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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5638704 | Washing machine having punch-washing function A pulsator with an improved structure having a punching function is used in a washing machine. The pulsator of the present invention is composed such that a rotating member has a guiding dimple formed on its upper end surface, and an elevating member has ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5619870 | Washing machine having punch-washing function The invention relates to a pulsator with an improved structure and more particularly to a pulsator having punching function used in the washing machine. The pulsator of the present invention is composed of such improved structure that a rotating member ha... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5617746 | Pressure dehydration low-frequency vibration washing machine A pressure dehydration low-frequency washing machine with a simplified structure using a single motor and a driving mechanism, including an electromotive rotation shaft horizontally installed below a washing tub, a selective drive for driving an oscillati... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5611221 | Double action agitator assembly An agitator assembly for a fabric washer includes an agitator body having an elongated agitator barrel and a plurality of vanes extending radially outwardly from one end of the agitator barrel. An auger tube is telescopically mounted over the agitator bar... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5596891 | Apparatus for untwisting clothes in an automatic washer A clothes washer includes a pulsator which oscillates about a vertical axis. As the pulsator oscillates, a displacement mechanism reciprocates a plurality of thrusters from radially retracted positions adjacent the axis to radially extended positions in o... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5595072 | Water current forming apparatus of washing machine A clothes washing machine includes outer and inner tubs, the inner tub being rotatable to perform a spin-dry operation. An oscillating pulsator is disposed in the inner tub for agitating water and laundry in the inner tub. A pumping member disposed below ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5590550 | Washer auger with flexible ratchet drive A drive mechanism for converting rotary oscillation of a washing machine clothes agitator to unidirectional rotation of an adjoining clothes auger includes a one-piece ratchet wheel, and a cooperating one-piece pawl wheel. The pawl wheel includes integral... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5577407 | Washer auger with gravity assisted ratchet drive A drive mechanism for converting rotary oscillation of a washing machine clothes agitator to intermittent unidirectional rotation of an adjoining clothes auger includes a ratchet wheel and cooperating ratchet pawls. The wheel includes axially oppositely f... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5526657 | Integrated tub and cabinet structure A laundry appliance cabinet includes a first panel member of integral construction and at least one additional panel member joined to the first panel member to form a plurality of exterior cabinet walls and a tub within those exterior walls.... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5511396 | Low frequency vibration type washing machine A low frequency vibration type washing machine has an oscillating disc suitable for both generation of an effective circulation current in the multi-phase washing medium and prevention of energy loss. The oscillating disc vertically vibrates in the multi-... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5491859 | Drive system for automatic washing machine A drive system for producing agitation and spin in an automatic washing machine incorporates a transmission assembly including a plurality of interengaged transmission elements located within a transmission housing. During agitation, the transmission hous... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5487284 | Washing machine having punch-washing function The invention relates to a pulsator with an improved structure and more particularly to a pulsator having punching function used in the washing machine. The pulsator of the present invention is composed of such improved structure that a rotating member ha... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5479793 | Minimum dwell time reed ratchet for washing machine augers A ratchet mechanism is provided which is adapted to convert the continuously oscillating rotation of a clothes washing machine agitator to periodic rotation in a single direction for a clothes washing machine auger. The mechanism comprises a cap and a cam... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5457969 | Top loading vertical axis washing/drying machine A washing/drying machine has a top loading, wash type inner tub which is rotatable about a vertical axis and accommodates clothes during both a washing and drying cycle. The inner tub is positioned within a vertically arranged outer tub which is capable o... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5450642 | Method of ascertaining relaxation and shrinkage behavior of textile fabrics and textile products and the equipment for carrying out this process A method of ascertaining relaxation and shrinkage behavior of textile fabrics and textile products where a sample is separately submitted to a short complete washing cycle in a whirling hot washing bath and to a few short complete treatment cycles in a wh... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5381677 | Automatic washing machine An automatic washing machine having a floating member for selectively engaging the inner tub with the rotator or with the outer tub. The outer tub has first teeth on its inner bottom and the inner tub has a through hole on its bottom, and the rotator has ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5373715 | Rotatable wash basket for an automatic washer An automatic washing machine having a imperforate stationery tub and further having a rotatable plastic wash basket, for receiving a clothes load, disposed within the stationary tub. The rotatable plastic wash basket further includes a cylindrical outer w... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5353612 | Single-tub washing machine A single-tub washing and dehydrating machine includes a microcomputer control means which, when the drain hole is blocked with laundries to be dehydrated in a dehydrating process to cause reduction of pressure inside an air trap and thereby a reset water ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5345793 | Drive system for an automatic washer In an automatic washer drive system, a planetary gear arrangement is provided including an input drive shaft being drivingly connected to a motor at one end and having a sun gear interconnected with a second end. A plurality of cylindrical plastic planet ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5333474 | Washing machine A washing machine includes a rotational tub, a single-phase induction motor driving the rotational tub in a dehydrating operation and having a main and an auxiliary coils, a speed detector for detecting a speed of the motor, thereby generating a detection... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5297403 | Rotatable wash basket for an automatic washer An automatic washing machine having a imperforate stationery tub and further having a rotatable plastic wash basket, for receiving a clothes load, disposed within the tub. The rotatable plastic wash basket includes a cylindrical outer wall defining a vert... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5295373 | Washing machine with a bubble generator Disclosed herein is a washing machine which comprises a bubble generator operable to supply a predetermined amount of air bubbles into the washer tub in a batchwise manner at such a time interval as to allow said amount of air bubbles supplied in a preced... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5220813 | Unified washing-drying machine In a unified washing-drying machine, the use of conventional drying means is eliminated and, instead, an electromagnetic heating system is provided at an appropriate place in the unified washing-drying machine as a means to thermally evaporate the remaini... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5187954 | Cooling device for washing machine transmission A washing machine includes a tub in which a basket and agitator are mounted. A transmission produces rotation of the basket and oscillation of the agitator. A shaft transmits rotary motion to the transmission from a motor via a pulley mounted on the shaft... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5012658 | Full automatic washing machine A full automatic washing machine having a washing/drying cell rotatably mounted in an outer cell, a rotary blade unit provided on the bottom of the washing/drying cell and provided with a cylindrical member mounted thereon, and a washing machine motor ada... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5005383 | Washing machine motor with high rotor resistance A washing machine motor having a high resistance rotor to provide high starting torque and low starting current. The permanent split capacitor motor is linked by a speed reducer to the agitator, and a controller alternately reverses the drive direction of... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4920770 | Variable arc agitator system An adjustable agitation system for an automatic washing machine includes a lost motion fluid drive connection between the input drive member and the agitator so that agitator oscillates through a lesser arc than the input drive member. The fluid drive is ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4914331 | Minimum height motor assembly using aluminum endshields A dynamoelectric machine includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly mounted between endshields. The endshields have axial and radial apertures to assist in motor cooling. A motor shaft extends through one endshield. A mounting plate is provided for m... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4910979 | Counter-rotation wash system A counter-rotation wash system is provided in an automatic washer wherein the basket and agitator are reversely oscillated during a wash mode and the basket and agitator are co-rotated during a liquid extraction or spin mode. A reversing PSC motor is conn... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4856303 | Agitator thrust spacer for automatic washer A thrust spacer having resilient, upwardly angled tabs is provided to act as a variable spacer within a two-piece agitator, between an upper agitator portion and a lower agitator portion to prevent relative vertical movement between the two portions while... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4807452 | Compact transmission for automatic washer A compact transmission for an automatic washer which converts unidirectional rotary motion to oscillating rotary motion without the use of gears is provided. An input shaft is rotatingly driven by an electric motor and has a reversing thread connection to... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4803855 | Single shaft agitate and spin drive for automatic washer A single shaft agitate and spin drive for an automatic washer is provided in which a lost motion mechanism or clutch in the form of a plurality of stacked discs is mounted on the agitator shaft, a lower end of the mechanism being driven by the agitator sh... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4791691 | Washing machine and method of washing clothes A clothes washing machine and method wherein a washing liquid is ejected and circulated through a suction pump in a connecting hose from an outer tub, with the recirculated washing liquid being sprinkled all over the clothes through a sprinkling port. An ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4779431 | Drive system for automatic washer A drive system for an automatic washer includes a high slip motor connected to a drive reduction mechanism for driving an energy absorbing agitator preferably having flexible vanes. The high slip motor is driven with spaced alternating pulses so that the ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4774822 | Compact transmission for automatic washer A compact transmission for an automatic washer which converts unidirectional rotary motion to oscillating rotary motion without the use of gears is provided. An input shaft is rotatingly driven by an electric motor and has a reversing thread connection to... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4765160 | Washing machine A washing machine comprises a tub, in which a pulsator is rotatably arranged. The pulsator is driven by a motor positively or reversely. When a start switch is pressed, first an initial cycle is started for a relatively short period of time to dissolve de... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4719769 | One way clutch for dual action agitator A dual action agitator for use in a washing machine utilizes a one-way dog clutch having a plurality of dogs made of elastomeric material and pivotally mounted in a cam. The dogs pivot outward to engage an inner surface of an upper agitator barrel to driv... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4718258 | Reversing drive for triple action agitator A reversing drive for a triple action agitator is provided in which the agitator has an upper portion with helical grooves formed therein and a thruster barrel is received over the agitator upper portion. The thruster barrel has inwardly directed pegs whi... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4676077 | Washing machine When it is detected that the motor for rotating the agitator of the machine is locked, the motor is turned in the forward direction and/or in the reverse direction a predetermined number of times. If the motor is still locked, an indicating unit is operat... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4662193 | Washing machine A washing machine comprises an outer drum and an inner tub having water-expelling holes on its side wall. On the bottom of the inner tub, an agitator rotated intermittently by a motor is supported by means of bearings. An air trap is provided in communica... | 05/05/1987 |
