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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Jeffrey T. Roney, Stanford, KY (US);
Eric E. Muhlenkamp, Danville, KY (US);
Jeffrey T. Roney, Stanford, KY (US);
Eric E. Muhlenkamp, Danville, KY (US);
Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Abstract
An agitator includes an axle, a pulley having a hub mounted to the axle and a belt receiving face having at least one lengthwise channel and a sleeve of molded material received over the axle and in the at least one lengthwise channel. A method of constructing an agitator from an axle and pulley includes the fitting of the axle into the pulley, the injecting of plastic resin into one end of the agitator forming mold on a first side of the pulley and the directing of plastic through at least one channel in the pulley to a second side of the pulley.