General Electric Company

Edward J McInerney

James Alfred Day

William J Ward, Iii

Monica A Ferrero-Heredia

Scott Eben Dunn

Derek Lee Watkins

Mark Weaver

Greg Miller

John C Rieber

Douglas P Thomas

A drive mechanism for a washing machine having a basket rotatably mounted within a tub includes a motor having a first pulley. A washing apparatus is mounted within the basket. A rotatable shaft has first and second ends, the first end being directly coupled to the washing apparatus. A second pulley is mounted on the second end of the shaft. A drive belt connects the first pulley to the second pulley. An inverter is operatively coupled to the motor. A controller is operatively coupled to the inverter and the motor. The controller is configured to control the motor based on a predetermined agitation profile.

Belt drive washer

Polyurethane foam of low thermal conductivity is prepared by employing carbon dioxide as a blowing agent, preferably in combination with a halogenated compound, typically a halocarbon or halohydrocarbon such as monofluorotrichloromethane or 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane, and incorporating in the foam a carbon dioxide-reactive reagent. Sodium hydroxide and soda lime are illustrative carbon dioxide-reactive reagents. The carbon dioxide is preferably formed in situ by the reaction of water with the diisocyanate precursor of the polyurethane, and the carbon dioxide-reactivereagent is preferably introduced in admixture with a portion of the polyol precursor.

Polyurethane foam of low thermal conductivity and method of preparation

A styrene-acrylonitrile composition having reinforcing glass fibers, a brominated flame-retarding additive, and polytetrafluorethylene in amounts sufficient to prevent dripping of the composition at flaming combustion conditions.

Reinforced styrene acrylonitrile copolymer having improved temperature

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Edward J McInerney