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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Viktor N. Kopyrin, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert J. Pinkowski, Baroda, MI (US);
James J. Visin, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Mary E. Zeitler, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Dale E. Mueller, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Viktor N. Kopyrin, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert J. Pinkowski, Baroda, MI (US);
James J. Visin, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Mary E. Zeitler, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Dale E. Mueller, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A clothes mover in a washing machine comprises a body mounted for reciprocal rotational movement about a generally vertical axis and at least one vane, which comprises a base mounted to the body and a tail extending from the base and having an upper edge that transitions into a tip. The tail can be free of the body for side-to-side flexing and can be configured such that a portion of the tail extending between the upper edge and the tip can flex from a generally vertical position toward the body. The body can be made of a first material, and the vane can be made of a second material different from the first material.