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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:
Sep. 04, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen L McMillan, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ; D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
68 233 ; 68 2 / ; 68171 ; 68207 ; 68208 ;
Abstract
A tubless washer system including a wash and drive subsystem which allows the basket to be mounted on a hollow drive shaft that provides a water conduit from the basket to the drain sump. The wash and drive subsystem is mounted on a support frame including a generally spherical bearing surface. The entire wash and drive subsystem is supported on a generally spherical surface on the cabinet base which is formed complementary to the spherical bearing surface of the subsystem.