Dryer wall cap system
OwnerRodolfo Hernandez-Zelayainventor
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Abstract
An intermediate assembly has a vertical plate with a rectangular opening. The intermediate assembly has a container with side walls and a rear wall and a horizontal upper wall. The upper wall has parallel side edges rearwardly and a semicircular edge forwardly. A securement frame has a forward periphery with a rearward projection removably positioned within the opening in the plate. A tube assembly includes an upper tube positionable above the upper wall and a lower tube coaxial with the upper tube and positionable below the upper wall.
Claims4
A dryer wall cap system for providing safe and convenient venting of clothes dryers comprising, in combination:
- a vertical wall having a rectangular opening with a vertical stud there adjacent, the wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- an intermediate assembly having a vertical plate positionable in contact with the exterior surface of the wall with a rectangular opening aligned with the rectangular opening of the wall, the vertical plate having nail apertures for attachment to the stud, the intermediate assembly having a container with side walls and an arcuate rear wall and a horizontal upper wall extending rearwardly from the opening of the plate, the upper wall having parallel side edges rearwardly and a semicircular edge forwardly;
- a securement frame having a forward periphery positionable in contact with the exterior surface of the wall adjacent to the opening in the wall with a rearward projection removably positioned within the opening in the plate;
- a tube assembly including an upper tube positionable above the upper wall and a lower tube coaxial with the upper tube and positionable below the upper wall, the tube assembly having two parallel plates adjacent the upper and lower tubes, the two parallel plates including an upper plate extending rearwardly in contact with the upper surface of the horizontal plate and a lower plate with an arcuate portion extending forwardly and a rectangular portion extending rearwardly in contact with the lower surface of the horizontal plate,
- a flexible tube coupled to the upper tube for venting the contents of a clothes dryer to the outside;
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- a flexible tube coupled to the lower tube for receiving the exhaust of a clothes dryer.
A dryer wall cap system comprising:
- an intermediate assembly having a vertical plate with a rectangular opening, the intermediate assembly having a container with side walls and a rear wall and a horizontal upper wall, the upper wall having parallel side edges rearwardly and a semicircular edge forwardly;
- a securement frame having a forward periphery with a rearward projection removably positioned within the opening in the plate;
- a tube assembly including an upper tube positionable above the upper wall and a lower tube coaxial with the upper tube and positionable below the upper wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.