Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laundry treating appliance with drive attachment mechanism
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Application No.: US15154172Application Date: 2016-05-13
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Publication No.: US10240272B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Eric K. Farrington , Steven Fricke , Nicholas C. Fugal , Christine L. Strain , Philip R. Thompson , Robert C. Williams
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: McGarry Bair PC
- Main IPC: D06F37/20
- IPC: D06F37/20 ; D06F37/30 ; D06F37/40 ; D06F37/24 ; D06F33/02

Abstract:
A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub and having an upper and lower basket base portion, a balance ring mounted to the upper edge of the basket peripheral wall, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a drive system comprising a motor operably coupled to the basket and the clothes mover and configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket or the clothes mover and a first and second drive shaft, and a drive attachment mechanism configured to couple the basket to the second drive shaft, with the drive attachment mechanism comprising a bushing assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170327989A1 LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH DRIVE ATTACHMENT MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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