Patent ID: 7900372

Claim:
A clothes dryer, comprising: a cabinet having a rear wall; a louvre located in the rear wall to allow ambient air to enter the cabinet; a fire-resistant cover mounted inside the cabinet to the rear wall and extending inwardly into the cabinet overlaying the louvre and spaced therefrom, the cover comprising an elongated bracket having at least one side wall extending from the rear wall of the cabinet, the at least one side wall having at least one flange extending therefrom and lying flush with and mounted to an inner side of the rear wall of the cabinet, the bracket defining with the rear wall horizontally opposing open end portions; wherein, the cover extends along the louvre to define with the horizontally opposing open end portions an air flow channel between the cover and the inner side of the rear wall whereby air entering the cabinet through the louvre flows along the air flow channel and through the opposing open end portions into the cabinet while the cover guards against and restricts flow of ignited particles and debris from exiting the cabinet through the louvre and opposite to air flowing in through the louvre, along the air flow channel and out the open end portions into the cabinet.