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US3311237A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Fluid extractor speed control

Assignee: Maytag Corp
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Filing: 1966-05-31
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Granted: 1967-03-28
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Expires: 1986-05-31
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Richard P Bergeson
  • 👤 Charles T Bergman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 00:51
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06F; D06F34/00; D06F34/14; D06F34/16; D06F33/00; D06F33/50; D06F33/76; D06F2103/00; D06F2103/26

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 178 words
IN A LAUNDRY APPARATUS OPERABLE THROUGH AN EXTRACTION OPERATION FOR CENTRIFUGING FLUID FROM FABRICS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A SUPPORT; A CASING MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT; A FABRIC CONTAINER REVOLUBLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CASING ON A NON-VERTICAL AXIS AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID FABRICS; DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CONTAINER AT A PLURALITY OF SPEEDS INCLUDING A TUMBLE SPEED FOR TUMBLING SAID FABRICS, A LOW EXTRACTION SPEED FOR ARRANGING AND HOLDING THE FABRICS AGAINST THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID CONTAINER, AND A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED FOR EFFECTING CENTRIFUGAL FLUID EXTRACTION; MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID DRIVE MEANS TO SELECTIVELY EFFECT ACCELERATION OF SAID CONTAINER TOWARD SAID HIGH SPEED ROTATION; SENSING MEANS ACTUATABLE RESPONSIVE TO PREDETERMINED UNBALANCED FORCES WITHIN SAID CONTAINER DURING EITHER SAID EXTRACTION SPEEDS FOR OPERATING SAID CONTROLLING MEANS TO RETURN SAID CONTAINER TO SAID TUMBLE SPEED; AND TIME DELAY MEANS RESPONSIVE TO ACTUATION OF SAID SENSING MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CONTROLLING MEANS TO INTERRUPT OPERATION OF SAID CONTAINER AT SAID TUMBLE SPEED AND TO INITIATE OPERATION AT SAID LOW EXTRACTION SPEED AFTER A FIRST PREDETERMINED TIME DELAY
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 178 words
IN A LAUNDRY APPARATUS OPERABLE THROUGH AN EXTRACTION OPERATION FOR CENTRIFUGING FLUID FROM FABRICS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A SUPPORT; A CASING MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT; A FABRIC CONTAINER REVOLUBLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CASING ON A NON-VERTICAL AXIS AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID FABRICS; DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CONTAINER AT A PLURALITY OF SPEEDS INCLUDING A TUMBLE SPEED FOR TUMBLING SAID FABRICS, A LOW EXTRACTION SPEED FOR ARRANGING AND HOLDING THE FABRICS AGAINST THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID CONTAINER, AND A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED FOR EFFECTING CENTRIFUGAL FLUID EXTRACTION; MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID DRIVE MEANS TO SELECTIVELY EFFECT ACCELERATION OF SAID CONTAINER TOWARD SAID HIGH SPEED ROTATION; SENSING MEANS ACTUATABLE RESPONSIVE TO PREDETERMINED UNBALANCED FORCES WITHIN SAID CONTAINER DURING EITHER SAID EXTRACTION SPEEDS FOR OPERATING SAID CONTROLLING MEANS TO RETURN SAID CONTAINER TO SAID TUMBLE SPEED; AND TIME DELAY MEANS RESPONSIVE TO ACTUATION OF SAID SENSING MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CONTROLLING MEANS TO INTERRUPT OPERATION OF SAID CONTAINER AT SAID TUMBLE SPEED AND TO INITIATE OPERATION AT SAID LOW EXTRACTION SPEED AFTER A FIRST PREDETERMINED TIME DELAY

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