Patent ID: 8499473

Claim:
A rotary-drum laundry dryer comprising: an outer casing; a drum structured for housing laundry to be dried and rotatably arranged inside the casing; and a hot-air generator structured to circulate a stream of hot air through the drum, and wherein the outer casing comprises a lower supporting base or socle structured for resting on a floor and an upper cabinet structured for resting on the base or socle and for housing the drum, the drum comprises a substantially cylindrical, rigid tubular body extending inside the upper cabinet above the base or socle, has a front rim rotatably coupled to a front bulkhead of the upper cabinet and a rear rim rotatably coupled to a rear wall of the upper cabinet, and rests on front and rear supporting rollers, the rear wall includes a sink-shaped bulge or recess which projects outwards of the upper cabinet, is roughly centered to the rear rim of the rigid tubular body and includes a through opening, and the upper cabinet comprises a substantially circular, basin-shaped lid or cover fixed to an inner face of the rear wall substantially coaxial to the tubular body, the lid or cover shaped so as to completely cover and close the bulge or recess so as to form, on the rear wall, a cavity in communication with the inside of the drum and in communication with the hot-air generator via the through opening.