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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1990
Sooichi Fukuzawa, Hitachi, JP;
Seiichi Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Etsurou Hirose, Hitachi, JP;
Kazue Miyashita, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A washing tub and an outer tub are inclined together by a tub posture tilting mechanism. The tub posture tilting mechanism is constituted of a link mechanism structure. One of the tub posture tilting mechanism comprises mainly a pair of beams mounted integrally on the outer tub, a pair of bases mounted turnable on the beams, a crank mounted turnable on a rear base and an arm mounted turnable on the crank and mounted on a motor. The motor is mounted integrally on the rear base and drives the tub posture tilting mechanism. Another of the tub posture tilting mechanism comprises mainly a pair bases mounted turnable on the outer tub, a crank mounted turnable on a rear base and an arm mounted turnable on the crank and mounted turnable on a motor. The motor is mounted integrally on the outer tub and drives the tub posture tilting mechanism. A delicate washing clothes is washed softly in a triangular washing region at a uniform inclined state of the washing tub. The delicate washing clothes is washed softly by a reciprocate move of the washing tub in a variable washing region at a variable inclined state of the washing tub.