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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles T Lutes, Louisville, KY (US);
David E Netter, Jeffersontown, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ; D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8158 ; 68 20 ; 68 58 ;
Abstract
A laundry machine for washing clothes having both a wash and extraction operation. There is included a rotatable drum for tumbling the clothes and means for introducing liquid into the drum. Means are also provided for producing a vacuum or negative pressure to which is connected two active baffles located on opposite sides of the interior of the drum to withdraw the liquid and air from the drum and two inactive baffles therebetween. This arrangement improves the washability of such a laundry machine.