US5085064A
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Drum type washing and dehydrating machine
Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1990-06-14
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Granted: 1992-02-04
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Expires: 2010-06-14
Abstract
Abstract In a drum type washing and dehydrating machine which is elastically supported, the drum type washing and dehydrating machine according to the present invention comprises a vibration fixing device having a clamping part for fixing or releasing a base on which is installed a treatment drum system, and means for releasing the vibration fixing device from its preceding fixed state, in the washing and dehydrating processes, after the vibrations of the machine passed the vibration resonance point of the system.
Inventors
- 👤 Shoichi Hayashi
- 👤 Hidetoshi Ishihara
- 👤 Atsushi Ueda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 04:59
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06F; D06F49/00; D06F37/00; D06F37/20; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/21; Y10T74/2121; Y10T74/2131
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
In a drum type washing and dehydrating machine having a base, with a treatment drum system installed thereon, supported elastically on the ground, the drum type washing and dehydrating machine comprising a vibration fixing device, said device having a clamping part and an actuator for actuating said clamping part, said clamping part being selectively affixable to said base by operating said actuator, and control means for detecting the vibrations of said base and for actuating said actuator based on the detected vibration frequency of said base.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
In a drum type washing and dehydrating machine having a base, with a treatment drum system installed thereon, supported elastically on the ground, the drum type washing and dehydrating machine comprising a vibration fixing device, said device having a clamping part and an actuator for actuating said clamping part, said clamping part being selectively affixable to said base by operating said actuator, and control means for detecting the vibrations of said base and for actuating said actuator based on the detected vibration frequency of said base.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
164 words
The drum type washing and dehydrating machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said actuator consists of an air cylinder which is connected selectively to a source of compressed air or the atmosphere via an electromagnetic switching valve and wherein said control means is equipped with a vibration frequency detector which detects the vibrations of said base, and with a controller which computes the vibration frequency based on a signal from said detector, compares the detected vibration frequency with a reference vibration frequency value set in advance and selectively drives said electromagnetic switching valve in accordance with the detected vibration frequency to actuate said actuator to affix said clamping part on said base during the period when the detected vibration frequency of said base is smaller than said reference vibration frequency value, and to de-actuate said actuator to release said clamping part from said base during the period when the detected vibration frequency of said base is larger than said reference vibration frequency value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The drum type washing and dehydrating machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein said reference vibration frequency value corresponds to the number of revolutions of the drum, the number being √2 times the number of revolutions of the drum corresponding to the resonance frequency of the machine.
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