Domestic appliance pump

Claim 1

IN AN ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING A MOTOR AND PUMP ASSEMBLY TO A WASHER SUMP HAVING A SHOULDERED SUMP OUTLET, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: (A) HOUSING MEANS HAVING A PUMP INLET DEFINED BY AN UPSTANDING ANNULAR COLLAR SURROUNDING SAID INLET, AND THREE CONNECTOR TABS EXTENDING GENERALLY RADIALLY FROM SPACED POINTS AROUND SAID ANNULAR COLLAR AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTING SAID MOTOR AND PUMP ASSEMBLY TO SAID WASHER SUMP, (B) MEANS FOR SEALING BETWEEN SAID SUMP OUTLET AND SAID HOUSING MEANS INCLUDING AN ANNULAR SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED RUBBER TUBE-LIKE SEAL GENERALLY RECTANGULAR IN CROSS SECTION AND HAVING A RADIALLY INNER SIDE SEALINGLY FASTENED TO SAID ANNULAR COLL OF SAID HOUSING MEANS, A RADIALLY OUTER SIDE SEALINGLY ENGAGED WITH SAID SUMP OUTLET, A TOP SIDE JOINING SAID INNER AND OUTER SIDES AND A BOTTOM SIDE EXTENDING PART WAY FROM SAID OUTER SIDE TOWARD SAID INNER SIDE ADJACENT THE SHOULDER OF SAID SUMP OUTLET, (C) AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID HOUSING MEANS INCLUDING AN ANNULAR PUMP SEAL RETAINING RING HAVING A RING PORTION INSIDE SAID TUBE-LIKE SEAL AND INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL, DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING CONTINUOUS RIB ENGAGING THE BOTTOM SIDE OF SAID TUBE-LIKE SEAL WHERE SAID BOTTOM SIDE IS ADJACENT THE SHOULDER OF SAID SUMP OUTLET, SAID RING PORTION HAVING THREE U-SHAPED BRACKETS DEPENDING THEREFROM THROUGH NOTCHES IN SAID BOTTOM SIDE AND COINCIDENTAL RESPECTIVELY WITH SAID CONNECTOR TABS, EACH OF SAID BRACKETS INCLUDING A BASE PORTION UNDERLYING ITS RESPECTIVE CONNECTOR TAB, AND A RESILIENT SHOCK ABSORBING RUBBER BLOCK IN SANDWICHED RELATION BETWEEN EACH COINCIDENTAL PAIR OF SAID BASE PORTIONS AND SAID CONNECTOR TABS WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF SAID MOTOR AND PUMP ASSEMBLY IS RESILIENTLY CARRIED BY SAID SHOULDERED PUMP OUTLET THROUGH SAID BOTTOM SIDE OF SAID TUBE-LIKE SEAL, SAID PUMP RETAINING RING, SAID BRACKETS AND SAID RUBBER BLOCKS.