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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt Werner, St. Joseph Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Gregory L Malchow, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Keith E Carr, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Robert A Brenner, St. Joseph Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ; F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34 32 ; 34 82 ; 34 85 ; 55294 ;
Abstract
An air actuated lint removing system for cleaning lint filters in clothes dryers includes means for moving the lint filter and an air flow directing means with respect to one another to remove accumulated lint, and lint transporting means to move the lint to a lint collection reservoir.