Combined oscillating and unidirectional agitator for automatic washer
CA 1045401 A · Owner: Whirlpool Corporation · Inventors: Platt, Clark I.
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COMBINED OSCILLATING AND UNI-, DIRECTIONAL AGITATOR FOR AUTOMATIC WASHER" ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, Improved agitation means for use in an automatic clothes washing machine of the type in which an agitator is oscillated by means of a drive mechanism to secure agitation of the clothes. The present invention provides an upper agitator element coaxial with a lower agitator element the upper agitator element being driven through a one-way clutch, from the same drive shaft which drives the lower agitator element, the upper agitator element being provided with vane means which urge clothes downwardly toward the lower agitator element and impart a highly efficient rollover motion to the clothes.
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- Granted January 2, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 2, 1996.
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