Title: Bearing and seal for tumbler belt clothes dryer

Abstract: An improved bearing and seal is used in a clothes dryer having an endless belt for a tumbler with the belt being driven in matching channels formed in a pair of opposed upright panels. Carriers secured to the belt extend all around each edge of the belt and have a metallic element extending over the edge of the belt and disposed in the channel. Each of the carriers has a continuous pile strip disposed along the inside of the belt to engage inner edges of the channels to form a sealing barrier keeping lint and air from entering the channels, and each of the carriers has wear-resistant, low-friction material engaging the sides and bottoms of the channels to provide a running fit for the belt in the channels.

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Inventors: Smoot, Edward H. (Holcomb, NY, US)

Application Number: 531159
Filing Date: 1974-12-09
Publication_date: 1976-01-20
Assignee: The Schlegel Manufacturing Company (Rochester, NY)
Primary Class(es): 34/242 277/355
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US Patent Ref:

3399464	Sep, 1968	Erickson et al.	34/133.
3584393	Jun, 1971	Menk	34/133.
3828445	Aug, 1974	Smoot	34/242.
3875686	Apr, 1975	Smoot	34/242.

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Primary Examiner: Sprague, Kenneth W.
Assistant Examiner: Yeung, James C.
Attorney: Shaw; George W.