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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
David W. Carr, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Dale E. Mueller, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Basak Oguz, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Jon D. Strait, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
David W. Carr, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Dale E. Mueller, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Basak Oguz, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Jon D. Strait, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harboor, MI (US);
Abstract
A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover to terminate in a tip.