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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Eric K. Farrington, Stevensville, MI (US);
Steven Fricke, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Nicholas C. Fugal, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Christine L. Strain, Stevensville, MI (US);
Philip R. Thompson, Alvada, OH (US);
Robert C. Williams, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub and having an upper and lower basket base portion, a balance ring mounted to the upper edge of the basket peripheral wall, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a drive system comprising a motor operably coupled to the basket and the clothes mover and configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket or the clothes mover and a first and second drive shaft, and a drive attachment mechanism configured to couple the basket to the second drive shaft, with the drive attachment mechanism comprising a bushing assembly.