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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:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward R. Chamberlin, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert G. Whitman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Standex International Corporation, Salem, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
Abstract
A washing machine ( ) includes a motor cut-off circuit ( ) which includes a fuse ( ) and a blow switch ( ) responsive to a brake failure signal (BFS) to blow the fuse ( ) and prevent the motor ( ) from thereafter being energized until the fuse ( ) is reset or replaced.