Timer
US6583371B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H2043/107
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Cam-operated timers for various appliances, such as a clothes washer and a dryer, wherein the timers that are nearly identical from the user's standpoint. For example, the timer may be provided on both a clothes washer and a dryer. Each timer may be set and started in a same or similar manner. The timers each include a rotatable cam-carrying member having cam surfaces thereon, a timing motor, a drive mechanism, a plurality of cam-actuated switches and members generating a motion pattern, audible and/or tactile feedback, and both timers in response to actions by an operator setting the timer.
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