Drying cabinet shaker mechanism
AssigneeMaytag Corporation
InventorsTroy Johnson, Dean Schaffran
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Abstract
A clothes drying cabinet is provided with a shaker assembly including a bar suspended in the cabinet for supporting clothes hangers. A motor is mounted adjacent the bar and has a drive shaft. A drive weight is eccentrically mounted to the drive shaft of the motor so that upon actuation of the motor, the drive weight imparts a shaking motion to the bar so as to facilitate removal of wrinkles from the clothing on the hangers. A ballast weight may also be provided in the shaker assembly so as to evenly distribute the energy from the eccentric weight regardless of the weight of the clothes hanging on the bar.
Claims20
An improved shaker assembly for a clothes drying cabinet, comprising:
- a bar adapted to be suspended in the cabinet for supporting clothes on hangers;
- a motor adapted to be mounted adjacent the bar and having a drive shaft;
- a first weight eccentrically mounted to the drive shaft of the motor;
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- whereby actuation of the motor rotates the first weight so as to impart an oscillating motion to the bar.
A method of shaking clothing in a drying cabinet to facilitate wrinkle removal, comprising:
- hanging the clothing on a bar suspended in the cabinet;
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- shaking the bar and hung clothing using a rotating eccentrically mounted weight.
A clothes drying cabinet, comprising:
- a non-rotating chamber;
- a bar suspended in the chamber for receiving hangers with clothes;
- a motor mounted in the chamber and having a drive shaft;
- a first weight eccentrically mounted on the drive shaft to shake the bar when the motor is actuated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.