Drive mechanism for washing machine

Claim 1

IN A WASHING MACHINE HAVING A TUB WITHIN WHICH CLOTHES ARE WASHED AND CENTRIFUGALLY DRIED, COMBINATION TUB DRIVING AND BRAKING MEANS, INCLUDING: STRUCTURE FIXED TO SAID TUB FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS; AN ANNULAR CLUTCH PLATE CONCENTRIC WITH SAID TUB AXIS; SPRING MEANS ARRANGED TO EXERT A PREDETERMINED, SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM AXIAL EFFORT ON SAID CLUTCH PLATE FOR URGING SAID CLUTCH PLATE INTO FRICTIONAL DRIVING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE; A DRIVING MEMBER CONCENTRIC WITH SAID AXIS OF ROTATION; A HUB CONCENTRIC WITH SAID CLUTCH PLATE AND ROTATABLE RELATIVE THERETO; A CLUTCH MECHANISM MOUNTED ON SAID DRIVING MEMBER FOR ROTATING SAID HUB, SAID MECHANISM BEING OF THE DIRECTION RESPONSIVE TYPE TO TRANSMIT MINIMUM ROTATIONAL EFFORT TO SAID HUB IN ONE DIRECTION OF ROTATION AND MAXIMUM ROTATIONAL EFFORT THERETO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION OF ROTATION; A FIRST DRIVE ARM EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID HUB IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION TO SAID CLUTCH PLATE; A SECOND DRIVE ARM EXTENDING FROM SAID CLUTCH PLATE; MEANS PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID PLATE SAID SECOND ARM WHILE PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM RELATIVE THERETO; MEANS PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND ARMS; A STOP MEMBER FIXED RELATION TO SAID SECOND ARM, SAID ARM HAVING MEANS TO ENGAGE SAID STOP MEMBER TO PRECLUDE ROTATION OF SAID CLUTCH PLATE; SPRING MEANS FOR URGING SAID SECOND ARM LATERALLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STOP MEMBER;