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US 8,448,477 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance with controlled reciprocating movement
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsFarhad Ashrafzadeh, Luiz Von Dokonal, Robert J. Pinkowski
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Abstract
Reciprocating laundry treating appliances are disclosed. An example laundry treating appliance includes a motor to rotate a drum about the horizontal axis of rotation and an axial drive mechanism to reciprocate the drum relative to the horizontal axis of rotation. The drum may be reciprocated to distribute laundry within the drum. The rotation and reciprocation may be independent and/or simultaneous.
Claims13
A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a drum defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry and rotatable about a horizontal axis of rotation;
- an electric motor coupled to the drum to rotate the drum about the horizontal axis of rotation;
- an axial drive mechanism coupled to the drum to axially reciprocate the drum along the horizontal axis of rotation;
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- a controller coupled with the axial drive mechanism, the controller configured to control an axial reciprocation of the drum along the horizontal axis of rotation.
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