公开(公告)号：US20180371678A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US15634190

申请日：2017-06-27

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： ANTONIO MAZZARELLA ,  DAVIDE PARACHINI ,  GIANBATTISTA PIROLA ,  GEORGE F. SEIFFERT

IPC: D06F58/06

CPC classification number: D06F58/06 ,  D06F58/04

Abstract: A clothes dryer with a first bulkhead having an access opening and a first edge defining a front opening confronting the access opening. The clothes dryer has a composite seal located between the first bulkhead and the first edge which has a foam layer comprising memory foam and a low-friction layer having a coefficient of kinetic friction less than 0.3, with the low friction layer confronting the first edge.