Textiles: fluid treating apparatus – Machines – Combined
Patent
1980-12-11
1982-06-08
Coe, Philip R.
Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
Machines
Combined
68 23R, 68 233, 210364, 248568, 248648, D06F 3724
Patent
active
043333222
ABSTRACT:
An upright fabric washing machine includes a cabinet structure having a bottom frame that is formed to include a bearing for pivotally supporting an assembly of working parts of the machine. A mount includes a hollow mounting post having its lower end formed for pivotal support on the bearing and extending generally upwardly within the cabinet. A plurality of generally horizontally extending mounting arms are attached to the upper portion of the mounting post and project radially outward therefrom. A non-rotatable tub has a peripheral side wall and a bottom wall. The tub is mounted on the mount with the tub bottom wall supported by the mounting arms and with an access opening in the tub in register with the hollow mounting post. A transmission is mounted with its housing within the hollow mounting post and its output member extending upwardly within the tub. Springs connect the distal end of each of the mounting arms with the base for biasing the mount to an upright configuration. The tub includes tabs and the upper end of each of the springs extends through a corresponding tab to assist in maintaining engagement between the tub bottom and the mounting arms. The motor for the machine is supported on one of the mounting arms and is free to rotate about a first axis. A spring biases the motor to a predetermined orientation relative to that axis. An endless belt connects the motor output pulley to an input pulley of the transmission. These pulleys define an operating axis for the endless belt which is angled with respect to the axis about which the motor may pivot so that the motor pivots in order to control the torque delivered to the transmission.
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Billings David L.
Fey Robert M.
Waugh Richard A.
Coe Philip R.
General Electric Company
Reams Radford M.
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