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Title:
Basket mounting arrangement for a washing machine
Abstract:
A washing machine of the vertical axis orbiting type in which washing action is achieved by imparting toroidal motion to the wash load as the load containing basket moves in its circulate path about a reference axis without rotation about its own axis, is provided with means for supporting the basket such that the horizontal projection of the central basket axis lags the direction of the lateral offset by a predetermined angle relative to the direction of movement of the basket in its circulate path about the reference axis. This canting of the basket causes a component of vertical motion to be imparted to the load in the basket as it traverses its circulate path to enhance the turnover of the fabric articles comprising the wash load in the basket.
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Inventors:
Roberts, Gerald L. (Louisville, KY)
Application Number:
06/203208
Filing Date: 1980-11-03 Publication_date: 1982-05-18 Assignee:
GEN ELECTRIC
Primary Class(es):
68/23R
68/171
Other Classes:
D06F23/04; D06F23/00; D06F23/04
US Patent Ref:
| 1688555 | October, 1928 | Rankin | 68/23R | Clothes-washing machine | | 2432766 | December, 1947 | Kirby | 68/19 | Apparatus for washing clothes | | 2549824 | April, 1951 | Kost | 68/172 | Clothes-washing machine | | 2555400 | June, 1951 | DeRemer | 68/23R | Washing machine with gyratory washing action | | 2574617 | November, 1951 | Bryant | 68/23R | Washing machine | | 2658372 | November, 1953 | Kirby | 68/23R | Washing machine | | 2672744 | March, 1954 | Kirby | 68/23R | Wobbling basket type clotheswashing machine | | 2695510 | November, 1954 | Clark | 68/23R | Washing machine | | 2755651 | July, 1956 | Castricone | 68/131 | Drive mechanism for clothes washing machines | | 3738130 | June, 1973 | Smith | 68/154 | OSCILLATABLE TUB FOR WASHING MACHINE |
Other Refs:
AU151477| May, 1953 | 68/23R | | | FR1032365March, 1953 | 68/171 | | |
Primary Examiner:
Coe, Philip R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney:
Houser, Neil H.
Reams, Radford M.
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