Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification – Fluid treatment – Manipulation of liquid
Patent
1980-04-23
1982-05-11
Coe, Philip R.
Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification
Fluid treatment
Manipulation of liquid
68 17A, 68 18D, 68 23R, 68171, 68207, 68208, D06F 2300, D06F 3730
Patent
active
043286003
ABSTRACT:
An automatic washing machine of the fresh-water, vertical-axis type has a dynamic system which includes a single perforate wash basket arranged to be driven continuously such that its central axis moves in an orbital path about another axis. The basket is restrained from rotating about its central axis when it is moving about the other axis and each point of the basket moves in a circulate path having an effective diameter which is small in relation to the diameter of the basket and having substantially the same excursion as the orbital path of the central axis of the basket. Water and soil removing agent are introduced into the basket during orbital motion and that motion is effective to induce a continuous motion of the fabric article load for washing the load. The machine tub and other working components are placed in the moving system and provide a stable base for the basket. Following washing, preferably the basket's central axis is positioned in substantial alignment with the axis about which it was orbiting and is rotated about this axis to centrifugally remove water from the fabric load. The basket is contoured to enhance toroidal and annular movement of the fabric load. The machine transmission has an input shaft driven by a reversible electric motor, and an output shaft connected to the basket, the transmission having drive elements for interconnecting the output shaft and the input shaft. The drive elements include eccentric drive members operative to shift the axis of the output shaft laterally from the axis of the input shaft when the input shaft is rotated in one direction, thereby driving the output shaft in an orbital path about the axis of the input shaft, and operative to return the axis of the output shaft from its laterally offset relationship when the input shaft is rotated in the other direction, thereby causing the output shaft to rotate about the axis of the input shaft. A one-way clutch and a disc brake assembly, including an off-center coupling, cooperate with the drive elements to restrain the basket from rotating about its own axis when in the orbit mode and to rotationally drive the basket when in the water extraction mode.
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Coe Philip R.
General Electric Company
Reams Radford M.
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