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7290414 Integrated laundry suspension system  
A suspension system for use in a laundry washing machine to suspend a tub assembly from a base portion of a cabinet. The suspension system includes a support frame interconnected to an outer tub of...
7251962 Washing machine with structure for absorbing vibration of driving part  
A washing machine with a vibration-absorbing structure for preventing the transfer of the vibration of the driving part is disclosed. The washing machine includes a rotor housing 50 in which a...
7039976 Braking control system for a washing machine  
An inner tub of a washing machine is rapidly braked during a portion of a deceleration phase following an extraction phase of an overall spin cycle. A controller establishes the braking operation...
6701561 Method and system for detecting fluid injection from stationary to rotating members  
Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting mass transfer in a rotating device or rotating system, such as a washing machine or dishwasher. Mass may be transferred from the stationary member to...
6681430 Method and system for mechanizing simultaneous multi-actuator actions applied to dynamic balancing  
A method and system for dynamically balancing a rotating system based on a plurality of simultaneous and discrete control actions that place mass at predetermined locations within the rotating...
6668599 Washing machine  
The objective of the present invention is to provide a washing machine capable of removing earth/sand, waste thread, dust and the like stuck to the washing. In order to realize the objective, the...
6591640 Damper for full automatic washing machine  
Damper for a full automatic washing machine including an upper buffering member fitted to an inside of an upper portion of a washing machine housing, an elastic member under the lower buffering...
6531801 Asynchronous motors having simple rotor structures  
A device for converting electrical energy into mechanical work is disclosed. The device includes a rotor body having a radial length, a ferromagnetic layer having a radial thickness, the...
6422047 Washing machine with unbalance detection and control system  
A washing machine is provided with an unbalance detecting and control system which can sense an out-of-balance condition in five distinct directions extending within substantially three...
6401500 Washing machine brake roller thrust bearing  
A thrust bearing assembly for absorbing forces on an input shaft of a washing machine is described. In one embodiment, the thrust bearing assembly is located at an upper end of the input shaft just...
6397643 Suspension apparatus of washing machine  
A suspension apparatus of a washing machine which supports a washing tub in a suspended state in a casing of the washing machine is disclosed. The suspension apparatus includes suspension rods...
6354115 Two-component seal for a washing machine spin tub  
A two-component seal for the spin tub of a washing machine. The two-component seal is disposed about the tub opening and a metal shroud seal to prevent water in the washer from entering a motor and...
6336348 Sensor for detecting both water level and vibration in washing machine  
Sensor for detecting both a water level and a vibration in a washing machine, which permits detection both of the water level of washing water in a washing tub and the vibration of the washing tub,...
6327732 Fluid balancing ring and method for using same  
A fluid balancing ring includes a plurality of partitions forming a circular array of sub-chambers around its circumference. A valve is associated with each of the partitions and is movable in...
6158257 Horizontal axis clothes washing machine with balance rings  
A horizontal axis clothes washing machine. A rotatable clothes basket has a generally longitudinally extending and generally horizontally oriented axis of rotation and has two longitudinally...
6151930 Washing machine having a controllable field responsive damper  
A controllable medium device for resisting movement (rotary, linear, or sliding) between two relatively moveable members includes a first member and a second member coupled for relative movement...
6122942 Washing machine having dual damping structure  
A washing machine having a dual damping structure can effectively prevent undesirable vibration of an outer tub by lowering the center of gravity of outer tub depending on a quantity of washing...
6122843 Drum washer-drier with reduced vibration to a mounting floor  
Drum washer-drier includes a drum rotating about a horizontal rotary axis, a water tank including drum, and outer tank resiliently supporting water tank. A plurality of suspending rods are...
6018967 Noise reducing clip device for a washing machine  
A noise reducing clip device includes a clip body and a fulcrum-defining element. The clip body receives a washing machine wash tub wall and a fastener to secure the tub wall to the clip body and...
6009730 Damper assembly in washing machine  
A damper assembly for a washing machine includes a snubber bar, a damper cap, a snubber base, and a snubber base spring. The snubber bar has an upper portion supported at a corner of a washing...
6006553 Heat dissipating blades for a motor of a washing machine  
A clothes washing machine has a motor which includes a stator, and a rotor disposed around the stator. The rotor includes a disk-shaped plate having radial blades disposed on an upper surface...
5974610 Counterbalance weight for laundry washing machine tub  
A counterbalance weight is provided for a laundry washing machine tub. The weight includes a weighted body securable to the tub with a foam impact-absorbing member mounted on the body in a position...
5953939 Wash system by recirculating pumping with self balanced centrifugal squeeze dry of laundry  
The present invention relates to a clothes wash system by means of the method of recirculating pumping of water, which is adapted to a squeeze dry system, that consists in eliminating by the...
5946947 Clothes washing machine having vibration and noise damper  
A clothes washing machine has an external casing, a tub suspended in the external casing, and a spin basket rotatably installed in the tub and accommodating laundry. A damper includes a first...
5937676 Suspension system of a washing machine  
A suspension system of a washing member is comprised of two rods each connected with an upper main suspensor and a lower main suspensor and a secondary suspensor disposed at adjacent ends between...
5934107 Clothes washing machine having an impact damper  
A washing machine includes a water tub, a spin basket mounted inside the water tub, a pulsator mounted in the spin basket, a reversible motor mounted under the water tub for driving the pulsator...
5893281 Tethering system for a clothes washing machine having a hung-strut suspension  
A tethering system is provided for a washing machine having a hung strut suspension. The tethering system includes a pair of pulleys or cams pivotally mounted in the cabinet. A pair of subframe...
5884891 Suspension system for washing machine  
An easy to assemble upper ball joint assembly for a wash tub suspension system is described. In accordance with one embodiment, the upper ball joint assembly includes a socket configured to be...
5850748 Front loading clothes washing machine with dynamic balancing mechanism  
A front loading clothes washing machine includes a spin basket rotatably driven about a horizontal axis. Axially spaced front and rear sides of the spin basket are formed by panels. Disposed on...
5784904 Washing machine with a compound pulsator having a plurality of sub-pulsators  
A washing machine with a compound pulsator has a bottom sub-pulsator mounted on the bottom of the washing tub which is revolvable on the revolving shaft, a top sub-pulsator mounted on an upper part...
5782110 Clothes washing machine with balancing device  
A washing machine includes a spin basket rotatable about a vertical axis and having a dynamic balancer mounted thereon. The balancer includes coaxial annular passageways arranged horizontally next...
5713221 Optical out-of-balance sensor for a washer  
A washing machine includes a cabinet, a splash tub located within the cabinet, and a support system resiliently supporting the splash tub relative to the cabinet. A spin tub is located within the...
5685038 Out-of-balance control for washing machine  
An acceleration sensitive switch for use in detecting an out-of-balance condition on a residential washing machine, or the like, uses a pendulum activated switch wherein the pendulum is biased...
5657649 Full-automatic washing machine having a vibration damping assembly  
A full-automatic washing machine which can effectively prevent an undesirable vibration is disclosed. The washing machine has a vibration damping assembly having a base plate formed integrally with...
5651277 Clutch mechanism for automatic washer  
An automatic washer includes an elongated shaft mounted to a motor for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the shaft. A fabric basket is rotatably mounted to the shaft and an agitator is...
5613380 Coil spring and snubber suspension system for a washer  
A suspension mounts a tub to a housing in a clothes washer. The suspension includes a coil spring having first and second loops at opposite ends thereof, and an integral rod joined thereto. A...
5606879 Automatic washing machine suspension system  
An automatic washing machine suspension system includes a plurality of suspension units. Each unit includes a rod suspended from a stationary support ring. A hollow cylinder, with a cylindrical...
5582040 Water balancing apparatus for horizontal axis and vertical axis laundry appliances  
A balancing apparatus for counterbalancing an unbalanced load in a rotating or spinning drum such as a clothes basket in a washing machine. The balancing apparatus includes a drive plate fixed to...
5528913 Washing machine with snubbers for limiting unbalanced load vibration excursions  
A plurality of snubbers for a washing machine dampens and isolates unbalanced load excursions by using the positive displacement pumping action of air being forced through an orifice in each...
5513504 Clothes basket and balance ring subassembly for a horizontal axis clothes washing machine  
A rotatable subassembly for a horizontal axis clothes washing machine, such subassembly having a rotatable clothes basket and a pair of balance rings. The clothes basket has a generally...
5491859 Drive system for automatic washing machine  
A drive system for producing agitation and spin in an automatic washing machine incorporates a transmission assembly including a plurality of interengaged transmission elements located within a...
5490400 Vibration-isolating apparatus for a clothes washing machine and method of assembly  
A clothes washing machine includes an outer tank, a plurality of vertical suspenders hung by their upper ends adjacent respective corners of the tank, and a water container disposed within the tank...
5375437 Out-of-balance condition detecting system with lid actuated switching assembly  
An out-of-balance condition detecting system with a lid actuated switching assembly for interrupting operation of a washing machine upon detection of an out-of-balance (OOB) condition or upon a lid...
5375282 System and method for detecting and interrupting an out-of-balance condition in a washing machine  
A system and method are provided for detecting and interrupting an out-of-balance (OOB) condition in a washing machine. The system includes pneumatic generating units for generating a predetermined...
5297403 Rotatable wash basket for an automatic washer  
An automatic washing machine having a imperforate stationery tub and further having a rotatable plastic wash basket, for receiving a clothes load, disposed within the tub. The rotatable plastic...
5269159 Damping system for a washing machine  
In a washing machine having a tub and a cabinet, gap sensors and electromagnets are mounted on the tub and other electromagnets are mounted on the cabinet. Thus, in order to prevent vibrations...
5257516 Washing machine  
A washing machine having the cabinet decoupled from the suspension system in order to eliminate undesirable resonance mode walking conditions. The cabinet is frictionally attached to the washer...
5119645 Washing machine having improved suspension and manufacturability  
A washing machine includes a mid-level pivot and traverse suspension arrangement and a modular assembly. A support having a central aperture is spaced from the washing machine base by a plurality...
5117659 Automatic washer suspension system  
An improved lower suspension ball or collet for a washing machine hung suspension system, the collet providing an axial channel for receiving a hung suspension rod therethrough, the collet...
5117658 Washing machine having improved out-of-balance performance  
A washing machine having a mid-level pivot and traverse suspension system. The washing machine includes a tub assembly disposed over a support, with the assembly having a center of mass disposed at...
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