Lint disposer for clothes dryer

Claim 1

A FABRIC DRYER COMPRISING A CASING DEFINING A DRYING CHAMBER AND HAVING AN AIR INLET OPENING AND AN AIR OUTLET OPENING THEREIN, DOOR MEANS VERTICALLY HINGEDLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID CASING FOR CLOSING SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING, LINT ELIMINATING MEANS SUPPORTED ON SAID DOOR MEANS FOR BURNING LINT CARRIED FROM THE FABRIC THROUGH SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING AND FOR CAUSING THE PRODUCTS OF SAID BURNING TO BE COLORLESS AND ODORLESS, AND BLOWER MEANS OPERABLE FOR CIRCULATING AIR FLOW SEQUENTIALLY THROUGH SAID DRYING CHAMBER AND THE LINT ELIMINATING MEANS WHEN SAID DOOR MEANS IS CLOSED, SAID LINT ELIMINATING MEANS INCLUDING HOUSING MEANS HAVING A PERFORATED INLET PANEL PORTION PARALLEL TO SAID DOOR MEANS EXTENDING SEALINGLY INTO AIR INTERCEPTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING, AND HAVING AN EXHAUST PORT CONNECTED IN AIR FLOW SUPPLY RELATIONSHIP TO SAID BLOWER MEANS, A FLAT, CIRCULAR SCREEN MEMBER POSITIONED EXTENDING ACROSS SAID HOUSING MEANS DOWNSTREAM FROM SAID PERFORATED PANEL PORTION AND PARALLEL THEREWITH AND HAVING AT LEAST A SECTION THEREOF IN INTERCEPTING AIR FLOW RELATIONSHIP TO THE FLOW OF AIR FROM SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING TO SAID EXHAUST PORT TO FORM A LINT CATCRING BARRIER, SAID SCREEN MEMBER BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED AND POSITIONED SO THAT ROTATION OF SAID SCREEN MEMBER CAUSES SAID AT LEAST A SECTION THEREOF ALTERNATELY TO BE PLACED IN INTERCEPTING AIR FLOW RELATIONSHIP AND THEN TO BE REMOVED FROM SAID INTERCEPTING AIR FLOW RELATIONSHIP, MOTOR MEANS ON SAID DOOR MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SCREEN MEMBER, MEANS FORMING AN INSULATED LINT BURNING CHAMBER WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS BLOCKING A PORTION OF SAID PERFORATED INLET PANEL IN A MANNER TO SHIELD AIR FLOW FROM THAT SECTION OF SAID SCREEN MEMBER WHICH IS REMOVED AND ENCLOSING HEATING MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT THAT SECTION OF SAID SCREEN MEMBER WHICH IS REMOVED FOR BURNING LINT CAUGHT ON SAID SECTION OF SAID SCREEN MEMBER, AND MEANS FORMING A SMOKE AND ODOR ELIMINATING CHAMBER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID SECTION