When they truly do disappear in the machine, what’s happened is most likely that one got pulled through the seal in the front or rear of your dryer drum. On most machines, this “seal” is in fact a strip of felt. Small objects can make it through.
This is also why the bottom of your dryer’s blower motor housing is probably full of buttons and loose change. Mine was, on the machine that came with my house. I got nearly nine bucks out of it when I took it apart.
When they truly do disappear in the machine, what’s happened is most likely that one got pulled through the seal in the front or rear of your dryer drum. On most machines, this “seal” is in fact a strip of felt. Small objects can make it through.
This is also why the bottom of your dryer’s blower motor housing is probably full of buttons and loose change. Mine was, on the machine that came with my house. I got nearly nine bucks out of it when I took it apart.