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US 10,119,216 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance with tub and basket having matched characteristics
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorBrenner M. Sharp
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance may include a tub and a basket located at least partially within the tub and at least partially defining a laundry treating chamber. A drive system may operatively couple the tub to the basket and may be operative to rotate the basket about a rotational axis. The tub and the basket may each have similar deflection.
Claims12
A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a tub;
- a basket located at least partially within the tub and at least partially defining a laundry treating chamber;
- and
- a drive system operatively coupling the tub to the basket and operative to rotate the basket about a rotational axis;
- and
- wherein the tub and the basket undergo about the same degree of deflection relative to each other when the drive system rotates the basket at a spin speed,
- further comprising a cabinet and a suspension system resiliently holding the tub and the basket within the cabinet, wherein the suspension system, the tub, the basket, and contents of the basket collectively define a suspended mass,
- wherein the tub and the basket undergo about the same degree of deflection relative to each other when the drive system rotates the basket at the spin speed, which corresponds to a first natural resonance frequency of the suspended mass.
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A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a tub having a tub base;
- a basket located at least partially within the tub and at least partially defining a laundry treating chamber, the basket having a basket base;
- and
- a drive system operatively coupling the tub to the basket and operative to rotate the basket about a rotational axis;
- and
- wherein the base of the tub and the base of the basket undergo about the same degree of deflection relative to each other when the drive system rotates the basket at a spin speed wherein laundry within the basket satellizes against the basket with a centrifugal force at an inner surface of the basket being 1 g or greater,
- wherein the same degree of deflection is accomplished by the tub base and basket base having matched thickness.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.