Tub unit and suspension basic structure for agitator washer

Claim 1

AN AGITATOR WASHING MACHINE, COMPRISING, A CABINET STRUCTURE HAVING A BOTTOM FRAME, NON-ROTATABLE TUB HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND A PERIPHERAL SIDE WALL, A TRANSMISSION ENCLOSED IN A HOUSING AND HAVING A CENTER POST EXTENDING FROM AN UPPER END SURFACE OF THE HOUSING AND AN IMPUT DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING FROM A LOWER END SURFACE OF THE HOUSING, MEANS SECURING THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID TUBE TO SAID UPPER END SURFACE WITH SAID CENTER POST EXTENDING WITHIN SAID TUB, A PIVOT PLATE, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED SUPPORT BRACES FASTENED AT ONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS TO RESPECTIVE SPACED POINTS ABOUT THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF SAID TUBE AND AT THEIR RESPECTIVE OTHER ENDS TO SAID PIVOT PLATE, MEANS TO SUPPORT SAID PIVOT PLATE FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ON THE BOTTOM FRAME OF SAID CABINET, RESILIENT MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID CABINET STRUCTURE AND RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID BRACES TO CONSTRAIN SAID TUB AND CENTER POST TO ASSUME A GENERALLY VERTICAL POSITION WITHIN SAID CABINET, AND MEANS TO SECURE THE LOWER END SURFACE OF SAID TRANSMISSION HOUSING TO SAID BRACES AT POINTS INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS.