Clothes washing machine and method for increasing the unbalance capacity of the machine
CA 1091053 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Brummett, John F.; Todd, Joseph L.
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An improved clothes washing machine and method of washing clothes for increasing the unbalance capacity of the machine. The machine includes a tub for containing water a clothes receiving basket, in the tub the basket having perforations arranged in a pattern from the top to the bottom of the side wall of the basket a pump for removing, water from the tub and a mechanism for rotatively accelerating the basket from zero to over 220 revolutions per minute. The unbalance capacity improvement is achieved by retaining between 20 and 40% of the initial water in the machine as measured under water only load conditions until 220 revolutions per minute is reached, pumping water continuously from …
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- Granted December 9, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 9, 1997.
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