Textiles: fluid treating apparatus – Machines – Impulsing
Patent
1996-06-05
1998-03-31
Coe, Philip R.
Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
Machines
Impulsing
68 237, 74 32, 74 33, D06F 1708
Patent
active
057325740
ABSTRACT:
A transmission including a housing, an agitator shaft rotatably mounted to the housing, an input shaft rotatably mounted to the housing, and an agitation system which back-and-forth agitation of the agitator shaft when the input shaft rotates relative to the housing. The agitation system includes a rack drivingly connected to the agitator shaft, an eccentric gear drivingly connected to the input shaft, an idler shaft rotatably mounting the eccentric gear to the housing, and a rolling-contact bearing rotatably connecting the eccentric gear and the rack. The rolling contact bearing is press-fit with the eccentric gear and the rack and has a rotational axis displaced from a rotational axis of the eccentric gear. The idler shaft has a first end press-fit into the eccentric gear and a second end slip-fit into a sleeve bearing of the housing. A bearing pad is located between the housing and an end of the rack connected to the agitator shaft. The housing has a surface facing the rack so that a bearing pad removably secured to an end of the rack rides along the surface to support the end of the rack during movement of the rack. The housing also has a laterally extending flange located at a parting line of the housing. A counterweight is secured to a side of the flange facing away from the housing parting line with a threaded fastener. The housing is rotatably connected to the washing machine with a rolling-contact bearing and a two-part bearing retainer.
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Coe Philip R.
White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
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