Patent ID: 7895771

Claim:
A clothes dryer comprising: a cabinet having a pair of side walls; a drum mounted for rotation in the cabinet; a blower wheel housing supporting a blower fan for moving air through the drum, the blower wheel housing being mounted in the cabinet generally below the dryer drum and to one side thereof and being closer to one of the pair of side walls; a confined space located between the blower wheel housing and the closer one of the side walls; a thermal insulation pad positioned in the confined space between the blower wheel housing and the closer one of the side walls; and, wherein the thickness of the thermal insulation pad is chosen to be slightly greater than the width of the confined space where the blower wheel housing is closest to the closer one of the side walls whereby the thermal insulation pad is press fit into position between the blower wheel housing and the closer one of the side walls and whereby the thermal insulation pad prevents accumulation of combustible dust and lint in the confined space.