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AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorsKlaus Bierbach, Reinhard Heyder, Jorg Skrippek
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A drive apparatus for a washing machine having a laundry drum and a suds container includes a stiff supporting star having a bearing sleeve for mounting the laundry drum of the washing machine in the bearing sleeve, a substantially horizontal shaft for connecting the supporting star to the rear wall of the suds container, a flat motor for directly driving the laundry drum, and a bearing. The motor is to be mounted on the rear wall of the suds container. The motor is connected to the supporting star and has a stator support, field windings connected to the stator support, a rotor connected to the shaft through a bearing of the shaft, and magnetic poles connected to the rotor. The bearing connects the stator support to the rotor.
A drive apparatus for a washing machine having a laundry drum and a suds container with a rear wall, comprising:
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