electric dryer![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Appliance for automatically drying laundry.
backguard ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Vertical part across the back of the dryer on which the appliance’s various controls are found.
drum ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Cylinder whose rotation tumbles the laundry to dry it.
fan ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device circulating the hot air in the drum.
motor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device transforming electric energy into mechanical energy to drive another device.
safety thermostat ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device interrupting the current if the heating element temperature is too high.
heating element ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Electric resistor heating the air before it enters the drum.
cabinet ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Enameled sheet-metal case covering and protecting the appliance’s various components.
door ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
lint trap ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device collecting fiber residue from fabric.
door switch ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Mechanism stopping the drum’s rotation when the door is opened.
heating duct ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Conduit in which air is heated and directed toward the drum.
control knob ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device automatically controlling the selected drying cycle.
control panel ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Panel containing the programming keys.
vane ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part causing the laundry to tumble while drying.
start switch ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
temperature selector ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)