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PSC motor for automatic washer

US5166568A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1991
Grant dateNov 24, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B40/00
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A permanent split capacitor motor and a drive system for an automatic washer including the motor for rotating an agitator in the automatic washer. A control circuit operates the motor in first and second directions. The motor has two stator windings with a turns ratio of approximately 1.0 and a low inertia rotor. The stator bore to outside stator diameter is preferably 0.43.

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