Clothes dryer exhaust vent for building exterior wall
US11609003B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 2022 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24F2221/18
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A clothes dryer exhaust vent (dryer vent) and the method of installation in a residential or commercial building exterior foundation wall, during construction of a building, to save the expense and costs of a clothes dryer exhaust vent installation after a building has been constructed, to reduce repair and additional construction costs. The dryer vent has a rigid wall mounting plate (plastic or metal) that is mounted in the construction block array of an exterior building foundation wall while the wall is under construction. The clothes dryer exhaust vent includes a clothes dryer exhaust vent tube connected through the rigid, wall mounting plate (manually removable), an exterior (outdoors) hemispherical-shaped clothes dryer vent open end cover assembly, manually removable for cleaning and removing lint, said cover assembly including a clothes dryer exhaust vent flapper valve.
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