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Clothes mover for an automatic washer

US9556549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 31, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F23/04
  • 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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