tube assembly, has an elbow with swivel fittings at the inlet and outlet. The inlet and outlet connections include snap or collar connections for attachment to the appliance or vent tubing assembly.
Claims21
A fitting for connecting a pair of passages intermediate the passages, comprising:
- means for interconnecting a first passage and a second passage intermediate the passage, the first passage defined by a vent member, the second passage defined by another vent member, an end of one of the vent members connected to an end of the other vent member by the connecting means;
- swivel means for providing rotation between the connected ends of the vent members joined by the connecting means, the swivel means incorporated into the connecting means;
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- locking means for providing a positive connection between the connected ends of the vent members joined by the connecting means and the outlet and the length of tubing.
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A venting assembly for connecting an appliance and a venting section, comprising:
- a boot having an inlet end and an outlet end;
- a swivel collar located at one end of the boot;
- and
- a snap lock associated with the swivel collar.
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A method of venting an appliance, which comprises:
- connecting an appliance vent to a vent boot;
- connecting the vent boot to a length of flexible vent tubing;
- and
- swiveling the appliance vent to vent boot connection so as to allow the vent boot to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the appliance vent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.