Automatic washer and a wash plate clothes deflector therefor
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsVicki Lyn Wyatt, Dale E. Mueller, Gerald L. Kretchman, James W. Titus
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Abstract
A washplate deflector for an automatic washer having a wash basket and a moveable washplate positioned within the basket. The deflector is mounted to the periphery of the washplate and abuts the wash basket, preventing clothing disposed in the wash basket from being caught between the washplate and the wash basket.
Claims39
An automatic washer for washing clothing, the automatic washer comprising:
- a wash basket having a perimeter wall;
- a washplate disposed adjacent the wash basket;
- a deflector provided on the washplate and abutting the perimeter wall;
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- the deflector comprising a biasing portion and a low friction portion and the biasing portion biases the deflector into abutting relationship with the wash basket and the low friction portion decreases the friction between the deflector and the wash basket.
An automatic washer for washing clothing, the automatic washer comprising:
- a wash basket having a perimeter wall defining an access opening;
- a washplate disposed adjacent the wash basket;
- a deflector provided on the washplate and abutting the perimeter wall;
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- the deflector comprising an elastic layer and a low friction layer and the elastic layer biases the low friction layer into abutting relationship with the perimeter wall.
An automatic washer for washing clothing, the automatic washer comprising:
- a wash basket having a perimeter wall defining an access opening;
- a washplate disposed adjacent the wash basket;
- a deflector provided on the washplate and abutting the perimeter wall;
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- springs disposed between the washplate and deflector to bias the deflector toward the wash basket.
An automatic washer for washing clothing, the automatic washer comprising:
- a wash basket having a perimeter wall defining an access opening;
- a washplate disposed adjacent the wash basket;
- a deflector provided on the washplate and abutting the perimeter wall;
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- the deflector has a plurality of notches about its periphery to reduce the puckering of the deflector when it is in abutting relationship with the wash basket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.