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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:
1688555October, 1928Rankin68/23RClothes-washing machine
2432766December, 1947Kirby68/19Apparatus for washing clothes
2549824April, 1951Kost68/172Clothes-washing machine
2555400June, 1951DeRemer68/23RWashing machine with gyratory washing action
2574617November, 1951Bryant68/23RWashing machine
2658372November, 1953Kirby68/23RWashing machine
2672744March, 1954Kirby68/23RWobbling basket type clotheswashing machine
2695510November, 1954Clark68/23RWashing machine
2755651July, 1956Castricone68/131Drive mechanism for clothes washing machines
3738130June, 1973Smith68/154OSCILLATABLE TUB FOR WASHING MACHINE

Other Refs: AU151477FR1032365
May, 195368/23R
March, 195368/171

Primary Examiner: Coe, Philip R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Houser, Neil H.
Reams, Radford M.
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