Patent ID: 9593441
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: D06F,F26B

Claim:
1. A lint catching system for a clothes dryer which generates an exhaust air laden with an amount of lint, comprising: a lint filter having an internal wall which defines a chamber having a flat front panel wall and a flat back panel wall disposed in spaced apart relation connected by corresponding first and second side panel walls and first and second curved end panel walls; wherein said first and second curved end panel walls each have a 180 degree arc disposed in opposed outwardly extending relation; wherein said second curved end panel wall comprises an exhaust aperture element and a cover element configured to removably cover a portion of an exhaust aperture element opening; wherein said chamber is configured to receive said exhaust air laden with said amount of lint which is delivered into said chamber through a housing inlet disposed in said first curved end panel wall and directed toward said second curved end panel wall; wherein said first and second curved end panel walls are configured to generate a circulation of said exhaust air inside said chamber which deposits said amount of lint on a filtration material supported in a housing outlet disposed in said flat front panel wall; and wherein said filtration material is configured to allow said exhaust air to flow therethrough to egress into an ambient environment.