Abstract: An exhaust vent cover assembly and method of manufacture. The vent cover assembly includes a vent cover and a pair of heat stacked moisture sensor electrodes. The vent cover includes a perforated first portion defining a first plane and a solid second portion defining a second plane. The second plane is at an angle to the first plane. The vent cover is formed from a non-conductive material, and the electrodes are embedded in the second portion of the cover. The electrodes include a plurality of retainers to prevent removal from the cover assembly.

Abstract: An electric fan motor of a domestic clothes dryer is directly secured to an associated plastic blower housing by a locking member which is snap-fit to the blower housing. The blower housing includes an arcuate support member which supports a hub of the motor. The locking member includes an arcuate securing portion which overlies the hub and cooperates with the support member to define a socket which secures the hub to the blower housing. The blower housing has an open side which is covered by a metal blower cover. The blower cover is snap-fit to the blower housing, and has a thermostat mounted thereto. The thermostat is electrically connected to ground via the blower cover and a fastener inserted into a base of the clothes dryer cabinet.

Abstract: An improved clothes dryer construction including a metal dryer drum, front and rear bulkheads, front and rear wear rings, and a plurality of wear pins. The dryer drum is generally cylindrical and provides front and rear annular lips over which the wear rings are mounted and which coaxially nests over a support ring provided by each of the bulkheads. The wear rings, which seal the space between the lips and the support rings, have a series of openings which align with apertures in the annular lips. The wear pins extend through the openings in the wear rings and are snap-fit into the apertures to secure the wear rings to the annular lips. The wear pins serve as a supplemental bearing to support the dryer drum should the wear rings wear out over time.