Patent ID: 6082022
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A clothes dryer comprising:a rotatable drying drum for receiving articles to be dried;a rear end head structurally closing one end of the drum, the rear end head having a plurality of axially spaced apart first apertures extending radially outward from a center of the rear end head for permitting air flow therethrough;an air flow deflection shield spanning across the center of each of the first apertures to deflect air passing through the first apertures away from the center of the first aperture;a diffuser wall mounted adjacent to the rear end head inside the dryer drum, the diffuser wall having a pattern of second apertures extending across the diffuser wall, and the second apertures being smaller than the first apertures in the rear end head to spread the air flow as the air flow passes though the first apertures and the second apertures into dryer drum.