CA2091941A1 - Reversible dryer door - Google Patents
Reversible dryer doorInfo
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- CA2091941A1 CA2091941A1 CA002091941A CA2091941A CA2091941A1 CA 2091941 A1 CA2091941 A1 CA 2091941A1 CA 002091941 A CA002091941 A CA 002091941A CA 2091941 A CA2091941 A CA 2091941A CA 2091941 A1 CA2091941 A1 CA 2091941A1
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- door
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- hinges
- dryer
- opening
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
- D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
- D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
- D06F58/04—Details
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
- E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
- E05D7/02—Hinges or pivots of special construction for use on the right-hand as well as the left-hand side; Convertible right-hand or left-hand hinges
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
- E05Y2900/30—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances
- E05Y2900/312—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances for washing machines
Abstract
REVERSIBLE DRYER DOOR
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
This invention relates to a reversible dryer door wherein the hinges may be mounted on either side of the door or the cabinet opening, and the handle may be mounted on either side of the front of the door.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
This invention relates to a reversible dryer door wherein the hinges may be mounted on either side of the door or the cabinet opening, and the handle may be mounted on either side of the front of the door.
Description
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i~ This invention relates to a domestic clothes dryer and I more particularly to a domestic clothes dryer in which the swing of the dryer door may be reversed. In the past, it has generally been found that the door which provides access to the rotating drum of a domestic clothes dryer swings permanently in one direction only and may not be conveniently reversed. The door is generally mounted i on hinges attached to one side of the access opening of the dryer cabinet and the door is held closed with a suitable plastic latch ; device which grasps and holds the keep mounted on the dryer cabinet frame.
In many instances, it would be convenient to change the direction of swing of the dryer door and in the past this has been a practical impossibility. This invention seeks to provide a dryer door which may be conveniently reversed using only a very few parts and tools. In additionj it will be found it is not necessary to disassemble the liner from the door as is necessary in United States Patent No.
5,113,562 dated May 19, 1992 in which the inner liner must be . ~ disassembled from the door and replaced in an inverted position in ;.. , ~ order to reverse the swing of the dryer door.
This application seeks to overcome all the disadvantages of the above U.S. Patent as well as provide a convenient method for providing a domestic clothes dryer in which the door may be swung from either side.
Most domestic clothes dryers of the present day, utilize a blower which pulls the drying air through the rotating drum where it i~
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i~ This invention relates to a domestic clothes dryer and I more particularly to a domestic clothes dryer in which the swing of the dryer door may be reversed. In the past, it has generally been found that the door which provides access to the rotating drum of a domestic clothes dryer swings permanently in one direction only and may not be conveniently reversed. The door is generally mounted i on hinges attached to one side of the access opening of the dryer cabinet and the door is held closed with a suitable plastic latch ; device which grasps and holds the keep mounted on the dryer cabinet frame.
In many instances, it would be convenient to change the direction of swing of the dryer door and in the past this has been a practical impossibility. This invention seeks to provide a dryer door which may be conveniently reversed using only a very few parts and tools. In additionj it will be found it is not necessary to disassemble the liner from the door as is necessary in United States Patent No.
5,113,562 dated May 19, 1992 in which the inner liner must be . ~ disassembled from the door and replaced in an inverted position in ;.. , ~ order to reverse the swing of the dryer door.
This application seeks to overcome all the disadvantages of the above U.S. Patent as well as provide a convenient method for providing a domestic clothes dryer in which the door may be swung from either side.
Most domestic clothes dryers of the present day, utilize a blower which pulls the drying air through the rotating drum where it i~
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, extracts moisture from any clothes which are tumbling therein and -, the moisture laden air is then ducted via the door liner into a lint filter ,;
generally located beneath the door. From the lint filter the air enters ~; a ducting mechanism connected to the fan which allows the moisture $ 5 laden air to be blown from the fan into an exhaust duct in the dryer - .
Because of the particular design which is used in most of the dryers of the present day, it will not be found convenient to provide a reversible door on a clothes dryer because the inner liner on the <~,i door forms part of the ducting mechanism for the moisture laden air.
In most instances when a door is desired to be reversed, it will be . found necessary to remove the inner liner from the door and invert the liner with respect to the door assembly in order that the permanent handle located on the outside of the dryer door will be in a position where it may be utilized on the outside of the door remote ii~ 15 from the hinge to open and clothes the dryer door. Thus, the '~ peculiarities of the chosen method of circulating dryer air through the dryer as well as locating the handle in an asymmetrical fashion on , the dryer causes serious difficuity with devising a convenient method :
~ ~ of installing a dryer door which will open or close from either side of ',t^ 20 the dryer.
X In accordance with this invention, a method is provided for reversing the opening side of a clothes dryer door without having to disassemble the inner liner From the door. The basic method comprises the steps of removing the dryer door from the dryer opening by the removal of (four) screws which hold the dryer door .,~ hinges to the cabinet. Next the dryer hinges are removed from the side of the door to which they have been previously permanently mounted and the handle is removed from the area of the depression over which it has been mounted. The hinges are next mounted on the opposite side of the door from the side from which they were removed and an escutcheon plate is removed from the depression ~ i on the opposite side of the dryer door from the location where the ':i`3, handle was previously mounted. The escutcheon plate is next mounted over the depressed area where the handle was removed
, extracts moisture from any clothes which are tumbling therein and -, the moisture laden air is then ducted via the door liner into a lint filter ,;
generally located beneath the door. From the lint filter the air enters ~; a ducting mechanism connected to the fan which allows the moisture $ 5 laden air to be blown from the fan into an exhaust duct in the dryer - .
Because of the particular design which is used in most of the dryers of the present day, it will not be found convenient to provide a reversible door on a clothes dryer because the inner liner on the <~,i door forms part of the ducting mechanism for the moisture laden air.
In most instances when a door is desired to be reversed, it will be . found necessary to remove the inner liner from the door and invert the liner with respect to the door assembly in order that the permanent handle located on the outside of the dryer door will be in a position where it may be utilized on the outside of the door remote ii~ 15 from the hinge to open and clothes the dryer door. Thus, the '~ peculiarities of the chosen method of circulating dryer air through the dryer as well as locating the handle in an asymmetrical fashion on , the dryer causes serious difficuity with devising a convenient method :
~ ~ of installing a dryer door which will open or close from either side of ',t^ 20 the dryer.
X In accordance with this invention, a method is provided for reversing the opening side of a clothes dryer door without having to disassemble the inner liner From the door. The basic method comprises the steps of removing the dryer door from the dryer opening by the removal of (four) screws which hold the dryer door .,~ hinges to the cabinet. Next the dryer hinges are removed from the side of the door to which they have been previously permanently mounted and the handle is removed from the area of the depression over which it has been mounted. The hinges are next mounted on the opposite side of the door from the side from which they were removed and an escutcheon plate is removed from the depression ~ i on the opposite side of the dryer door from the location where the ':i`3, handle was previously mounted. The escutcheon plate is next mounted over the depressed area where the handle was removed
3~ and the handle is mounted on the depressed area from which the :i~3 escutcheon plate was removed.
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A knock out is pressed out of the interior liner on the opposite side from where the door latch was previously mounted and a new latch is inserted in the knock out aperture. The strike which was mounted previously on the cabinet for mating with the previous latch is removed from the cabinet and a new latch is inserted on the opposite side of the cabinet in the area provided.
The door is now mounted on the dryer cabinet with the hinges on the opposite side of the cabinet holes which had been previously provided during manufacture and when the four screws have insertecl into the cabinet to hold the hinges in place, the door may now be swung frorn the opposite side of the cabinet. The latch in the door will be found to mate with the strike which has been mounted on the cabinet and for all intents and purposes the new arrangement for the dryer door swinging from the opposite direction is nowcomplete. -:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The foregoing objects will become more fully j ~ understood when taken with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a domestic clothes dryer;
Figure 2 is a prospective view of the front of the door of the clothes dryer of Figure 1; and Figure 3 is a prospective view of the rear of the door of the clothes dryer Figure 1.
Referring now to the drawings and to Figure 1 in particular, it will be seen that a domestic clothes dryer 10 is r;i illustrated showing an arrangement whereby the door 12 is hinged `~I from the left hand side of the cabinet 14. The dryer 10 maybe of a gas or electric type it matters not which for the purposes of this invention. The dryer is provided with a control panel 16 for selecting .~?~i the various dryer routines available to the consumer. An access opening 18 is provided at the front of the dryer to allow the user to insert clothes into the clrum 20. One baffle or paddle 22 is shown ;~j, mounted on the inside surface of the drum 20. The opening 18 in 3~ the cabinet 14 in this instance is such that a lint filter 23 is exposed to the user when the door is opened. The lint filter 23is ducted into the fan or blower of the dryer to allow the passage of moisture laden .i ~ :.
, :, air through the filter and into the fan (which is not shown) for ducting to atmosphere. A door switch 24 is shown in the upper right hand corner of the door opening which will provide a signal to the control mechanism to indicate that the door is in its closed and latched position. The door as shown in Figure 2 is provided with a pair of hinges 26 and 28 at the left hand side as shown in Figure 2 and these hinges have been mounted on door 12 during assembly at the factory. Also mounted in a depression 30 of door 12 is a handle 32 i~ which is provided for the convenience of the operator in opening and ,~ 10 closing the door (Figure 3). Also, on door 12 is mounted an ~1 escutcheon plate 34 at a point which is symmetrically opposing the depression 30 on the right hand side of the door. Escutcheon 34 is ., mounted in a depression which is identical to depression 30 and is ~1 provided to mount the handle 32 in the depression beneath escutcheon 34 when the operator desires to reverse the swing of the door. On the inside of the door 12 is a gasket 36 and a latch 38 and a deflector 40. The gasket which forms no part of this invention is generally composed of a suitable flexible sealing material and the latch 38 is a plastic type insertion latch well known in the art. The deflector 40 is provided with holes 42 to allow the ingress of the ~ moisture laden air into the dryer door and to deflect clothes which ,. are tumbling in the dryer back into the drum. Thus shield 40 ,l performs two functions.
',. It will be noted that a knock out 44 is provided in the ,,~i 25 right hand side of the rear of the door of Figure 3 which will be used for remounting latch 38 when the door is to be reversed. When it is l desired to reverse the swing of the door of the dryer 10 it is ,l necessary first to remove the screws in the hinges 26 and 28 which ~,i fasten the door to the cabinet 14. When the door 12 has been removed from the cabinet the escutcheon 34 must be removed from the depression in which it is contained and in most instances ~¦ escutcheon 34 will be able to be snapped from its mounting in door 12. Escutcheon 34 may be mounted in any convenient matter in the 'i depression provided. Screws or other similar fastening devices well i 35 known in the art may be used, however, this does not form part of ,r the invention. When escutcheon 34 has been removed handle 32 ..
.~,. -4 -~' ~i ~ 2091941 GECAN3108 must be removed from depression 30, handle 32 will be held in depression 30 in the same manner as escutcheon 34 is held in its depression which may be by a snap in feature or by using screws or other similar fasteners and handle 32 is remounted where escutcheon plate 34 originally was on the left hand side of the door.
Escutcheon 34 is remounted in depression 30. The hinges 26 and 28 must be removed from the left hand side of the door shown in Figure 2 and remounted in the holes provided at the factory on the right hand side of the door 12. When this has been completed the latch 38 may (if required) be removed from its mounted position on the left hand side of the door as shown in Figure 3 and knock out 44 of the opposite side of door 12 as shown in Figure 3 is removed (or :~ simply pushed inwardly) and the latch 38 is reinstalled in knock out 44. When this has been completed it is necessary to provide a new strike on the opposite side of the door opening 18 for the relocated latch 38. The strike which is previously provided is shown at 46 in Figure 1. This strike is removed by prying it forward with a screw driver or pliers and a knock out 48 on the opposite side of opening 18 is removed and a new strike is inserted in the knock out 48.
2~ When this is completed, the hinges which were previously mounted on the left hand side of the door opening shown in Figure 1 are now mounted on the right hand side of the cabinet door opening 14 and the door is reinstalled. It will be found that the door is now hinged from the right hand side of the cabinet with the latch 38 engaging the new strike located in knock out 48. It will be found that for purposes of esthetics, it may be necessary to fill the holes left for the ~I previously mounted hinges with dummy screws or blanks of some convenient material as well as the holes on the left hand side of the cabinet 14 which may also be filled with the same devices. Similarly, where the latch 38 was previously mounted on the inside of the door, it may be convenient to fill the aperture with a plastic blank.
~I It will be seen that it is convenient to remount the door .'~. on the cabinet 14 without any special tools other than a screw driver and pliers. Alternate holes in the door may be most conveniently provided during manufacture in the factory. Door switch 24 will ;~ function in an operable manner with a door mounted either from the ;.
209194l GECAN3108 left or the right. The passage of the drying air through the shield 42 unaffected by the way the door swings. In some instances, it may be necessary to separate the inner panel of the door in order to remove the handle 32 (depending on the method of attachment of the handle) orthe escutcheon 34. Other changeswill become apparent such as the provision of a handle which fastens to the door by ~I means of fasteners which secure the handle to the door in the 9 location of the top hinge on the side remote from the hinged side of ;~ the door.. however, applicant prefers to limit his invention by the ~ 10 scope of the following claims.
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A knock out is pressed out of the interior liner on the opposite side from where the door latch was previously mounted and a new latch is inserted in the knock out aperture. The strike which was mounted previously on the cabinet for mating with the previous latch is removed from the cabinet and a new latch is inserted on the opposite side of the cabinet in the area provided.
The door is now mounted on the dryer cabinet with the hinges on the opposite side of the cabinet holes which had been previously provided during manufacture and when the four screws have insertecl into the cabinet to hold the hinges in place, the door may now be swung frorn the opposite side of the cabinet. The latch in the door will be found to mate with the strike which has been mounted on the cabinet and for all intents and purposes the new arrangement for the dryer door swinging from the opposite direction is nowcomplete. -:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The foregoing objects will become more fully j ~ understood when taken with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a domestic clothes dryer;
Figure 2 is a prospective view of the front of the door of the clothes dryer of Figure 1; and Figure 3 is a prospective view of the rear of the door of the clothes dryer Figure 1.
Referring now to the drawings and to Figure 1 in particular, it will be seen that a domestic clothes dryer 10 is r;i illustrated showing an arrangement whereby the door 12 is hinged `~I from the left hand side of the cabinet 14. The dryer 10 maybe of a gas or electric type it matters not which for the purposes of this invention. The dryer is provided with a control panel 16 for selecting .~?~i the various dryer routines available to the consumer. An access opening 18 is provided at the front of the dryer to allow the user to insert clothes into the clrum 20. One baffle or paddle 22 is shown ;~j, mounted on the inside surface of the drum 20. The opening 18 in 3~ the cabinet 14 in this instance is such that a lint filter 23 is exposed to the user when the door is opened. The lint filter 23is ducted into the fan or blower of the dryer to allow the passage of moisture laden .i ~ :.
, :, air through the filter and into the fan (which is not shown) for ducting to atmosphere. A door switch 24 is shown in the upper right hand corner of the door opening which will provide a signal to the control mechanism to indicate that the door is in its closed and latched position. The door as shown in Figure 2 is provided with a pair of hinges 26 and 28 at the left hand side as shown in Figure 2 and these hinges have been mounted on door 12 during assembly at the factory. Also mounted in a depression 30 of door 12 is a handle 32 i~ which is provided for the convenience of the operator in opening and ,~ 10 closing the door (Figure 3). Also, on door 12 is mounted an ~1 escutcheon plate 34 at a point which is symmetrically opposing the depression 30 on the right hand side of the door. Escutcheon 34 is ., mounted in a depression which is identical to depression 30 and is ~1 provided to mount the handle 32 in the depression beneath escutcheon 34 when the operator desires to reverse the swing of the door. On the inside of the door 12 is a gasket 36 and a latch 38 and a deflector 40. The gasket which forms no part of this invention is generally composed of a suitable flexible sealing material and the latch 38 is a plastic type insertion latch well known in the art. The deflector 40 is provided with holes 42 to allow the ingress of the ~ moisture laden air into the dryer door and to deflect clothes which ,. are tumbling in the dryer back into the drum. Thus shield 40 ,l performs two functions.
',. It will be noted that a knock out 44 is provided in the ,,~i 25 right hand side of the rear of the door of Figure 3 which will be used for remounting latch 38 when the door is to be reversed. When it is l desired to reverse the swing of the door of the dryer 10 it is ,l necessary first to remove the screws in the hinges 26 and 28 which ~,i fasten the door to the cabinet 14. When the door 12 has been removed from the cabinet the escutcheon 34 must be removed from the depression in which it is contained and in most instances ~¦ escutcheon 34 will be able to be snapped from its mounting in door 12. Escutcheon 34 may be mounted in any convenient matter in the 'i depression provided. Screws or other similar fastening devices well i 35 known in the art may be used, however, this does not form part of ,r the invention. When escutcheon 34 has been removed handle 32 ..
.~,. -4 -~' ~i ~ 2091941 GECAN3108 must be removed from depression 30, handle 32 will be held in depression 30 in the same manner as escutcheon 34 is held in its depression which may be by a snap in feature or by using screws or other similar fasteners and handle 32 is remounted where escutcheon plate 34 originally was on the left hand side of the door.
Escutcheon 34 is remounted in depression 30. The hinges 26 and 28 must be removed from the left hand side of the door shown in Figure 2 and remounted in the holes provided at the factory on the right hand side of the door 12. When this has been completed the latch 38 may (if required) be removed from its mounted position on the left hand side of the door as shown in Figure 3 and knock out 44 of the opposite side of door 12 as shown in Figure 3 is removed (or :~ simply pushed inwardly) and the latch 38 is reinstalled in knock out 44. When this has been completed it is necessary to provide a new strike on the opposite side of the door opening 18 for the relocated latch 38. The strike which is previously provided is shown at 46 in Figure 1. This strike is removed by prying it forward with a screw driver or pliers and a knock out 48 on the opposite side of opening 18 is removed and a new strike is inserted in the knock out 48.
2~ When this is completed, the hinges which were previously mounted on the left hand side of the door opening shown in Figure 1 are now mounted on the right hand side of the cabinet door opening 14 and the door is reinstalled. It will be found that the door is now hinged from the right hand side of the cabinet with the latch 38 engaging the new strike located in knock out 48. It will be found that for purposes of esthetics, it may be necessary to fill the holes left for the ~I previously mounted hinges with dummy screws or blanks of some convenient material as well as the holes on the left hand side of the cabinet 14 which may also be filled with the same devices. Similarly, where the latch 38 was previously mounted on the inside of the door, it may be convenient to fill the aperture with a plastic blank.
~I It will be seen that it is convenient to remount the door .'~. on the cabinet 14 without any special tools other than a screw driver and pliers. Alternate holes in the door may be most conveniently provided during manufacture in the factory. Door switch 24 will ;~ function in an operable manner with a door mounted either from the ;.
209194l GECAN3108 left or the right. The passage of the drying air through the shield 42 unaffected by the way the door swings. In some instances, it may be necessary to separate the inner panel of the door in order to remove the handle 32 (depending on the method of attachment of the handle) orthe escutcheon 34. Other changeswill become apparent such as the provision of a handle which fastens to the door by ~I means of fasteners which secure the handle to the door in the 9 location of the top hinge on the side remote from the hinged side of ;~ the door.. however, applicant prefers to limit his invention by the ~ 10 scope of the following claims.
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Claims (9)
1. A method comprising the steps of:
disconnecting a door assembly comprising a door panel and an inner liner from one side of a clothes dryer;
reconnecting the door assembly to the clothes dryer so that the door assembly opens from the opposite side.
disconnecting a door assembly comprising a door panel and an inner liner from one side of a clothes dryer;
reconnecting the door assembly to the clothes dryer so that the door assembly opens from the opposite side.
2. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising the steps of removing hinge screws that connect the door assembly to the dryer cabinet, and then reconnecting the hinges to the opposite side of the door assembly.
3. A method of reversing the opening side of a clothes dryer door assembly mounted by hinges to a dryer cabinet front panel on one side of the clothes access opening wherein the door assembly includes a door panel and an inner liner, comprising the steps of:
disconnecting said hinges from said cabinet front panel to remove said door assembly from said cabinet; and connecting said hinges to said front panel on the opposite side of said clothes access opening to mount said door assembly to said cabinet.
disconnecting said hinges from said cabinet front panel to remove said door assembly from said cabinet; and connecting said hinges to said front panel on the opposite side of said clothes access opening to mount said door assembly to said cabinet.
6. In a clothes dryer having a clothes drum disposed within a cabinet having a front panel with an access opening to the clothes drum and a door assembly mounted by hinges to the front panel on one side of the access opening wherein the door assembly is secured to the cabinet by screws that attach the hinges to the door assembly, the door having an inner liner having a lower portion spaced from the door panel and having a bottom aperture and holes communicating with the clothes drum to provide a passageway for exhaust air to flow from the clothes drum through the perforations through an internal chamber of the door assembly and out the bottom aperture into a lint filter disposed below the door, as method of reversing the mounting side of the door assembly comprising the steps of:
disconnecting the hinges from the cabinet to remove the door assembly from the cabinet;
removing the screws to disconnect the hinges from the door assembly;
attaching the hinges with the screws to the opposite side of the door assembly; and connecting the hinges to the front panel on the opposite side of the access opening.
disconnecting the hinges from the cabinet to remove the door assembly from the cabinet;
removing the screws to disconnect the hinges from the door assembly;
attaching the hinges with the screws to the opposite side of the door assembly; and connecting the hinges to the front panel on the opposite side of the access opening.
5. A method of mounting a reversible door in an access opening of a domestic clothes dryer in which said door and said opening are provided with predetermined matching hinge mounting locations on both said door and on said access opening on either side thereof, a pair of hinges suitable for mounting on said door and said cabinet in a manner to permit said door to swing about a vertical axis, latch and keep means mountable on either side of said door and said cabinet for securing said door in a closed position.
6. A domestic clothes dryer of the type wherein a cabinet houses a rotating drum, and in which an access door is provided in an access opening of said dryer, said door being capable of being mounted in said cabinet so as to be able to be converted to swing from either side of said access opening;
said door having hinge mounting locations provided on either side of said door, and said cabinet being provided with matching hinge locations on either side of the access opening, securing means for keeping said door in a closed position capable of being mounted on either side of said door and said cabinet, fastening means for mounting said hinges to said door and said cabinet and being capable of removal and reinsertion in alternately opposite hinge mounting locations to enable the door to be hingably swung from either side of said access opening, handle means mounted on the front of said door.
said door having hinge mounting locations provided on either side of said door, and said cabinet being provided with matching hinge locations on either side of the access opening, securing means for keeping said door in a closed position capable of being mounted on either side of said door and said cabinet, fastening means for mounting said hinges to said door and said cabinet and being capable of removal and reinsertion in alternately opposite hinge mounting locations to enable the door to be hingably swung from either side of said access opening, handle means mounted on the front of said door.
7. A domestic clothes dryer of the type wherein a cabinet houses a rotating drum in which clothes are deposited to be dried, said cabinet being provided with a door in an opening in the front of said cabinet to provide access to said drum, said door being hingably secured to a first side of said opening, securing means mounted on the opposite side of said door and cabinet from said first side to maintain said door in a closed position, handle means provided on the front of said door at a first predetermined location, spaced from said hinges to enable an operator to open said door, said door being capable of being mounted for opening from the reverse side in that hinge mounting locations are provided in said cabinet and said door on the opposite side from said first side, so that the location of the hinges may be conveniently reversed on both the cabinet and door, securing means for keeping said door closed being provided at a predetermined location at the first side, and handle means removable from said first predetermined location to a second predetermined location spaced from said hinges.
8. A reversible door for a domestic clothes dryer wherein said dryer comprises a cabinet having a front opening for the insertion of clothes into the interior of said dryer wherein said opening is closed by said door which is matched to said opening, said opening being provided with suitable hinge mounting locations at predetermined areas on opposite sides of said cabinet opening, said door having matching hinge mounting locations on the door to match the hinge mounting areas on said cabinet fastening means for fastening a pair of hinges to said door and said cabinet on a preselected side thereof and securing means mountable on said door and cabinet in matching locations for keeping said door in a closed position, said fastening means and securing means being capable of being remounted on said door and cabinet on the remote side of said door and cabinet where each was previously mounted.
9. The invention as defined in any of the preceding claims including any further features of novelty disclosed.
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