Laundry machine

Claim 1

IN A LAUNDRY DEVICE, A SUPPORT, A BASKET MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON SAID SUPPORT AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE CLOTHING AND OTHER ARTICLES TO BE TREATED IN THE BASKET, A DRIVE MOTOR, MEANS PROVIDING A DIRECT TORQUE TRANSMITTING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND BASKET SUCH THAT THE RATIO OF MOTOR SPEED TO BASKET SPEED IS A CONSTANT VALUE AT ALL TIMES AND THE DIRECTION OF BASKET ROTATION IS DEPENDENT SOLELY UPON THE DIRECTION OF MOTOR ROTATION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SPEED OF THE MOTOR FOR VARYING THE EFFECTIVE ELECTRICAL POWER INPUT TO THE MOTOR SO THAT (A) WHEN THE TORQUE REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE THE BASKET TO A FIRST SPEED IS RELATIVELY HIGH, THE MOTOR HAS A RELATIVELY HIGH TORQUE OUTPUT, AND (B) WHEN THE BASKET HAS BEEN ACCELERATED TO SAID FIRST SPEED AND THE BASKET TORQUE REQUIREMENT DECREASED, THE EFFECTIVE POWER INPUT TO THE MOTOR IS DECREASED UNTIL THE TENDENCY IS TO DRIVE THE BASKET AT SAID FIRST SPEED, AND (C) WHEN THE BASKET IS TO BE SPUN AT A SECOND AND HIGHER SPEED, THE EFFECTIVE POWER INPUT IS DECREASED AT A RATE WHICH IS LESS THAN THE RATE OF DECREASE OF TORQUE REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE SAID BASKET FROM ITS FIRST TO ITS SECOND SPEED.