Abstract: An accessory for a clothes washing machine includes a door having air flow ports and an air-circulation enhancer having a fan mechanism for mounting on top of an agitator of the clothes washing machine. The an mechanism has a turbine-like structure such that air is circulated along the agitator, through the air flow ports defined in the door, and then out other air flow ports in the door such that air circulation is enhanced over and around the clothes being centrifugally held against a tub wall during the spin-dry cycle of the clothes washing machine. The enhanced air circulation accelerates the drying process that occurs during the spin-dry cycle.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine includes an accessory mounted on top of an agitator. The accessory includes fan blades that are stored in one configuration to be out of the way of articles being moved into or out of a washing tub of the washing machine and are deployed into an operational configuration by centrifugal force when the washing machine operates in a spin dry cycle. In the operational configuration, the fan blades are oriented to move air through ports defined in the door of the washing machine to and over articles being spun in the machine, and then out of other ports in the door. The air flow enhances the drying process occurring during the spin cycle.