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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Robert G. Sokalski, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Daniel K. Amonett, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Donald E. Smith, Smithville, TN (US);
France/Scott Fetzer Company, Fairview, TN (US);
Abstract
Cam-operated timers for various appliances, such as a clothes washer and a dryer, wherein the timers that are nearly identical from the user's standpoint. For example, the timer may be provided on both a clothes washer and a dryer. Each timer may be set and started in a same or similar manner. The timers each include a rotatable cam-carrying member having cam surfaces thereon, a timing motor, a drive mechanism, a plurality of cam-actuated switches and members generating a motion pattern, audible and/or tactile feedback, and both timers in response to actions by an operator setting the timer.