Apparatus for untwisting clothes in an automatic washer
US5596891A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F17/06
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
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 order to push the clothes outwardly. The displacement mechanism is driven by the same mechanism that oscillates the pulsator.
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