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US 7,802,375 B2Granted
Clothes dryer lint screen assembly with built in lint scraper blade
OwnerMichael Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A lint screen assembly for a clothes dryer has a scraper blade within an open frame which mounts a lint screen panel to enable scraping out accumulated lint therefrom. The scraper blade is pivotable from a stowed position to an on-edge operative position and guided when being stroked across the lint screen panels by pivot pins captured in slots in opposite side members of the open frame.
Claims6
A lint screen assembly for a clothes dryer comprising:
- a generally rectangular open frame having pairs of side members defining an opening;
- a lint screen panel mounted in said opening in said frame;
- a scraper blade mounted to the frame extending across said open frame, between two of said side members, said scraper blade having opposite ends having portions engaged with side members to be held thereto while being slidable along said sides from a stowed, retracted position at the top of said frame so as to be able to be stroked across said lint screen panel with a scraping edge thereof positioned to engage any accumulated lint on the surface of said lint screen panel to remove the same, whereby a self stored scraper blade on said frame is provided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.