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US 6,381,874 B1Granted
Tumbler for clothes dryer
AssigneeContinental Girbau, Inc.
InventorMichael T. Floyd
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Abstract
A clothes dryer including a housing having a horizontally disposed substantially cylindrical tumbler open at one end only. The wall of the cylinder is reticulated, and is formed of galvanized steel. The end of the bucket opposite to the open end is provided with a stainless steel sheet backing having a substantially mirror-like finish as viewed from the forward or open end.
Claims4
A clothes dryer comprising, a housing;
- a substantially horizontally disposed cylinder arranged in said housing so as to be rotatable about its center longitudinal axis, said cylinder having a reticulated wall and a plurality of radially disposed vanes extending from the interior of the wall, and formed of a galvanized steel;
- said tumbler having a forwardly disposed open end, and an oppositely disposed closed end with a stainless steel sheet having a substantially mirror finish as viewed from the forward end;
- said housing being inclined so as to be elevated at the forward end relative to the back end;
- and a door hingedly mounted to said housing to allow access to said cylinder at said open end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.