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Washing apparatus

US4444027A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 20, 1981
Grant dateApr 24, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19647
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A washing apparatus having a tub for holding and draining a liquid, a spinnable tub for receiving materials to be washed and spin-drying the materials, a generally disk-shaped driven rotary base rotatably disposed in the spinnable tub on the bottom thereof at an eccentric position with respect to the axis of rotation of the spinnable tub, a support rotatably supporting the driven rotary base, a drive for selectively rotating the spinnable tub on the rotary base, and a pulsator detachably mounted on the rotary base for generating an eccentric liquid whirlpool in the tub.

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