Agitating and spinning mechanism

Claim 2

IN A WASHING MACHINE, A TUB, MEANS FOR AGITATING IN SAID TUB, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID TUB, A MOTOR, POWER TRANSMITTING MEANS DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID MOTOR TO SAID TUB AND SAID AGITATING MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID TUB AND FOR MOVING SAID AGITATING MEANS, SAID POWER TRANSMITTING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SELF-ENERGIZING MOTION TRANSMITTING ROLLERS HAVING DIFFERENT MOMENT ARMS, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING MOTION THROUGH DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF ROLLERS TO SELECT PREDETERMINED DIFFERENT SPEED RATIOS BETWEEN SAID MOTOR AND SAID TUB AND SAID AGITATING MEANS.

Claim 3

IN COMBINATION, TWO SHAFT MEANS CONCENTRICALLY ARRANGED, AN ENCLOSING HOUSING SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING THE SHAFT MEANS, THE OPPOSITE ADJACENT ENDS OF EACH OF SAID SHAFT MEANS PROTRUDING OUT OF SAID HOUSING, MEANS PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID TWO SHAFT MEANS, A SPIN DRUM THREADEDLY ENGAGING ONE OF SAID SHAFT MEANS AND HAVING A DRIVING POSITION AND A BRAKING POSITION, A FIRST BRAKE PORTION FIXED AGAINST RELATIVE ROTATION TO SAID SPIN DRUM AND MOVABLE AXIALLY RELATIVE TO SAID SPIN DRUM, A SPRING MEMBER INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST BRAKE PORTION AND SAID SPIN DRUM, A SECOND BRAKE PORTION AFFIXED TO SAID ENCLOSING HOUSING ADJACENT SAID FIRST BRAKE PORTION, AND MEANS FOR MOTIVATING SAID SPIN DRUM TO SAID DRIVING POSITION FOR ROTATING SAID ONE OF SAID SHAFT MEANS, SAID SPIN DRUM MOVING TO SAID BRAKING POSITION AGAINST THE BIAS OF SAID SPRING MEMBER AT THE TERMINATION OF SAID ROTATING TO STOP SAID ONE OF SAID SHAFT MEANS.

Claim 4

IN COMBINATION, TWO SHAFT MEANS CONCENTRICALLY ARRANGED, AN ENCLOSING HOUSING SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING THE SHAFT MEANS, THE OPPOSITE ADJACENT ENDS OF EACH OF SAID SHAFT MEANS PROTRUDING OUT OF SAID HOUSING, MEANS PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID TWO SHAFT MEANS, A SPIN DRUM THREADEDLY ENGAGING ONE OF SAID SHAFT MEANS AND HAVING A DRIVING POSITION AND A BRAKING POSITION, A FIRST BRAKE PORTION FIXED AGAINST RELATIVE ROTATION TO SAID SPIN DRUM AND MOVABLE AXIALLY RELATIVE TO SAID SPIN DRUM, A SPRING MEMBER INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST BRAKE PORTION AND SAID SPIN DRUM, A SECOND BRAKE PORTION AFFIXED TO SAID ENCLOSING HOUSING ADJACENT SAID FIRST BRAKE PORTION, AND MEANS FOR MOTIVATING SAID SPIN DRUM TO SAID DRIVING POSITION FOR ROTATING SAID ONE OF SAID SHAFT MEANS, SAID SPIN DRUM MOVING TO SAID BRAKING POSITION AGAINST THE BIAS OF SAID SPRING MEMBER AT THE TERMINATION OF SAID ROTATING TO STOP SAID ONE OF SAID SHAFT MEANS.