Title: Air seal arrangement in a clothes dryer

Abstract: An air seal arrangement in a clothes dryer having a cabinet housing a rotatable drum, the drum having a front wall with a loading opening therethrough and the cabinet having an access opening larger than the drum loading opening. There is a circular seal ring having a circumferential area tapered inwardly and the ring extends from the cabinet front through the access opening of the cabinet into the loading opening of the drum. A seal is provided having an area attached to the front wall of the drum circumferentially around the loading opening and a flexible area extending from the attached area toward the front of the cabinet. The seal ring and seal cooperate and overlappingly engage each other at the tapered area of the seal ring and the flexible area of the seal to provide the air seal.

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Inventors: Sisler, Robert R. (Louisville, KY, US)

Application Number: 717354
Filing Date: 1976-08-24
Publication_date: 1978-01-24
Assignee: General Electric Company (Louisville, KY)
Primary Class(es): 34/242 34/601
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US Patent Ref:

2751688	Jun, 1956	Douglas	34/133.
2802282	Aug, 1957	Buck	34/133.
3875686	Apr, 1975	Smoot	34/242.

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Primary Examiner: Sprague, Kenneth W.
Assistant Examiner: Yeung, James C.
Attorney: Weidner; Frederick P., Boos; Francis H.