Title: Clothes dryer filter and exhaust system

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1. An exhaust system for a clothes dryer having extending therefrom an exhaust outlet for directing flow of heated air therefrom after its use in the dryer, comprising:

a portable filter enclosure, said filter enclosure further having an inlet and an outlet;

a flexible hose coupling intermediate said exhaust outlet of said dryer and said inlet of said filter enclosure, said outlet of said filter enclosure further including flow directional control means displaceable to direct the stream of air from the dryer in a desired course; said filter enclosure further including a pivotal lid, a multiple stage filter mounted in said enclosure and accessible responsive to lifting of the lid to a pivoted open condition, each of said filter stages comprising a slidable filter element, movable vertically relative to said enclosure for ready removal, cleaning and reinsertion.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said successive filters in said multiple stages has a progressively finer mesh element to facilitate removal of entrained particles in the air stream from said dryer.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said filters includes a frame, each frame having a narrow edge portion formed along a vertical margin of each side, said portion being slidably engageable within a respective slot portion formed in the opposed sidewall of said enclosure.

4. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein there is further connected to the outlet of said enclosure proximate its louvered exit port a hand held device for directing air streams for hair drying.

5. The combination as set forth in claim 4 including a sleeve engageable tightly over said outlet of said filter enclosure and a spiral round type flexible hose connected therebetween and in communication with the inlet for said device.

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Inventors: Doty, Edward E. (Flint, MI, US)

Application Number: 597303
Filing Date: 1975-07-18
Publication_date: 1976-12-28
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 34/82 34/86, 34/90, 55/485, 55/511, 165/901
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3171428	Mar, 1965	Bozeman	34/90.
3417481	Dec, 1968	Rumse, Jr.	34/90.
3487624	Jan, 1970	Tignanelli	34/82.
3520110	Jul, 1970	Knaver	55/511.
3878621	Apr, 1975	Duerre	34/90.

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Primary Examiner: Sprague, Kenneth W.
Assistant Examiner: Yeung, James C.
Attorney: Dumont; Harry R.