I remember scented dryer sheets introduced in the '70s...
Liquid Bottles on Kenmore Dryers
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Im afraid to open the bottle on my dryer just like yours!
The bottle of air freshener on our 1960 Model 80 Kenmore dryer was in the console. You'd flip the top and there it was. It did smell pretty horrible in its super-concentrated form, but was very pleasant on the load of clothes. I want to say there was a level on the console that let you turn on/off/adjust the level of the air freshener, but that might have been on the '59 Lady Kenmore.
Where does the other end of those hose go to I mean? I thought it would attach to some sort of nipple, but then again I don't think it would attach to the heating element part. I was feeling around the vent but didn't find anything to stick the hose onto. It's not a particularly long hose either.
Shoot, I can't remember where that went when my 65 Lady K got converted from gas to electricity... I have a feeling it just vents into the dryer drum like the 57 GE Clothes Conditioner does.
Kenmore and GE
I have a 65 or so Kenmore dryer with a bottle, and a 66 GE dryer with more of a capsule than a bottle----the hoses on both simply drop a few inches down the back of the drums rear exterior, sort of in the overall cabinet air that gets sucked into the heater and drum. It's very indirect scenting as opposed to directly into the drum. Gee, I wonder why everyone stopped that brilliant idea?
I have a 65 or so Kenmore dryer with a bottle, and a 66 GE dryer with more of a capsule than a bottle----the hoses on both simply drop a few inches down the back of the drums rear exterior, sort of in the overall cabinet air that gets sucked into the heater and drum. It's very indirect scenting as opposed to directly into the drum. Gee, I wonder why everyone stopped that brilliant idea?
akronman I found where the hose connects. Your hoses are disconnected I believe! turquoisedude gave me the idea to look in the drum, and I wanted to change the bulb anyway so I took the cover off and I saw a round hole around the edge. I went to the back and looked. Sure enough there's a nipple sticking out of the plastic light bulb housing that the hose attaches to! It must not draw much scent in as the cover fits over it. I'm fairly certain it goes there, it's a perfect fit.
Air-Freshener On KM Dryers, Built By WP
All had a little nipple where the hose attached to the rear drum bulkhead which provided a direct connection into the air in the drum area, because of the design of all WP built dryers the air in the drum was at a lower pressure which would cause the fragrance to be drawn into the drums air-stream.
John L.
All had a little nipple where the hose attached to the rear drum bulkhead which provided a direct connection into the air in the drum area, because of the design of all WP built dryers the air in the drum was at a lower pressure which would cause the fragrance to be drawn into the drums air-stream.
John L.
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Wow that must have been the source of the great scent that gently blew from my next door neighbor's dryer vent while I was growing up. They had a 1966 800 Kenmore set, and the aroma was heavenly. It was the perfect compliment to the equally heavenly whir of the dryer motor, which had a steady woooo sound.
seedub
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The scent (in the ambient air when the dryer was going), to me, was vaguely similar to the Necco Sweethearts 
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