Patent ID: 8661707

Claim:
A laundry drier comprising: a housing; a drum rotating about an axis in a principal rotational direction within the housing and forming a drying chamber for laundry, the drum having an front open face; a charging opening, the charging opening being formed on the housing and axially spaced from the front open face of the drum, the charging opening providing access to the drum for placing laundry into, and removing laundry from, the drum; an inlet opening for process air in the drum; an outlet opening for process air from the drum, the outlet opening being located on the housing axially intermediate the charging opening and the front open face of the drum; and a projection mounted to the housing axially intermediate the charging opening and the front open face of the drum at a position upstream of the outlet opening relative to the principal direction of drum rotation and projecting outwardly from the housing for deflecting laundry approaching the outlet opening away from the outlet opening, the projection being positioned such that laundry that is within a space bounded on one axial side by the front open face of the drum and on an opposite axial side by the charging opening is engaged by the projection as such laundry approaches the outlet opening.