Textiles: fluid treating apparatus – Machines – Impulsing
Patent
1994-08-01
1996-01-02
Coe, Philip R.
Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
Machines
Impulsing
192 46, D06F 1708
Patent
active
054797934
ABSTRACT:
A ratchet mechanism is provided which is adapted to convert the continuously oscillating rotation of a clothes washing machine agitator to periodic rotation in a single direction for a clothes washing machine auger. The mechanism comprises a cap and a cam disc, each configured such that they may be fabricated by a single-draw mold and wherein the cap comprises a plurality of reeds that either deflect around or mechanically catch on a plurality of cam teeth disposed on the cam disc dependent upon the direction of cam disc rotation such that the rotation of the cam disc is transmitted to the cap in only one direction wherein the transmission of the rotation does not depend solely on friction. The cap serves a further function of sealing the top of the auger and thereby preventing the ingress of matter associated with a clothes washing machine, such as water or detergent, into the ratchet mechanism.
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Jenkins Harold J.
Savkar Sudhir D.
Coe Philip R.
General Electric Company
Webb II Paul R.
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