Vintage Westinghouse Dryer Lint Trap Location

[daniel]

I have attached a photo I found online that looks just like my dryer.I have no idea about the year (1950-1960?) or model it is. I'm have trouble finding the lint trap location this thing or even if it has one. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[turquoisedude]

Have a look at the rear of the machine; the lint trap was usually on the upper right hand corner of the cabinet.  However this may have been removed if the dryer was connected to a permanent vent...  

 

I have a slightly older Westinghouse dryer and when the clothes loading door is opened, the lint filter pops up to remind you to clean it out.   I don't have a photo of the lint trap, unfortunately, but here's a photo of the dryer and its matching washer! 

 

[revvinkevin]

It may look something like this....

 

[appnut]

One of my mom's best friends had this exact model dryer.  It's a 1954/1955.  It was paired with a 1955 Frigidaire Unimatic.  I never saw the exhaust when they lived in Houston, but they moved to Dallas in 1965.  The dryer was exhausted out the exhau8st vent on the side of the house with a pair of old panty hose affixed to the metal housing of the vent on the side of the house. 

 

[syndets2000]

Unless it was vented out of the rear, there is a lint drawer/ basket in the lower right or left corner of the black toe-plate on the front of the dryer cabinet. The unit looks like a D8 , which was probably manufactured between 1954-1956

 

[volvoguy87]

I think that may be a pic of my dryer.

I think the dryer in your picture is mine. If so, it has an odd vent setup. Most of the slant-front dryers I've seen have the lint filter on the back as pictured above if venting into the room. If venting out of a hose to the outside, there may not be a filter (someone more knowledgeable than myself please chime in here).

My dryer, it is set up for a different venting system. I believe mine is a 1955. The back-mounted filter is on the older models, like my 1950 or 1951. On my 1955, there are holes for connecting a vent hose to exhaust to the outside. My dryer does not use these holes. Instead, it has a vent on the left side of the black kick panel on the front of the dryer. The vent pulls out, and behind the grill is a cage, containing a fabric mesh bag which acts as the lint filter.

I haven't played with it much yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

Dave

PS: I brought this dryer to the Pittsburgh wash in, but didn't run it. Moparwash had a great idea, and he replaced the dryer's feet with lockable casters.

 

[classiccaprice]

Newer machines had them on the top, but that started after that dryer's production was over. They had a funky two door system to get to it though.