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Tub having a debris collector for an automatic washer

US4357812A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1980
Grant dateNov 9, 1982
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F13/02
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An automatic washing machine of the vertical axis type is provided with an annular channel in the bottom of the tub to collect debris and sediment particles and with an annular baffle to prevent the collected particles from being deposited in the washed articles during the direct-into-spin portion of the wash cycle.

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