Rapid-acting water vapor condenser

Claim 1

A condenser for rapidly condensing water vapor from the exhaust from a clothes dryer, said condenser comprising means providing an exhaust flow through chamber having an inlet and an outlet for said exhaust and an upper wall with an aperture into which a removable thin-walled container with a chilling medium within its interior is matingly insertable into said flow through chamber and having condensing fins extending from its exterior for providing additional vapor condensing surface so that said exhaust passing through said chamber impinges on the exterior of said container and said fins and water vapor in said exhaust is condensed to liquid form and means for enabling removal of said condensed water vapor including filtering means for removing lint from said condensed water prior to its removal wherein said thinwalled container is open at the top for enabling easy replacement of said chilling medium therein and includes a peripheral flange extending outwardly from the top of said container for engaging the top wall of said flow through chamber for supporting said container within said flow through chamber and wherein said flow through chamber includes an inclined floor portion and said means for enabling removal of said condensed water comprises a hollow tubular nipple extending from the lowermost end of said floor portion and having an inwardly extending radial flange on its interior with said filtering means comprising a water of porous material received within the upper end of said nipple and resting on said inwardly extending radial flange.