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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Pinkowski, Baroda, MI (US);
Robert Harlan Nehrig, Stevensville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
68 1202 ; 68 1204 ; 68133 ;
Abstract
An automatic washer having an agitator that is responsive to the forces imparted to the agitator from a clothes load. The agitation comprises an auger, having an auger vane that is connected to a base having flexible vanes, by a force responder. Upon the imparting of a force from the clothes to the agitator, the auger translates relative to the base to relieve the force.