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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. 02, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1999
Neville David Seagar, Auckland, NZ;
Gordon Sharpe Hunter, Auckland, NZ;
Joanne Mercia Oliver, Auckland, NZ;
Cameron Bruce William Treeby, Auckland, NZ;
Russell Joseph Jackson, Auckland, NZ;
Fisher & Paykel Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A laundry appliance such as a washing machine ( ) or a clothes drier ( ) where user access to the clothes containing vessel ( ) is facilitated by supporting the vessel in a structure ( ) which may be tilted or slid out of the front of the appliance cabinet. When the structure is withdrawn from the cabinet the vessel hatch ( ) is accessed substantially from the top. The vessel is preferably mounted with its axis horizontal and oriented in a side to side or “east-west” direction. The appliance motor ( ) control system sets the rotational position of the clothes vessel ( ) so that when the structure ( ) is withdrawn from the cabinet the hatchway is upper most. The hatch ( ) is slid back to allow access to the vessel interior as part of the rotational positioning process.
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