Clothes rollover agitation system for automatic washer
US4719770A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 18, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F13/00
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A clothes rollover agitation system is provided for a vertical axis automatic washer in which the agitator has a skirt portion that has an inner portion which extends outwardly and downwardly and an outer portion which extends outwardly and upwardly to assist the clothes within the washer to undergo a 180.degree. direction reversal in the bottom of the wash basket. The skirt portion stops short of the basket side wall and a removable ring member is secured to the basket wall to continue the upward and outward shape toward the sidewall. A plurality of buttons engagable in holes in the basket sidewall are used to secure the ring to the sidewall.
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