Lint burner for a domestic dryer

Claim 1

A FABRIC DRYER COMPRISING A CASING DEFINING A DRYING CHAMBER AND HAVING AN AIR INLET OPENINGS AND AN AIR OUTLET OPENING THEREIN, MEANS FOR CONSUMING LING CARRIED FROM THE FABRIC THROUGH SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING, AND MEANS FOR CIRCULATING AIR SEQUENTIALLY THROUGH SAID DRYING CHAMBER AND THE LINT CONSUMING MEANS, SAID LINT CONSUMING MEANS INCLUDING DUCT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING AND HAVING A FIRST CROSS SECTIONAL AREA, A SCREEN MEMBER POSITIONED EXTENDING ACROSS SAID DUCT MEANS TRANSVERSE TO THE FLOW OF AIR FROM SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING TO FORM A LINT CATCHING BARRIER AND HAVING A SECOND SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER AREA, SAID SCREEN MEMBER BEING MOVABLY MOUNTED AND POSITIONED SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID SCREEN MEMBER CAUSES AT LEAST A PORTION THEREOF TO ALTERNATELY INTERCEPT AND THEN BE REMOVED FROM SAID DUCT MEANS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SCREEN MEMBER, AND HEATING MEANS POSITIONED OUTSIDE SAID DUCT MEANS ADJACENT THAT PORTION OF SAID SCREEN MEMBER WHICH IS REMOVED FROM SAID DUCT MEANS FOR BURNING LINT CAUGHT ON SAID PORTION OF SAID SCREEN MEMBER.