Automatic washer suspension system
CA 2058071 A1 · Owner: Burk, Jeffrey L. · Inventors: Burk, Jeffrey L.; Sharp, Brenner M.; Brenner, Robert A.
Overview
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An improved lower suspension ball or collet for a washing machine hung suspension system, the collet providing an axial channel for receiving a hung suspension rod therethrough the, collet supporting a portion of a floating base which holds the vibration inducing components, such as rotating washing machine components, the suspension rod attached at its top end to a frame such as a washing machine cabinet, the collet resiliently supported off of a bottom end of the suspension rod the collet channel, fashioned to act as a friction bushing in a spring-mass-damper arrangement. The collet comprises a tube portion having the axial channel which grips the rod to act as the friction bushing. The …
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- Filed December 19, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 19, 2011.
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