公开(公告)号：US20170292216A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-12

申请号：US15094387

申请日：2016-04-08

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： DAVID GOSHGARIAN ,  VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ ,  BRADLEY MORROW ,  KARTIK VASTRAD ,  BRET WAMHOFF

IPC: D06F37/40

CPC classification number: D06F37/40 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F2204/06

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprises a rotatable basket with a spin tube, a rotatable clothes mover located within the rotatable basket, a motor having a drive shaft extending through the spin tube and operably coupled to the clothes mover, and a drive system selectively rotatably coupling the spin tube and the drive shaft and comprising a first threaded ring located about the spin tube, a second threaded ring threaded about the first threaded ring wherein at least one of the first threaded ring and the second threaded ring is axially movable relative to the other, and a gear assembly rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20170260679A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-14

申请号：US15065184

申请日：2016-03-09

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： DAVID CARR ,  ERIC FARRINGTON ,  DAVID GOSHGARIAN ,  VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ ,  NARENDRA KAPURE ,  ABHIJEET NALAWADE ,  KARTIK VASTRAD ,  BRET WAMHOFF

IPC: D06F37/40 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F33/02

CPC classification number: D06F37/40 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F39/003 ,  D06F39/028 ,  D06F39/045 ,  D06F39/085 ,  D06F39/088

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a motor drivingly coupled to the clothes mover to selectively oscillate or rotate the clothes mover, and a loss motion device having a clutch configured to move among a set of indexed positions in response to rotation of the clothes mover, with the loss motion device being configured to rotationally couple the clothes mover and the basket after the clutch moves through the set of indexed positions.