Bulkhead seal for clothes dryer
US4669200A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 27, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S277/903
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A seal for use in clothes dryers and the like having a carrier web and a fibrous sealing web, wherein the fibrous sealing web has opposite edges thereof folded upon itself and stitched to form first and second loops and a first one of the loops has captured therein an edge of the carrier web. The carrier web is secured to a rotating drum of a clothes dryer and the first and second loops of the fibrous sealing web provide first and second seals at respective planar and cylindrical portions of a stationary bulkhead of the dryer.
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