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7331202 Drum-type washing machine with rotatable pulsator  
A drum-type washing machine including a rotatable pulsator. The drum-type washing machine includes a water tub to contain water therein. A rotary drum is included in the water tub and rotating in...
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...
7234325 Time-varying agitator oscillations in an automatic washer  
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...
RE39416 Structure of rotor for outer rotor type brushless motor  
The present invention relates to a structure of a rotor for a brushless motor which can improve structural stiffness, restrict noise generation by reducing vibration during the rotation, use cheap...
7086254 Direct-drive washing machine  
Disclosed is a direct-drive washing machine enabling to revolve a pulsator only or both of the pulsator and inner tub in accordance with a load condition such as a laundry quantity, a washing water...
7013517 Rotating/tipping agitator for a washing machine  
A combination rotating/tipping mechanism for an agitator arranged in an inner tub of a washing machine includes a drive member, a tipping member fixedly mounted to the agitator and pivotally...
6886372 Vertical axis washing machine including rotating/tipping agitator  
A tipping mechanism for a vertical axis washing machine includes an agitator, a drive member, a tipping member and a stationary pivot member. The pivot member preferably takes the form of a ball...
6880192 Washing machine with float type clutch and control method for the float type clutch  
Disclosed is a washing machine with a float type clutch in which a float connects a rotating force from a motor to a spin-drying shaft or disconnects the rotating force from the spin-drying shaft...
6860124 Washing machine brake cam actuator with interrupted ring  
A brake cam actuator assembly for a washing machine includes an actuator having a cylindrical body that is drivingly coupled to a transmission pulley hub through a wrap spring clutch circumscribing...
6546762 Washing machine  
A washing machine includes a washing shaft for rotating agitating blades disposed in a dewatering tank, and the washing shaft is disposed coaxially on a hollow dewatering shaft for rotating the...
6516485 Washing machine having a variable speed motor  
A washing machine having a variable speed motor. The washing machine has a basket for holding articles to be washed and has a first axis of rotation. A basket drive shaft connected to the basket...
6430971 Spherical surface drive block for washing machine basket  
A wash basket alignment system for an automatic washing machine having a wash basket with a drive block partially inserted through a central aperture in the bottom wall of the wash plate. A spin...
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...
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...
6332343 Automatic washing machine with improved power transmission mechanism  
An automatic washing machine includes a water tub having a bottom with a through hole, a rotating tub rotatably mounted in the water tub, an electric motor including a rotor and mounted on an...
6257027 Full-automatic washing machine with two drive motors  
A full-automatic washing machine includes a rotatable tub for accommodating laundry together with water, an agitator provided in the rotatable tub for agitating the water or the laundry, a...
6244079 Brake assembly of a washing machine  
A brake assembly of a washing machine is comprised of a brake drum rotating together with a spin basket, a brake band disposed on an outer side of the brake drum, and a brake lever for driving the...
6244078 Drive system for washing machine  
Bearing fretting conditions are eliminated in washing machines by providing a drive system in which the bearings are not loaded during the spin mode. The drive system includes an input shaft and...
6220063 Drive system for clothes washer  
A washing machine includes a cabinet with an opening. A wash basket is mounted within the cabinet for rotation about a wash basket axis, and includes an access opening through which clothes may be...
6202452 Washing machine  
A motor drives, via a hollow dryer shaft, a basket doubling as a washing basket and a spin-dryer basket. The motor rotating speed is reduced by a speed reduction mechanism, thereby driving an...
6202451 Power transmission apparatus of washing machines  
A power transmission apparatus of a washing machine, the apparatus employing a wash/spin-dry tub inside and outer tub and an agitating member centrally disposed inside the wash/spin-dry tub for...
6176108 Motor-clutch assembly of a washing machine  
Disclosed is a motor-clutch assembly of a direct engagement type washing machine. The assembly comprises a section for transmitting a driving force of a motor to a pulsator, a section for...
6082902 Bearing for driven shafts of wiper device  
A wiper device has a tubular plate, a tubular element provided in the tubular plate for supporting a driven shaft, a bearing bushing in which the tubular element is introduced, the bearing bushing...
6082152 Washing machine having a washing liquid pumping apparatus  
A washing machine pumps a washing liquid towards an upper portion of a spin tub while a washing cycle is being executed. The washing machine has a pumping unit disposed at an underside of an outer...
6077184 Shaft assembly for use in a washing machine  
A shaft assembly used in a washing machine, which can prevent noise generated from a gear assembly therein. The shaft assembly has a speed reduction gear assembly including an internal gear, a sun...
6049930 Washing machine and method of controlling the same  
A washing machine includes a rotatable tub in which an agitator is disposed. A tub shaft connected to the rotatable tub is mounted on a base for rotation. A clutch is mounted on the tub shaft to be...
6035670 Clothes washer having a compressed water generation apparatus  
A compressed water generation apparatus of clothes washer comprises a hollow body, a piston housed in the hollow body, a valve for allowing the water through an inlet opening formed at an upper...
5926887 Mode shifter for a washing machine  
A washing machine with an improved mode shifter comprises a basket for holding an article to be washed, a basket collar coupled to the basket, an agitator disposed within the basket, an agitator...
5887458 Driving system for washing machine  
A driving system for a washing machine having a washing shaft connected with an agitator in the center of a washing tub to stir laundry in washing mode, and an extracting shaft positioned outside...
5887457 Washing machine  
A washing machine having a friction apparatus which can uniformly wash articles to be washed and can improve the washing efficiency. The friction apparatus is installed in openings formed at a side...
5884507 Clothes washing machine having drive transmission with meshable gears  
A washing machine includes a water tub, a spin basket mounted inside the water tub, and a pulsator mounted in the spin basket. A drive transmission includes a hollow dehydrating shaft and a...
5873269 Power system of washing machine  
A clothes washing machine includes a water tub, a spin basket, and a clothes agitator. A vertical dehydrating shaft is fixed to the spin basket, and a laundering shaft extends coaxially within the...
5862685 Washing machine transmission  
A washing machine transmission performs a washing by rotating a pulsator in forward and reverse directions during a washing cycle even though a driving source rotates in any one direction only, so...
5860299 Power system of clothes washing machine  
A clothes washing machine includes a water tub, a spin basket, and a clothes agitator. A vertical dehydrating shaft is fixed to the spin basket, and a laundering shaft extends coaxially within the...
5842358 Power system of clothes washing machine  
A clothes washing machine includes a water tub, a spin basket, and a clothes agitator. A vertical dehydrating shaft is fixed to the spin basket, and a laundering shaft extends coaxially within the...
5809808 Clutch bearing for clothes washer transmission  
A transmission for a washing machine includes a housing, an agitator shaft rotatably mounted to the housing, and an input shaft rotatably mounted to the housing. A one-way clutch connects the input...
5778703 Washing machine with improved drive structure for rotatable tub and agitator  
A washing machine includes a hollow tub shaft mounted on a first stationary portion of the machine for rotation, a rotatable tub rotatably mounted on an upper end of the tub shaft, an agitator...
5740701 Washing machine transmission drive connection  
An eccentric gear for a transmission for a washing machine which uses an off center gear having a dual part construction combination with a rack and pinion mechanism, a brake clutch, and a drive...
5737965 Dual drive transmission  
A transmission is provided for converting rotary input into an oscillating output. The transmission includes a housing with an input shaft and an output shaft, and a series of gears interconnecting...
5737944 Washing machine with improved drive structure for rotatable tub and agitator  
A washing machine includes an outer tub, a rotatable tub rotatably mounted in the outer tub, an agitator mounted in the rotatable tub, a hollow tub shaft transmitting a rotating force to the...
5727402 Automatic washing machine with improved rinsing arrangement  
A full automatic washing machine includes an outer tub having an upper opening, a rotatable tub mounted in the outer tub for rotation, and an agitator mounted in the rotatable tub for rotation. The...
5720190 Low torque washing machine transmission  
A transmission for driving an agitator in a washing machine includes a housing, an input shaft for being driven by a motor, and an output shaft for driving the agitator. The input shaft includes a...
5720065 Direct drive discriminator mechanism  
A direct-drive washing machine has a drive system adapted for spinning a spin tub during a spin cycle and oscillating an agitator within the spin tub during an agitation cycle. The drive system...
5680778 Rotary mounting for shaft sections of a clothes washer power transmission  
A clothes washer includes a washing basket in which an oscillatory agitator is disposed. A power transmission interconnects a motor with the basket and agitator. The power transmission includes a...
5661989 Washing machine having vertical water guiding channels on inner surface of washing basket  
An automatic clothes washing machine comprises a water container, a washing basket mounted inside the water container to rotate about a vertical axis, and an agitator having a plurality of radial...
5651278 Agitator with enhanced clothes engaging vane for automatic washer  
An improved agitator construction is provided for an automatic clothes washing machine in which a surface or contour of a vane carried on a portion of the agitator which is intermittently rotated...
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...
5619871 Laundry machine  
A laundry machine having an electronically commutated motor which includes a plurality of salient pole pieces disposed on preselected pitch axes so as to extend generally outwardly from an outer...
5605212 Washing machine transmission clutch/brake mechanism  
A clutch/brake mechanism for a transmission of a washing machine which uses an upwardly moving disc brake activated by a spring clutch dependent on the direction of rotation of an associated motor...
5586455 Float-type clutch for automatic washing machine  
An automatic washing machine includes a clutch float having external gear teeth. The clutch float is located around a shaft which is driven by an electric motor and to which an agitator is secured....
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