Whirlpool Corporation

Harold S Stacik

Steven John Kuehl

Warren Richard Hafstrom

An idler pulley assembly for tensioning a belt drive for a clothes dryer or other belt driven appliance. The idler pulley assembly provides a spring steel support anchored to a base of the clothes dryer, a Y-shaped bracket connected to the spring steel support and holding an idle pulley at an opposite end. The idle pulley is mounted on an open cross section, C-shaped shaft which is fixed at opposite arms of the Y-shaped bracket. An oil impregnated wick is inserted into the shaft which deposits oil on an inside surface of the idler pulley journaling the shaft.

Plastic bearing dryer idler

A latch mechanism is provided for an automatic washer/dryer combination unit which positively latches the lid of the washer unit upon rotation of the washer lid to an open position. The latch mechanism operates automatically by gravitational action after rotation of the lid past the latch pin. No mechanical or magnetic forces are required for the latching action. Further, the latch mechanism is adaptable to latch differently sized lids in different mounting arrangements.

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Harold S Stacik