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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward R. Chamberlin, Loveland, OH (US);
Alan Mark Faulhaber, Jr., Maineville, OH (US);
Robert G. Whitman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Standet International Corporation, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
Abstract
A washing machine ( ) includes a one part sensor ( ) mounted to detect passage of a component normally associated with, and rotatable with, the drive shaft ( ) of the machine ( ) to detect speed of rotation of the shaft ( ) and, in turn, speed of rotation of the clothes basket ( ) without the need for a second, additional component not normally required for proper rotational operation of basket ( ).