4 although not shown in the drawings the drum compartment 4 is fitted with water spraying and draining features which may be conventional and are appropriate to facilitate the application of water to clothing not shown contained in the washer drum 10 as well as the drainage of water from the washer drum 10 during operation of the automatic drop washer dryer 1 which will be hereinafter described a drum compartment 32 is provided in the front portion of the dryer cabinet 31 and a motor compartment 33 is provided in the rear portion of the dryer cabinet 31 a partition 34 separates the drum compartment 32 from the motor compartment 33 a generally cylindrical dryer drum 38 is rotatably mounted in the motor compartment 33 the dryer drum 38 typically includes a rear wall 39 which is disposed adjacent to the partition 34 an outer wall 40 which extends from the rear wall 39 an inner wall 41 which extends from the rear wall 39 in spaced apart relationship to the outer wall 40 and a door space 42 between the outer wall 40 and the inner wall 41 a front wall 43 extends from the outer wall 40 and the inner wall 41 and a drum opening 44 extends through the front wall 43 a door opening 45 extends through both the outer wall 40 and the inner wall 41 as shown in fig3 a pair of generally arcuate dryer.