Patent ID: 6161310
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A dryer vent elbow for connecting a dryer exhaust vent to an exhaust duct having a predetermined diameter to control the flow path of dryer exhaust air exhausted by a clothes dryer, the dryer vent elbow comprising:an inlet adapted to connect to the dryer exhaust vent;an outlet adapted to connect to the exhaust duct; anda body having an inlet opening connected to the inlet and an outlet opening connected to the outlet, the body comprising:a front having a lower portion comprising the inlet opening and an upper portion having an upper edge that partially defines the outlet opening; anda back connected to the front and having a lower portion with a back wall partially defining a rectangular cross section and an upper portion with a partial circular cross section, the upper portion having an upper edge that partially defines the outlet opening, wherein the body has a generally rectangular cross section defined by the front and back lower portions that transitions to a generally circular cross section defined by the front and back upper edges to form the outlet opening.