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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:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Desmond R Armstrong, Wallington, GB;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307140 ; 68 1 / ; 307141 ; 318484 ;
Abstract
A motor speed control circuit for use in a washing machine includes a timer which in normal operation accelerates the motor from a wash speed to a distribution speed before a fast acceleration to the spin dry speed. The control circuit includes speed measurement means for maintaining the motor at spin speed in the event of a power interruption during a spin cycle provided the drum speed remains above a given critical speed when the power returns. If not, a redistribution cycle takes place before the motor is accelerated to its spin speed.