Clothes mover for an automatic washer
US9347166B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F37/06
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover to terminate in a tip.
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