Patent ID: 7257905

Claim:
A laundry drying machine comprising: a cabinet, a laundry holding drum rotatably supported within said cabinet for rotation, said drum including a wall that is circumferential relative to said rotation and a drum hatch comprising a section of said wall, said drum forming an enclosure together with at least one stationary end surface that is centred on the axis of rotation of said drum and does not rotate with said drum, said drum further including an outlet opening centred on its axis of rotation, and an annular filter screen extending from the periphery of the drum outlet and rotating with the drum around a perimeter of said stationary end surface, said annular screen being connected along a proximal edge to the drum, a motor connected to drive rotation of said drum, air movement means for moving a flow of air through the interior of said drum, an outlet duct supported in said cabinet extending from said drum outlet, an annular sliding seal between the distal annular edge of said annular screen and said outlet duct, and an annular sliding seal between said outlet duct and said drum, external of said annular filter screen.