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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:
Mar. 18, 1980
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J Noe, Newton, IA (US);
Assignee:
The Maytag Company, Newton, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7424 / ; 74227 ; 68 237 ; 56 116 ;
Abstract
An adjustable idler mechanism for use with a belt drive system in a laundry appliance. The idler mechanism includes first and second bell cranks pivoted about a common point and interconnected by a threaded member for adjustment with respect to each other to place tension on the drive belt. A solenoid is provided to disengage the idler mechanism from the drive belt during predetermined portions of a cycle of operations.