Abstract:
AN APPLIANCE COMPRISING A CABINET HAVING AN INTERIOR NORMALLY CONTAINING WARM MOIST AIR, A VENT HAVING AN EXIT OPENING FOR VENTING THE WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE INTERIOR, A SURFACE MEMBER ADJACENT THE VENT EXIT, AN AIR PASSAGE IN ONE WALL OF THE CABINET HAVING AN ENTRANCE TO AMBIENT AIR AND AN ELEVATED EXIT BETWEEN THE MOIST AIR EXIT AND THE SURFACE MEMBER TO PROVIDE AN AMBIENT AIR BARRIER AND MEANS FOR HEATING THE AIR PASSAGE TO PRODUCE A RISING CONVENTION AIR FLOW THROUGH THE PASSAGE.
Abstract:
A clothes dryer employs a pivotally mounted resilient idler for tensioning a drive belt which is entrained about a pulley of the dryer drive motor and a rotatable dryer drum, the idler pivoting to a free position upon release of belt tension due to belt breakage or the like. A separable connector is serially connected in at least one power lead of the drive motor and associated with the idler to be separated and thereby to break the power circuit of the motor as the idler moves towards its free position.