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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel F. Wunderlich, Newton, IA (US);
Assignee:
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 2/306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 2/306 ;
Abstract
A washing appliance includes a spinner basket having a curved labyrinth ring around its outer surface. The labyrinth ring blocks water from leaving the spinner basket during the washing cycle wherein the basket spins in a first direction. The labyrinth ring permits water to exit the spinner basket when it is rotating in the opposite direction during its spinning cycle.