Patent · US Expired

Pulsator for a washing machine

US5701767A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1996
Grant dateDec 30, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F17/10
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Disclosed is a pulsator for a washing machine capable of preventing generation of a concentric waterflow such as a heart-type waterflow. The pulsator includes a base plate fixed to the shaft housing, a plurality of plate-shaped wings radially fixed to the upper surface of the base plate and for forming a concentric waterflow in the washing water, a plurality of cover plates fixed on the multi-stepped edges of the plurality of plate-shaped wings, a plurality of protrusions radially and in a certain length formed on the upper surface of each of the plurality of cover plates and for generating a waterflow of the washing water vertically oriented toward the top of the washing tub by being rotated according to the rotation of the base plat.

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