Laundry treating appliance with removable basket
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsEmmanuel F. Gonzaga, Fernando R. Martins
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance with a first clothes mover and a removable basket assembly coupled to the first clothes mover. The removable basket assembly has a second wash basket and a second clothes mover. A first blocker is positioned between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket. A second blocker is positioned between the first clothes mover and the second wash basket for stabilizing the removable basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover.
Claims22
A method of stabilizing a removable basket assembly in a laundry treating appliance having a first wash basket and a first clothes mover and a second wash basket and a second clothes mover, comprising:
- fitting a first blocker between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket;
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- fitting a second blocker between the second wash basket and the first clothes mover for stabilizing the removable basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover.
A basket assembly for a laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a first wash basket;
- a first clothes mover coupled to the first wash basket;
- a second wash basket coupled to the first clothes mover;
- a second clothes mover coupled to the second wash basket;
- a first blocker positioned between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket;
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- a second blocker positioned between the first clothes mover and the second wash basket for stabilizing the basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.