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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
John William Pielemeier, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
68133 ; 68134 ; 74126 ; 259101 ;
Abstract
A washer agitator with an oscillating skirt portion below an upper, unidirectionally-rotating auger agitator portion has scrubbing vanes on the skirt ramped on one side so that the fabric such as clothing being washed is driven by the scrubbing vanes in a direction opposite to the direction of orbital fabric movement induced by the rotating auger, thereby minimizing tangling of the fabric during the washing cycle while optimizing roll-over.