Clothes dryer with a drum seal

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9580856
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14821842

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An apparatus for sealing the drum of a clothes dryer comprising an attachment with a recess sized to receive the lip of a dryer drum to mount the seal about the lip and a seal element abutting the corresponding front or rear bulkhead wherein the length of the seal is such that when in place there remains an intervening gap in which a spacer capable of changing shape is located allowing the seal to expand and contract with thermal variations.

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  • WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Schurr, Daniel A Wyoming, US 17 36

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