Method and apparatus for cleaning dryer lint screens
OwnerDaniel Mark Treuinventor
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Abstract
A device (10) for removing lint from a dryer lint screen (14). Device (10) preferably includes a trash container (13) and a trash container lid (12), the latter of which forms a slot (26) for receiving the dryer lint screen (14). Attached to the underside of lid (12) adjacent slot (26) are bristles (40). Lint is removed from the lint screen (14) by inserting it into slot (26) and then withdrawing it. Bristles (40) contact the lint and strip it off of screen (14) as the screen is withdrawn from the slot (26). The lint can then fall into trash container (13) for subsequent disposal.
Claims6
A device for removing lint from a dryer lint screen, comprising:
- (a) a container assembly;
- and
- (b) a lint stripper operatively connected to the container, wherein the screen can be inserted into the container through the lint stripper without removing a significant portion of the lint, but upon withdrawal of the lint screen from the container the lint is substantially removed from the screen by the lint stripper and held within the container.
A device for removing lint from a dryer lint screen comprising:
- (a) a container;
- and
- (b) a lint stripper assembly comprising a frame pocket and lint stripping media connected to the frame, wherein the frame is operatively connected to the container and the lint is removed from the lint screen by inserting the lint screen into the lint stripper assembly and then withdrawing it, whereupon the lint is stripped off of the screen by the media and collected within the container wherein the lint stripping media comprises a plurality of bristles, wherein the bristles comprise two sets of bristles facing toward one another and angled downwardly and inwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.