Laundry equipment power package

Claim 1

A LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT POWER PACKAGE COMPRISING A TRANSMISSION HAVING A SHAFT, AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMISSION TO DRIVE SAID SHAFT, SAID TRANSMISSION COMPRISING AN INTERNALLY TOOTHED RING GEAR AND AN EXTERNALLY TOOTHED PINION WITHIN SAID RING GEAR, SAID PINION AND RING GEAR HAVING DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF TEETH AND BEING OF A SIZE AND ECCENTRIC WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE TEETH OF THE PINION TO ENMESH WITH TEETH OF THE RING GEAR AT ONE ARC AND TO BE UNMESHED AT THE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE ARC; MEANS DRIVEN BY SAID MOTOR AND ROTATABLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID RING GEAR AND PINION FOR DRIVING SAID ONE OF THE RING GEAR AND PINION ECCENTRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER AND WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSMISSION SHAFT; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY BRAKING THE OTHER OF SAID PINION AND RING GEAR WHEREBY TO CAUSE SAID DRIVEN ONE OF THE RING GEAR AND PINION TO ROTATE WITH RESPECT TO THE BRAKED ONE AT A RATE PROPORTIONATE TO THE NUMBERS AND DIFFERENCES IN NUMBERS OF TEETH OF SAID PINION AND RING GEAR; AND MOTION-TRANSLATING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE SAID DRIVEN ONE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHAFT FOR CONVERTING THE ECCENTRIC MOTION OF THE DRIVEN ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSMISSION SHAFT TO ROTARY MOTION OF SAID SHAFT, SAID MOTION-TRANSLATING MEANS COMPRISING A TRANSMISSION PLATE CONCENTRIC WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHAFT, AND PINS ON ONE OF SAID TRANSMISSION PLATE AND DRIVEN ONE OF THE PINION AND RING GEAR, THE OTHER OF SAID TRANSMISSION PLATE AND DRIVEN ONE HAVING HOLES POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SAID PINS AND OF A SIZE WITH RESPECT TO SAID PINS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ECCENTRICITY OF THE DRIVEN ONE.