Time-varying agitator oscillations in an automatic washer
US7127767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F2105/52
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses consistent with the present invention provide for improved clothes rollover in automatic washer cycles using time-varying rotor oscillations. An automatic washer has a wash chamber with a central axis and a rotor being rotatable about the central axis. Items are loaded into the wash chamber. Wash liquid is supplied into the wash chamber. The rotor is oscillated about the central axis by time-varying oscillations.
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