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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Allen James Guinibert, Auckland, NZ;
Russell Joseph Jackson, Auckland, NZ;
Hugh Griffith Johnson, Auckland, NZ;
Geoffrey Simon Frazerhurst, Auckland, NZ;
Bruce Reginald Frank Mcgregor, Auckland, NZ;
Allen James Guinibert, Auckland, NZ;
Russell Joseph Jackson, Auckland, NZ;
Hugh Griffith Johnson, Auckland, NZ;
Geoffrey Simon Frazerhurst, Auckland, NZ;
Bruce Reginald Frank McGregor, Auckland, NZ;
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A laundry drying machine includes a cabinet and a laundry holding drum rotatably supported within the cabinet for rotation. The drum includes a wall that is circumferential relative to the rotation and a drum hatch that is a section of the wall. The drum forms an enclosure together with at least one stationary end surface centred on the axis of rotation of the drum. A motor is connected to drive rotation of the drum and a fan provides a flow of air through the interior of the drum. The drum includes an outlet opening centred on the axis of rotation and an annular filter screen extending from the periphery of the drum outlet and rotating with the drum. The annular screen is connected along one circumferential edge to the drum. There is an annular sliding seal between the other annular edge of the screen and the outlet duct and an annular sliding seal between the outlet duct and the drum external to the annular filter screen.