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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Sanjana Tuniki, Hyderabad, IN;
Neki Jashwant Patel, Hyderabad, IN;
Sanjay Yadav Majjath, Hyderabad, IN;
Jay Pareshbhai Shinde, Hyderabad, IN;
Sasikumar Durairaj, Hyderabad, IN;
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A washing machine appliance or agitator may include an impeller base and an extended post. The impeller base may be rotatably mounted within and define a rotation axis. The impeller base may include a mounting face with one or more dovetail joints. The extended post may be removably attached to the impeller base to rotate therewith. The extended post may include a base body base body extending along the rotation axis between a bottom end proximal to the impeller base and a top end distal to the impeller base. The extended post may also include an auger fin extending radially from the base body between the bottom end and the top end. The extended post may further include a mating face disposed on the bottom end. The mating face may define one or more receiver slots corresponding to and selectively receiving the one or more dovetail joints.