Lint remover for a clothes drying machine

A method for removing lint from a clothes dryer air exhaust, including the steps of:

• scavenging dryer air from a clothes dryer exhaust including lint entrained therein,
• providing a liquid from washing machine waste water to receive all water from a washing machine,
• directing the dryer air against the liquid to entrain the lint within the liquid, and
• providing an outflow in fluid communication with the liquid to flush the liquid and lint entrained in the liquid directly into a drain.

A clothes washing system comprising in combination:

• a clothes washing machine including means to wash clothes with water and a used waste water outlet,
• a clothes drying machine including means to dry clothes with air and an air exhaust, and
• an air exhaust lint removal system including an air inlet having a coupling means to receive the air exhaust from said clothes drying machine, and an air outlet for releasing air to the environment, a water inflow tube including coupling means to receive all the used waste water from the used water outlet of said clothes washing machine including a water outflow to output the water and lint into a liquid waste system,
• wherein a pool of liquid having a surface is interposed between said water inflow tube and said water outflow, said surface oriented adjacent said air inlet, such that air from said air exhaust of said clothes drying machine is oriented to contact said pool of liquid and caused to deposit lint within said liquid,
• wherein said water outflow includes a siphon means to generate suction, such that liquid within said enclosure can only be removed out of said enclosure by siphoning,
• wherein said water inflow tube is oriented at an elevation above a highest point of said siphon means, whereby water within said enclosure passes through said water outflow before reaching a sufficient elevation to flow out of said enclosure through said inflow tube, and
• a siphon break located below said highest point to prevent total drainage of said pool.

A lint trap for a clothes dryer to remove entrained lint from exhausted air of the clothes dryer, comprising, in combination:

• an enclosure having a liquid inlet adapted to be coupled to waste water of a clothes washer,
• an air inlet from exhaust gases of the clothes dryer and coupled to said enclosure,
• an air outlet coupled to said enclosure and in fluid communication with said air inlet,
• a liquid outlet coupled to a drain at one end and to said enclosure at another end, said liquid outlet in fluid communication with said liquid inlet, and
• a siphon means interposed between said liquid outlet and an interior of said enclosure, said siphon means including an inverted "U" shaped passageway including a hump located above a lowermost floor of said enclosure and below a free end of said liquid inlet to encourage storage of waste water in said enclosure up to said hump,
• whereby added waste water from said liquid inlet establishes a siphon over said hump until air enters into said "U" shaped passageway.