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US 10,895,033 B2Granted
Washing machine
OwnerYi Jianginventor
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Abstract
A washing machine includes a washing-basket assembly including a rotatable shaft configured to be rotatably supported. A gear assembly is configured to engage with the rotatable shaft. A foot-peddle assembly is coupled to the gear assembly. This is done in such a way that the foot-peddle assembly, in use, urges a rotatable reciprocating movement of the gear assembly, the rotatable shaft and the washing-basket assembly.
Claims8
An apparatus, comprising:
- a washing machine, comprising:
- a washing-basket assembly including a rotatable shaft being configured to be rotatably supported;
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- a gear assembly being configured to engage with the rotatable shaft;
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- a foot-peddle assembly being coupled to the gear assembly in such a way that the foot-peddle assembly, in use, urges a rotatable reciprocating movement of the gear assembly, the rotatable shaft and the washing-basket assembly;
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- whereby the rotatable reciprocating movement of the washing-basket assembly, in use, improves a washing action imparted from the washing-basket assembly to a clothing item received by the washing-basket assembly;
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- a link assembly being configured to link the foot-peddle assembly to the pear assembly;
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- the link assembly being configured to permit a relatively smaller reciprocating movement of the foot-peddle assembly and a relatively larger rotatable reciprocating movement of the gear assembly and the washing-basket assembly;
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- whereby the relatively larger rotatable reciprocating movement of the washing-basket assembly, in use, improves the washing action imparted from the washing-basket assembly to the clothing item received by the washing-basket assembly.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a washing machine, comprising:
- a washing-basket assembly being configured to receive a clothing item;
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- a rotatable shaft having shaft teeth being configured to be fixedly connected to the washing-basket assembly;
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- a stationary housing assembly being configured to rotatably support a rotation movement of the rotatable shaft and the washing-basket assembly;
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- a gear assembly being configured to be rotatably supported by the stationary housing assembly;
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- the gear assembly having gear teeth being configured to engage with the shaft teeth of the rotatable shaft;
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- a foot-peddle assembly being configured to be biasedly mounted relative to the stationary housing assembly;
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- the foot-peddle assembly being coupled to the gear assembly in such a way that the foot-peddle assembly, in use, urges a rotatable reciprocating movement of the gear assembly, and, in response, the gear assembly, in use, urges the rotatable reciprocating movement of the washing-basket assembly and the rotatable shaft once the foot-peddle assembly is reciprocated;
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- whereby the rotatable reciprocating movement of the washing-basket assembly, in use, improves a washing action imparted from the washing-basket assembly to a clothing item received by the washing-basket assembly;
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- a link assembly being configured to link the foot-peddle assembly to the gear assembly in such a way that the link assembly, in use, facilitates a transfer of a reciprocal movement from the foot-peddle assembly to the gear assembly;
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- whereby a relatively larger rotatable reciprocating movement of the washing-basket assembly, in use, improves the washing action imparted from the washing-basket assembly to the clothing item received by the washing-basket assembly.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a washing machine, comprising:
- a washing-basket assembly being configured to receive a clothing item;
- and
- a rotatable shaft having shaft teeth;
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- the rotatable shaft being configured to be fixedly connected to the washing-basket assembly in such a way that once the rotatable shaft is made to rotate, the rotatable shaft, in use, rotates the washing-basket assembly;
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- a stationary housing assembly being configured to rotatably support the rotatable shaft in such a way that the stationary housing assembly, in use, supports a rotation movement of the rotatable shaft and the washing-basket assembly;
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- the stationary housing assembly providing a first pivotal mounting point and a second pivotal mounting point being spaced apart from the first pivotal mounting point, in which the first pivotal mounting point and the second pivotal mounting point are stationary relative to each other;
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- a gear assembly being configured to be rotatably supported by the first pivotal mounting point of the stationary housing assembly in such a way that the gear assembly is pivotally reciprocated relative to the stationary housing assembly;
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- the gear assembly having gear teeth being configured to engage with the shaft teeth of the rotatable shaft in such a way that the gear teeth, in use, rotate the rotatable shaft via the shaft teeth;
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- a foot-peddle assembly being configured to be rotatably reciprocated;
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- the foot-peddle assembly being configured to be biasedly mounted relative to, and rotatably supported by, the second pivotal mounting point of the stationary housing assembly in such a way that the foot-peddle assembly, in use, rotatably reciprocates relative to the stationary housing assembly once the foot-peddle assembly is rotatably reciprocated relative to the stationary housing assembly;
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- the foot-peddle assembly being coupled to the gear assembly in such a way that the foot-peddle assembly, in use, urges a rotatable reciprocating movement of the gear assembly once the foot-peddle assembly is reciprocated, and, in response, the gear assembly, in use, urges the rotatable reciprocating movement of the washing-basket assembly and the rotatable shaft once the foot-peddle assembly is reciprocated;
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- whereby the rotatable reciprocating movement of the washing-basket assembly, in use, improves a washing action imparted from the washing-basket assembly to a clothing item received by the washing-basket assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.