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US 2023/0383453 A1Published application
Laundry washing machine with biased variable length agitator
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsBryan T. Snook, Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Abstract
A laundry washing machine includes a variable length agitator that is configurable in multiple configurations that provide different lengths for the agitator along its axis of rotation. The variable length agitator includes at least first and second members that are moveable relative to one another both along and about the axis of rotation to vary the length of the variable length agitator along the axis of rotation.
Claims21
A laundry washing machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- a wash tub disposed within the housing;
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- a variable length agitator disposed within the wash tub and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, the variable length agitator being configurable in at least first and second configurations that respectively provide first and second lengths for the variable length agitator along the axis of rotation, and the variable length agitator including first and second members, wherein the first member is moveable relative to the second member both along the axis of rotation and about the axis of rotation to vary the length of the variable length agitator along the axis of rotation.
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