Clothes washer

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC CLOTHES, WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING A HOUSING PROVIDED WITH AN ACCESS DOOR FOR GAINING ACCESS TO A CLOTHES BASKET WITHIN THE HOUSING: (A) APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THE FUNCTIONS REQUIRED FOR A WASHING CYCLE WITHIN SAID WASHING MACHINE; (B) A CIRCUIT FOR ENABLING CONNECTION OF SAID APPARATUS ACROSS A SOURCE OF POWER; (C) PROGRAM CONTROL MEANS FOR CAUSING ENERGIZATION THROUGH SAID CIRCUIT OF SAID APPARATUS WITHIN A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME AND IN A PREDETERMINED MANNER TO PROVIDE A WASHING OPERATION, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST SWITCH CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID CIRCUIT, SAID FIRST SWITCH WHEN CLOSED BEING EFFECTIVE TO INITIATE SAID PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME AND BEING OPENED TO END SAID PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME; (D) A SECOND SWITCH INCLUDING A SWITCH ACTUATOR DISPOSED ADJACENT THE DOOR SO AS TO BE ACTUATED BY THE DOOR, SAID SECOND SWITCH MOVING FROM A FIRST POSITION WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED TO A SECOND POSITION WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN; AND (E) AN ELECTRIC INDICATING DEVICE OF THE AUDIO-VISUAL TYPE CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID FIRST SWITCH AND WITH SAID SECOND POSITION OF SAID SECOND SWITCH, WHEREBY WHEN SAID FIRST SWITCH IS CLOSED AND SAID SECOND SWITCH IS IN ITS SECOND POSITION SAID INDICATING DEVICE IS ENERGIZED, BUT WHEN SAID SECOND SWITCH IS IN ITS FIRST POSITION, SAID INDICATING DEVICE IS NOT ENERGIZED.