Laundry washing machine with adjustable wash capacity
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsChristopher G. Hoppe, Phillip C. Hombroek, Bryan T. Snook
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Abstract
A wash drum apparatus and method of adjusting the wash capacity for a laundry washing machine. The wash drum may include one or more rear cover inserts that may adjust the wash capacity of the wash drum. The rear cover insert may include one or more impellers. The wash drum may include a rear cover.
Claims20
A method of adjusting a wash capacity of a wash drum for a laundry washing machine, comprising the steps of:
- providing a wash drum having a perforated cylindrical wall, wherein the cylindrical wall has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end defines a first opening and the second end defines a second opening, and the cylindrical wall having at least one attachment position spaced away from the second end of the cylindrical wall towards the first end;
- providing a first rear cover insert;
- providing a second rear cover insert, wherein the first rear cover insert provides a first wash capacity and the second rear cover insert provides a second wash capacity, and wherein the first wash capacity is different from the second wash capacity;
- and
- determining one or more wash capacities by attaching the first rear cover insert to the cylindrical wall at the at least one attachment position.
A method of adjusting a wash capacity of a wash drum for a laundry washing machine, comprising the steps of:
- providing a wash drum having a perforated cylindrical wall, wherein the cylindrical wall has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end defines a first opening and the second end defines a second opening, and the cylindrical wall having at least one attachment position spaced away from the second end of the cylindrical wall towards the first end;
- providing a first rear cover insert;
- providing a second rear cover insert having one or more impellers, wherein the first rear cover insert has one or more impellers different from the one or more impellers of the second rear cover insert;
- and
- determining one or more wash capacities by attaching the first rear cover insert to the cylindrical wall at the at least one attachment position.
A method of adjusting a wash capacity of a wash drum for a laundry washing machine, comprising the steps of:
- providing a wash drum having a perforated cylindrical wall, wherein the cylindrical wall has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end defines a first opening and the second end defines a second opening, and the cylindrical wall having at least one attachment position spaced away from the second end of the cylindrical wall towards the first end;
- providing a first rear cover insert;
- replacing the first rear cover insert with a second rear cover insert, wherein the second rear cover insert is different from the first rear cover insert;
- and
- determining one or more wash capacities by attaching the first rear cover insert to the cylindrical wall at the at least one attachment position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.