Patent ID: 8959789
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A tunnel-type rotary drum tumble dryer comprising: a cabinet with a loading door on one side and an unloading door on another opposite side; a drum for containing clothing to be dried arranged inside said cabinet for rotating with respect to a horizontal or inclined geometric axis, said drum having a revolution wall around said geometric axis, and end openings at opposite ends of the drum facing said loading and unloading doors; driving means for rotating the drum; and air circulation means for introducing and extracting drying air into and from the drum respectively while the latter rotates with clothing therein, said air circulation means comprising at least one air inlet facing one of said end openings of the drum and in communication with the inside thereof, and at least one air outlet facing the other end opening of the drum and in communication with the inside thereof for creating a flow of drying air inside the drum in the axial direction thereof substantially from one end to another through the clothing tumbling inside the drum, wherein said air outlet comprises an opening formed in a lateral wall of the cabinet adjacent to said loading door and the air inlet comprises an opening formed in said unloading door of the cabinet and in a position selected to be facing the corresponding end opening of the drum when the unloading door is closed.