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Triple action agitator for automatic washers

CA 1233658 A · Owner: Whirlpool Corporation · Inventors: Brenner, Robert A.

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An agitator thruster is provided for an automatic washer for increasing the rollover of clothes during the agitation portion of a washing cycle wherein the thruster moves in a vertical reciprocating motion by action of a pin carried by the thruster engaging angled side walls of a channel in the agitator barrel and being caused two move in one direction around the channel circuit, up along one angled channel wall and down along another.

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  • Granted March 8, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 8, 2005.
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FiledDecember 6, 1984
GrantedMarch 8, 1988
Term endedMarch 8, 2005
Patent numberCA 1233658 A
Classification (IPC)D06F13/00 +1 more

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1985198819911994199720002003Application filedDec 6, 1984Patent grantedMarch 8, 1988Term endedMarch 8, 2005

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