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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Beijiao, CN;
Inventors:
Bryan T. Snook, Louisville, KY (US);
Aaron Daniel Abbott, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Beijiao, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 13/02 (2006.01); D06F 13/04 (2006.01); D06F 17/10 (2006.01); D06F 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 13/02 (2013.01); D06F 13/04 (2013.01); D06F 17/10 (2013.01); D06F 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laundry washing machine includes a variable length agitator that is configurable in multiple configurations that provide different lengths for the agitator along its axis of rotation. The variable length agitator includes at least first and second members that are moveable relative to one another both along and about the axis of rotation to vary the length of the variable length agitator along the axis of rotation.