Patent ID: 8516716
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A rotary-drum laundry dryer comprising: an outer casing having a front wall, a rear wall, side walls and a top wall; a drum structured for housing laundry to be dried and fixed in an axially rotatable manner inside the casing, the drum comprising a substantially cylindrical, tubular body having a front rim coupled in an axially rotatable manner to a front bulkhead and a rear rim coupled in axially rotatable manner to the rear wall; a hot-air generator structured to circulate a stream of hot air through the drum; a first circular sealing gasket interposed between the front rim and the front bulkhead; a second circular sealing gasket interposed between the rear rim and the rear wall; a substantially circular, basin-shaped lid or cover fixed to the rear wall, substantially coaxial to the tubular body, so as to form on the rear wall a cavity in communication with the hot-air generator; and a circular gasket-supporting collar having a nominal diameter greater than that of the rear rim and fixed, coaxial to the tubular body, to at least one of the rear wall and a periphery of the lid or cover, wherein