Patent ID: 9227095
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A62C,D06F

Claim Text:
1. A clothes dryer vent coupling system for connecting the vent outlet of a clothes dryer to an exhaust pipe in a room wall comprises: a substantially rectangularly shaped housing having four side walls and a front wall and a substantially hollow interior; means for securing said housing to said room wall with all of said side walls perpendicular to said room wall and said front wall parallel to but spaced away from said room wall; an outlet coupling mounted on one of the sides of said housing; said outlet coupling being in the form of a tube extending away from said housing but communicating with the interior of said housing; means for connecting said outlet coupling to said exhaust pipe; a substantially round inlet opening formed in said front wall of said housing, said inlet opening lying in a plane parallel to said front wall and communicating with the interior of said housing; a connector coupling including a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end being connected to said vent outlet of said clothes dryer with said connector coupling extending rearwardly of said dryer, said distal end having a substantially conical shape but with openings therein to communicate with said vent outlet of said dryer; whereby when said housing is mounted on said room wall and said dryer is moved toward said room wall, said conical-shaped distal end of said connector coupling is guided into and enters said inlet opening, and means for sealing said connector coupling to said inlet opening.