Vane arrangement for clothes washing machine
CA 1112067 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Bochan, John
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A vane shape for producing optimum washing action in vertical axis clothes washing machines including vanes located in the bottom of the tub or basket and shaped with radially canted edges which cause the fabric articles to be pulled and said outwardly as the edge is rotated into the articles to establish a toroidal circulation within the tub. In a preferred embodiment an oscillated agitator is provided, with a series of vane pairs joined at the lower side to form a V-shaped trough with either upper edge of the vane pairs inclined to produce a net outward movement of the washed articles by alternate engagement with a respective upper edge of either vane blades upon alternate rotation into …
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- Granted November 10, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 10, 1998.
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