Clothes dryer drive and blower system

An automatic clothes dryer, comprising:

• a cabinet defining a rectilinear interior space and having an opposing top and bottom and opposing sides extending between the top and bottom to partially define the interior space and to form corners at the junction of the top and bottom with the sides;
• a cylindrical drum defining a drying chamber and rotatably mounted within the interior space to define subspaces within the interior space between the corners and the drum;
• a drive motor mounted within one of the subspaces and having an output shaft operably coupled to the drum for rotating the drum;
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• a blower mounted within the interior space out of the subspaces and between the drum and one of the bottom and top, and fluidly coupled to the drying chamber for moving air through the drying chamber, the blower having a drive shaft separate and remote from the output shaft to permit the independent positioning of the blower and drive motor.