Patent ID: 6098312
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
An adapter for venting exhaust air within a clothes dryer cabinet of the type having a drying chamber outlet and multiple exterior walls, including opposing sidewalls and a rear wall, with at least one of said walls other than the rear wall having an exhaust opening therethrough, the adapter comprising:a first conduit leg and a second conduit leg connected to each other by an angled conduit elbow, each conduit leg having a fixed portion and an adjustable portion wherein the length of each conduit leg is selectively adjustable, and each conduit leg having a terminal end distal from the conduit elbow, the first conduit leg terminal end being adapted to operatively connect to a drying chamber outlet in fluid communication,wherein the adapter can vent exhaust air from a clothes dryer cabinet through the exhaust opening regardless of the position of the drying chamber outlet relative to the exhaust opening when the first conduit leg terminal end is connected to the drying chamber outlet and the length of each leg is adjusted so that the second conduit leg terminal end effectively projects through the opening.