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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. 21, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Hauser, Strongsville, OH (US);
Assignee:
MTD Products Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ; F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74570 ; 68 232 ; 68 237 ; 74 32 ; 74 33 ; 7457 / ; 403331 ;
Abstract
An eccentric gear for a transmission for a washing machine which uses an off center gear having a dual part construction combination with a rack and pinion mechanism, a brake clutch, and a drive clutch to provide the agitation and the high speed spin of the washing machine.