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US3385085A
US3385085A US563311A US56331166A US3385085A US 3385085 A US3385085 A US 3385085A US 563311 A US563311 A US 563311A US 56331166 A US56331166 A US 56331166A US 3385085 A US3385085 A US 3385085A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F23/00—Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry 
    • D06F23/06—Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry  and rotating or oscillating about an inclined axis
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/08—Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
    • D06F39/083—Liquid discharge or recirculation arrangements
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    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/10—Filtering arrangements
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • This invention relates to laundry equipment and more particularly to such equipment of the type in which the clothes or other articles to be treated are tumbled in a receptacle rotated about an essentially horizontal axis.
  • washing equipment either using soap or detergent and water or using dry cleaning fluid
  • drying equipment any suitable washing equipment
  • Washability is also affected by the manner in which the wash water and detergent or other cleaning liquid is supplied to and circulated through and around the clothes.
  • washing equipment is also dependent to a large extent on the ability of the equipment to handle suds and where necessary to reduce or eliminate excessive suds. In the past this has proved to be a particularly troublesome problem especially where the laundry equipment has been installed for use by the general public where excessive amounts of detergents are often used. In the past this has resulted either in a suds lock of the water recirculation system or, in a severe case, has resulted in a suds lock of the entire machine.
  • the present invention provides, in combination, a novel filter system which permits unimpeded flow of water and detergent despite the presence of excessive suds, a novel pump which is uniquely effective to recirculate the wash water passing through the filter and to maintain a flow of recirculating water and detergent, a vent system between the filter and the pump, which is automatically effective to pass excessive suds out of the machine and thus automatically limit the quantity of suds to the amount which can be effectively and efliciently handled by the pump, and a nozzle for reducing the size of the bubbles in the suds.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front view of the laundry machine embodying the present invention with parts broken away to show interior details;
  • FIGURE 2 is a side view of the machine of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the inner rotating tub with parts of the surrounding structure removed for clarity;
  • FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary section taken along line 4-4 of FIGURE 3;
  • FIGURE 5 is a vertical section taken along line 55 of FIGURE 1 showing details of the sump filter and a portion of the water recirculation system;
  • FIGURE 6 is a front view of the filter assembly in the assembled position shown in FIGURE 5;
  • FIGURE 7 is a diagrammatic view showing the inner tub, outer tub, sump and filter in reduced scale
  • FIGURE 8 is a transverse section taken along line 8-8 of FIGURE 5 showing additional details of construction
  • FIGURE 9 is a central vertical section taken along line 99 of FIGURE 5 showing the interior of a novel pump incorporated in the water recirculation system of the apparatus of the present invention
  • FIGURE 10 is a horizontal section taken along line 1010 of FIGURE 9;
  • FIGURE 11 is a vertical section taken along line 11-11 of FIGURE 10;
  • FIGURE 12 is an enlarged view of the water recirculation nozzle shown removed from the remainder of the apparatus
  • FIGURE 13 is a central vertical section taken along line 1313 of FIGURE 12;
  • FIGURE 14 is a top plan view of a detergent dispensing mechanism; incorporated in the present invention.
  • FIGURE 15 is an enlarged front view of the dispensing mechanism partly in section
  • FIGURE 16 is a section taken along line 1616 of FIGURE 15 showing additional details of the dispensing mechanism
  • FIGURE 17 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section showing a novel bearing and seal construction for rotatably supporting the inner tub;
  • FIGURE 18 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section through the seal of FIGURE 17;
  • FIGURE 19 is a simplified wiring diagram of a portion of the wiring diagram for this laundry machine, which includes a flushing circuit for the detergent dispenser and a holding circuit for continuing the extraction cycle in spite of suds pressure within the machine.
  • the laundry machine of the present invention is the front loading type in which the clothes to be washed are received in a drum or tub which is mounted for rotation in one direction about an essentially horizontal axis. All of the washing action is effected by either tumbling or spinning the clothes in the inner drum, the drum being rotated at a relatively slow speed for effecting the tumbling action and the drum being rotated at a relatively higher speed for effecting the spinning action which is employed for extracting moisture from the clothes.
  • the machine is first filled to a predetermined level with heated water, the water being supplied in such a manner that the detergent is automatically introduced.
  • the inner tub is then rotated at a relatively slow speed, for example 51-53 rpm. for an inner tub having an inner diameter of 24 inches, during which time the water and detergent are constantly recirculated through and around the clothes in a novel manner to be described below.
  • the wash water is then drained and the tub is rotated at an elevated speed, for example 200 or 400 rpm, to extract the moisture from the clothes.
  • a fresh supply of water is then introduced into the machine and the washdrain, spin and drain cycles are repeated.
  • the clothes are rinsed twice by continuing the tumbling action at a relatively low speed with the introduction of additional water while the tumbling action is changed in a manner described below.
  • the machine of the present invention is housed in an essentially cubical cabinet 20 having a control panel 22 projecting upwardly from its rear surface and a bottom hinged access door disposed centrally of its front face.
  • the principal structural components of the washing machine include the outer fixed drum or tub 26, inner rotating tub 28, which is supported for rotation in a novel bearing and seal construction indicated generally at 29, a novel detergent dispenser apparatus and a water recirculation system including a sump 32 formed integrally with the outer tub 26, a filter construction 34, a pump 36 and a recirculation nozzle 38 to which water is delivered by the pump 36.
  • the mechanism for driving the inner tub at two speeds, portions of the control apparatus including thermostats, valves, and the like may be of wholly conventional construction and have been omitted since they do not by themselves form a part of the present invention.
  • the outer tub 26 which is of water tight construction, includes a generally cylindrical body 40 which is closed at its rearward end by a conical bottom wall structure 42.
  • the front of the drum 26 is formed by a face plate 44 having a central embossment 46 in which a circular access opening 48 is formed.
  • the front face of the embossment 46 is suitably secured to the front panel of the cabinet 20 and the tub per se is also securely mounted within the cabinet by a mount structure indicated generally at 50 welded to the tub 26 and secured as by screws to the lower frame 52 of the cabinet.
  • the form of the embossment 46 and the mounting structure 52 are such that the tub 26 is supported at an angle with respect to the horizontal. Preferably the angle is such as to give the rotational axis of tub 26 a rearward inclination of about 7 with respect to the horizontal.
  • the inner tub assembly 28 which is supported by the bearing and seal assembly 29 to be described in detail below, comprises an essentially cylindrical body member 54 provided with a number of relatively small perforations 35 over the entire member 54 (only a few perforations 55 being shown in FIGURE 4 for purposes of illustration) to permit the passage of water therethrough.
  • the cylindrical tub member 54 At its rearward edge the cylindrical tub member 54 is provided with a radial flange 56 to which a panel and hub assembly 58 is peripherally welded.
  • the assembly 58 includes inner and outer walls 60 and 62 providing a rigid support for a hub 64 to which a drive and support shaft 66 is rigidly secured. To impart additional rigidity to the inner tub assembly it is provided with an inwardly projecting stiffening lip 67 around its forward edge.
  • baffles 70 The cylindrical wall 54 of the tub is provided with three identical rectangular cutouts 68 for the reception of three identical clothes engaging baflles 70A, 70B, and 70C generically called hereafter baffles 70.
  • the baflles are triangular in section and are preferably formed from a single piece of metal bent to the desired shape.
  • each of the bafiles is shaped to provide a forward radial surface 72 and a rearwardly facing inclined surface 74.
  • the bases of the bafiles are provided with outwardly projecting flanges 76 which are spot welded to offset portions of the tub 28 forming the margins of the cutouts 63.
  • the unique disposition of the baffles 70 within the inner tub 28 forms an important feature of the present invention to which many of its advantages are attributable.
  • the spacing between adjacent bailles is increased in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation indicated by the arrow in FIGURE 3. More specifically, proceeding around the drum in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation, the spacing between the bafiles 70A and 70B is 90, the spacing between the baffles 70B and 700 is 120 and the spacing between the baffles 70C and 70A is 150.
  • the clothes deposited therein are subject to driving impulses applied in a series of regularly increasing intervals, the series of driving impulses being repeated in a regular sequence.
  • the filter end sump arrangement of the present invention is essentially self cleaning because of its unique configuration and location and it is so constructed and positioned that on rare occasions when manual cleaning is required it may be readily removed from the front of the machine, the removal of the filter or trap also exposing the inlet side of the pump for inspection and repair.
  • the filter assembly 34 comprises a cylindrical screen 78, the major portion of which is located above the level of the bottom of the sump 32. At its forward end the screen is secured to opposite ends of a strap-type, spring clip 82 secured at its mid-portion to cover 80 adapted to be detachably secured to circular flange member 84 carired by the front panel K of housing 26.
  • Cover 80 is held in place telescopically in member 84 by a stiff bail or wire 86 of arcuate shape, having opposite ends dropped into and detachably received by inverted L-shaped notches 79 in flange member 84, and having a convex center portion swung like a bail downwardly into notch 81.
  • Wire 86 is of sufficient strength to require the use of a tool such as a screw driver to remove the cover 80 to prevent tampering.
  • the firm engagement between the cover 80 and the flange member 84 also compresses a radial flange 88 of a rubber boot 90 clamped to the forward end of the sump tube 92 which surrounds the forward end of the filter 34. Thus leakage in this area is effectively prevented.
  • the parts are so dimensioned that the spring clip 82 urges the filter sleeve 78 to the right as viewed in FIGURE 5 to urge the tapered, right-hand end of the sleeve into tight engagement with the conical bore of annular rubber seat member 94 carried by the rear wall of the sump 32 and having a cylindrical portion projecting into a sump outlet tube 96 welded to the rear wall of the sump.
  • the sump outlet tube 96 is connected to the inlet conduit 98 of the pump 36 by a flexible T fitting 100 having a side opening clamped to a vent pipe 102, the function of which will be described below.
  • screen 78 Since the screen 78 is located above the bottom of the sump 32 it is not subject to clogging by small articles of clothing nor by small articles such as nails, screws, key chains, knives and so forth which are often found in washing machines. It has been established by actual tests that screen 78 is largely self cleaning because of its location above the bottom of sump 32, its configuration, and the fact that water and other fluid is centrifugally thrown at high speed from inner tu-b 28 outwardly against the screen during high speed rotation of the inner tub during the water extraction portion of the cycle.
  • the battles 70 incorporated on the inner tub develop a pumping action which is effective to direct a stream of water and air against the adjacent side of the filter screen assembly 78 which keeps at least this side of the filter screen clear to permit substantially unimpeded flow of water and suds.
  • the screen 78 may be removed periodically by detaching the spring wire 86 and withdrawing the cover 80 together with the filter screen by axially pulling cover 80 toward the left in FIGURE 5.
  • the dimensions of the tubes 92 and 96 are such as to permit the machine operator to insert his arm through tube 92 with free access to reach into sump 32, to reach into the inlet side of pump 36 through the bores of member 94 and tube 96, and to remove readily by hand through the hole in member 84 any articles found in either pump 36 or sump 32. Accordingly, the screen 78 may be quickly cleaned and all foreign objects may be quickly and easily removed from the machine.
  • Assembly 80, 84, 86 has a number of additional advantages.
  • wire 86 is easily swung about a horizontal axis through its bail ends between locked and unlocked positions to either lock screen 78 in the position shown in FIGURE 5 or to permit axial removal of screen 78 for cleaning.
  • a padlock 83 is easily secured thereto in the position shown in FIGURE 6 to prevent removal of the screen 78.
  • the shank 83a of the padlock extends around bail wire 86 and through a hole in a horizontal flange 80a on cover 80.
  • the opening in member 84 is located high enough above the floor when the machine is mounted at normal height on a platform 87 to permit nearly complete draining of the machine through this hole into a pail 89 positioned on the floor in front of the machine.
  • rubber seat member 94 is preferably made of magnetic rubber stock so as not only to collect nails and other metallic foreign objects before they reach pump 36 to thus protect the pump but also to center and to pull into firm seating engagement the right end of screen 78 withint he conical mouth of member 94.
  • the pump 36 which returns the water after it is passed through the filter assembly to the recirculation nozzle 38, is of unique construction and is uniquely effective in maintaining a flow of water despite the presence of excessive suds in the system. Pumping suds causes difliculty because suds is a combination of liquid and gas. Gas is not normally pumped well by a pump able to handle liquids efiiciently.
  • This pump assembly is shown in detail in FIGURES 9-11, and comprises a pair of housing members 104 and 106 peripherally secured together as by screws 108 to form an essentially circular impeller chamber 110.
  • the front housing member 104 includes the inlet conduit 98 and a tangential outlet conduit 112. It will be noted that the axis of the inlet conduit 98 is below the axis of the impeller chamber 110.
  • An impeller assembly 114 is mounted for rotation on a shaft 115 Within the impeller chamber coaxialy thereof. Portions of the pump housing and the means for supporting and sealing the impeller shaft and for driving this shaft have been omitted for clarity and preferably take the form shown in Patent 2,934,023 granted Apr. 26, 1960, for Centrifugal Pumps.
  • the impeller 114 comprises a hub 116 extending across the chamber 110 and having a cylindrical portion 118 extending slightly into the inlet conduit 98. Because of the offset of the inlet passage 98, the projection 118 forms a flow restriction or rotary seal around the portion of the inlet conduit 98 closest to the outlet 112. Formed integrally with the hub 116 are oppositely extending vanes 120 and 122, which as shown in FIGURE 9 are offset to the same side of the axis of the supporting shaft 115. Satisfactory results have been obtained with blades 120, 122 having an outer edge thickness of 0.125 inch, having the right hand face thereof offset 0.156 inch to the left from the axis of rotation of shaft 115, and rotating in bore 110 of about 3% inch diameter.
  • the vanes or blades 120 and 122 extend substantially entirely across the impeller chamber 110 and the edges facing the inlet 98 are provided with fiat side portions 124 and 126, respectively, which with the main body of the blades 120 and 122 form cup sections opening toward the direction of rotation shown by the arrow in FIGURE 9, and which serve as a rotary seal between blades 120, 122 and inlet 98 to trap air, liquid and suds within chamber 110. Because of the offset of the blade structure a counterweight 128 is provided in the hub.
  • pump 36 pumps liquid and suds very well even when excessive amounts of the suds are entrained in the wash liquid. Because of the offset and configuration of the blades the pump has many of the characteristics of a positive displacement pump for pumping water and other liquids efficiently. Because of the diametrical orientation of the blades the pump has many of the characteristics of a centrifugal pump for pumping suds and air etficiently, but the pump establishes an internal pressure pattern which is quite different from that encountered in the usual centrifugal pump. For example, it has been found that impeller 114 having the aforesaid dimensions 'will double the outlet pressure from the pump when it is substituted for the impeller shown in aforesaid US. Patent No. 2,934,023.
  • Vent pipe 102 minimizes the problem of ovensudsing.
  • vanes 70 acting as a centrifugal blower, pull air in through detergent dispenser orifice 170 (described below) and through any conventional suds overflow or vent hose (not shown) leading from the atmosphere into inner tub mouth 67 so as to establish a substantial How of fluid (air and/or suds) from inside tub 28, through tub perforations 55, toward sump 32 and through filter screen 78, seat 94, tube 96 and T fitting 100 so as to establish a positive pressure in the region of the lower inner end of vent pipe 102.
  • vent pipe 102 which is of adequate cross sectional area to permit this flow and which has its outlet (upper) end always open to an appropriate drain.
  • the pumping action is sufficiently strong when inner tub 28 is spun at high speed so that the machine may be cleared in a very short time of all excessive suds.
  • deflector plate 103 is secured to the inner surface of outer tub 26 above sump 32, extends axially throughout the length of inner tub 28 and has its inner distal end in close proximity to the periphery of inner tub 28. Then, as inner tub 28 rotates clockwise at high speed in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3 during the extraction cycle, vanes 70 create in the direction of the arrows in FIG. 7 by centrifugal force a still higher pressure in sump 32 for driving at higher pressure more suds out of vent pipe 102 (FIG. 5) because plate 103 acts as a cutoff to eliminate clockwise passage of fluid therepast.
  • nozzle 38 is also important in reducing the problem of excess suds, breaking up large soap bubbles, and increasing the concentration of small soap bubbles. This action increases the washing capacity of the machine with a given quantity of water and detergent.
  • the structure and mode of operation of nozzle 38 will be considered in detail in connection with FIGURES 12 and 13.
  • the substantially vertical, lower right, side outlet opening of nozzle 38 is formed by a curved upper wall 142 and a flat bottom wall 144, the resulting action of which is best illustrated in FIGURE 13.
  • the sudsy water is delivered from the pump 36 through conduit to the recirculation nozzle at relatively high velocity.
  • the sudsy water is forced by the configuration of the lower end of the nozzle and the location of the exit opening to assume or follow intersecting paths. For example, a portion of the stream indicated by the letter A tends to exit from the nozzle in a downwardly projecting path while the portion of the stream indicated by the letter B tends to exit from the nozzle in a horizontal path.
  • the effective intersection of these two paths disperses and breaks up the large bubbles in the water.
  • This nozzle construction has shown a marked ability to combat oversudsing, to reduce the size of the suds bubbles, and to increase washing efficiency.
  • Nozzle 38 breaks up the suds in the recirculated water being dispensed by the nozzle and the jet from nozzle 38 breaks up any residual suds located in inner tub 28. Since the soil suspension ability of the suds is dependent on the suds area, the reduction in size of the bubbles increases the suds area. This action increases the soil holding ability of the suds and the washing efliciency of the apparatus and reduces the total amount of wash water required.
  • nozzle 38 having the following flow characteristic and structure: sudsy water pumped downwardly through conduit 140 at 17 p.s.i., but preferably about 6 p.s.i., gauge pressure to flow out through nozzle 38 at high velocity.
  • Walls 142 and 144 of nozzle 38 have a wall thickness of approximately 0.049 inch; and dimension N1 being 1.25 inch, dimension N2 being 0.38 inch, radius N3 being 1.50 inch, dimension N4 being 1.00 inch, dimension N5 being 1.00 inch, diameter N6 being 0.94 inch, diameter N7 being 0.88 inch, and dimension N8 being 0.63 inch.
  • the present invention also has a novel laundry product dispenser apparatus 30 which will now be described with particular reference to FIGURES 14, and 16.
  • the dispenser mechanism is effective to handle soap, deiergent or bleach in liquid, cake, powder or tablet form with equal efficiency.
  • the dispensing mechanism herein disclosed replaces the devices currently in use such as the solenoid operated buckets, liquid pumps, trays and rotating trap chamber type centrifugal dispensers.
  • a soap chute 150 of tubular form having a flared mouth 152 at its upper end.
  • the dispenser is supported with the upper end of the mouth 152 contiguous to the top panel of the cabinet by an upper strap 154 which is welded to the mouth 152 ad detachably secured to internal support structure in the cabinet not shown.
  • the chute 150 is welded to a mounting bracket 156 secured by a pair of screws 158 to an embossed rim 16d surrounding a rectangular cutout 162 in the front panel 46 of the outer tub.
  • annular backup flange 164 is clamped by the screws 158 to the inner surface of the embossed rim 160.
  • the bracket 156 is cut away in the region surrounded by the lower end of the chute 150 to place the latter in communication with the interior of the outer tub.
  • the bracket 156 also supports the nozzle 38 in position to direct a stream of water and detergent into the interior of the inner tub as more fully explained below.
  • a funnel 166- which carries a water inlet tube 168 supplied with clean water from any suitable source and has its delivery end arranged to direct a stream of water into the funnel 166 (shaped to prevent water splashing) and through an opening 170 into the flared portion 152 of the soap chute 150.
  • An air gap is provided between the outlet end of the conduit 158 and the funnel 155 to satisfy local plumbing codes which require an anti-Syphon construction to prevent suds from being sucked back into conduit 168 in case of water supply failure Where water is sucked back thru conduit 158.
  • the inner surface of the opening 170 is partially covered by a deflector 172 to the projecting lower end portion of which a small tube 174 is secured.
  • Tube 174 projects downwardly and terminates adjacent the bracket 156 where it is provided with a closure 176 below a side outlet opening 178 which is directed to the interior of the inner tub across a detergent (granular type) supporting screen 179 which extends across the lower end of the chute 150.
  • Liquid flow from outlet end 163, through funnel 166 and out of deflector 172 is permitted to take any of these three different paths at deflector 172: (1) flow downwardly between the right hand side of deflector 172 and funnel 152 (FIG. 15) and downward-1y into tube 174; (2) flow upwardly to the left (FIG. 15) through a plurality of jet openings 180' in deflector 172; or (3) flow by a counterclockwise swirling motion through space 182 (FIG. 14) provided between the side edge of deflector 172 and the inner wall of the soap chute mouth 152, for flow in a circular direction in the conical bore surface of funnel 152.
  • the valve means controlling the flow of water through the tube 168 is operated by suitable controls, such as shown in FIG. 19, to permit water to flow through the tube only during the laundry tub filling or detergent dispensing portion of the cycle. Accordingly, either before the machine is started or when the machine is in operation and before the second filling cycle is initiated, detergent in the form of a tablet, cake, granular, flake or powder is dropped into the month 152 of the tube When powdered, flaked 0r granular detergent is dropped into month 152, this detergent falls by gravity to the bottom of tube 150 where it is retained by screen 179, and it will remain there until water is supplied by tube 168 at the proper time in the filling portion of the cycle, such as before the first or second wash cycle.
  • the liquid entering funnel 166 from tube 168 will begin to flow past deflector 172 in two different directions: (1) downwardly through tube 174 and out opening 178 onto screen 179, and (2) out through opening 182 to swirl around and downwardly through the conical mouth portion 152 of tube 150, both because of the olfset of the funnel 166 and because of the opening 182 at the side of the deflector 172.
  • the swirling water will rise almost to the top of the mouth 152 but deflector 172 prevents the swirling water from re-entering cone 166. At this time little water will exit through the openings because of the passage of the swirling water over these openings. This swirling action assures that any previously deposited detergent will be removed from the apparatus.
  • the screen 179 may be about 32 mesh to prevent the accumulation of water in dispenser chute 150 and to prevent all but dissolved detergent from passing therethrough. This action assures positive removal of the detergent from screen 179 and assures that chute 15 will remain open to the flow of water at all times.
  • swirling water will always clean dispenser 150 in preparation for subsequently receiving detergent again to be later dispensed at the proper time in the filling portion of the cycle.
  • dispenser 30 be designed so that, if either tube 158 is filled with powdered detergent or a large detergent tablet is located in mouth 152, dispenser 30 will empty its detergent sufliciently fast so that the swirling water emerging from opening 180 does not overflow the top of cone 152.
  • the following dimensions have been found to provide a satisfactory dispenser 30 with a water inlet pressure of 60 psi.
  • in conduit 168 screen 179 of 32 mesh; hole 178 having an outlet area of 0.11 square inch minimum; tube 174 having an inside area of 0.1105 square inch; tube 168 having an inside area of 0.1503 square inch; the hole for supporting screen 179 being the same width as tube 159 and having a lengthwise dimension of approximately 2 /3 inches; jet ports 180 being six in number and each approximately 0.140 inch diameter; inverted frustum of a cone 152 being formed from a cone having a base diameter of 4.75 inches and an altitude of 5.93 inches with the frustum having an altitude of 3.68 inches, opening 170 having (measured along the surface of cone 152) a 1 /8 inch dimension in the intersecting vertical plane and a inch dimension in the intersecting horizontal plane, gap 182 being triangular in shape, formed by an edge approximately 2 inches long on having its lower distal end inch away from the inner surface deflector 172, of cone 152, and extending downwardly and inwardly on an angle of about 13 in FIG. 15 with respect to the inner surface of
  • Dispenser can also readily handle liquid detergents. At the present time liquid detergents are not available which have the necessary characteristics for effective action in a front loading laundry machine of the type with which the present invention is concerned. However, when they are available, they may be readily poured into the mouth of funnel 152 at the appropriate time in the washing machine cycle, and they will travel downwardly through screen 179 into inner tub 28.
  • a manual control may be provided as shown in FIG. 19 which permits a momentary supply .of additional water through the tube 168.
  • FIGURE 15 The structure shown at the top of FIGURE 15 provides an operative connection between top cabinet panel 181 of cabinet 20 and dispenser funnel 152.
  • Rubber, resilient, annular gasket 183 has straddling legs secured to the upper end of funnel 152 and is held in sealing compression against the lower surface of top panel 181 after the panel has been swung into its horizontal position about a hinge (not shown) at the rear of the cabinet.
  • Lid 185 is secured by hinge 186 to panel 181 and is adapted to cover the top entrance hole to funncl 152 when in the position shown in FIGURE 15.
  • Annular retainer flange 187, secured to the bottom surface of lid 185, has secured to its lower surface an annular, rubber, resilient seal 188 adapted to detachably engage and seal with an opening formed by an annular flange 189 of top panel 181 located concentrically with the top opening of funnel 152.
  • This structure has the following advantages. First, when lid 185 is raised, a smooth, porcelain covered, metal flange surrounds the opening through which detergent is introduced. No gasket is located in this inlet opening for collecting dirt, congealed detergent or soap, etc. Second, lower leaf of hinge 186 is raised above surface of top panel 181 to permit cleaning of dirt, detergent, etc., from below the hinge. Third, seals 188 and 183 effectively seal the interior of dispenser funnel 152 from the outside atmosphere. The water entering funnel 166 through conduit 168 has an injector action sucking air from around conduit end 168 into funnel 152 so as to build up air pressure within funnel 152 by a venturi action to help feed the detergent downwardly through chute and screen 179 and to help blow the detergent into the washing machine. Seals 188 and 183 assure that this air pressure will not leak out of funnel 152. Seal 188 assures that lid will not be blown upwardly to an open position by internal pressure by securely and firmly locking the lid in the closed position.
  • an automatic washing machine comprises a closed fluid circuit which must be carefully sealed against leakage. While the sealing of the major portion of this system presents no major problem since the seals are all static, the seal in the region where the support and drive shaft for the inner tub passes through the outer tub has continued to present a problem which has not been effectively solved.
  • the sealing problem here is particularly acute for two reasons.
  • the product to be sealed is itself a d tergent which tends to readily wash out lubricants to damage sealing structures and which often contains abrasive dirt causing abnormal wear and rapid deterioration of prior sealing constructions.
  • tub 28 is rotated at two different speeds during each cycle-a high speed for extraction and a slow speed for washingso that the tendency to leak is increased.
  • Bearing and sealing construction 29 disclosed in FIG- URES 17 and 18 has been found by actual tests to provide an effective solution to these problems and to have an effective life from 25 to 55 times as long as prior competitive designs.
  • the shaft 66 to which the end wall of the inner tub 28 is secured by a detachable cap 190 and screw 191, is rotatably supported in inner and outer bearing assemblies 192 and 194, respectively, carried by an annular support ring 196 which, in turn, is supported by the inner and outer reinforced panels 198 and 200 of the wall structure 42.
  • the drive shaft 66 projects outwardly through the end wall 42 of the .outcr tub 26 for attachment to the drive pulley 202 driven through a belt 204 by the usual fractional horsepower electric motor (not shown).
  • Conventional bearing retainer rings 206 and 208 are provided to locate bearing 194 axially in the assembly.
  • the critical sealing area is the region inboard of bearing 192.
  • novel seal 209 is formed by a combined spacer and seal ring 210 and a pair of annular seal rings 2-12 and 214.
  • Seal rings 212 and 214 are stationary in the machine because they are supported by stationary support ring 196.
  • Seal ring 210 is rotated with shaft 66 and O-rings 211 seal against leakage between ring 210 and shaft 66 because screw 191 axially pulls right hand wall 60, 62 of inner drum 28 and ring 210 tightly against the inner race of bearing 192.
  • the seal rings 212 and 214 each comprise a body of fiber glass filled tetrafluoroethylene resin (Teflon) reinforced with a metallic L-shaped liner or core 216, such as steel.
  • the seal rings each have an annular peripheral surface of substantial area resiliently urged against the inner surface of the support 196.
  • the seal rings 212 and 214 also each have inner resilient portions 218 provided with sealing ridges 220 which are urged into sealing contact with the outer surface of the spacer 210 by annular garter springs 222.
  • Suitable lubricant, such as grease, is located in pockets 217.
  • a ring 210 made of 440C Stainless Steel machined to rough size, heat treated to 58 to 62 Rockwell C, finish ground to size and honed, and finally nitrided to 0.005 inch case thickness and to 95 on Rockwell 15-N scale has all of the necessary properties, is rust resistant, and has a tough abrasion resistant surface which cooperates with the non-metallic outer seal rings 212, 214% to provide a seal having a remarkably long life.
  • Grease is supplied to pocket 217 and for the bearings through a tube 226, the upper end of which extends to any accessible location and is provided with a grease fitting and the lower end of which is secured to the support sleeve 196 in communication with drilled passages 228 and 230, the latter leading to the region between the hearing 192 and the outer seal ring 214.
  • FIG. 19 portraying a portion of one suitable control circuit.
  • Water then begins to flow through the inlet pipe 168 which automatically introduces the detergent into the machine.
  • the flow of water is continued to clean the inside of dispenser 30 by the swirling action of the liquid and is continued until the water reaches a level approximately two inches above the bottom of the inner tub, which in a typical case requires two and a half gallons of water.
  • the flow of water is discontinued by a pressure switch 248 described in more detail hereinafter.
  • the rotation of the tub is begun at about 51-53 r.p.m. and the pump 36 is placed into operation to establish the flow of recirculating water which is introduced into the inner tub through the nozzle 38 which directs the water through the cut-out 162 in the front panel of the outer tub and through the open front of the innertub.
  • the unique arrangement and spacing of the bafiies 70A, 70B and 70C produces an entirely different type of action in that it changes the path followed by the clothes in a regularly varying sequence.
  • this constantly varying path of the clothes has constant variation in the drop-off point, constant variation in the zone of impact when the clothes reach the bottom of the tub, and constant variation in the pulling action as the clothes are again engaged and lifted.
  • This constant variation produces substantially improved washability and achieves a remarkable degree of uniformity in the washing action.
  • the unique action efiected by the disposition of the baflles 70A, 70B and 70C produces rapid and constant migration between the inner and outer rings or layers of clothing which tend to develop in this type of tumbling action.
  • the clothes In prior machines lacking the baffle arrangement of the present invention, the clothes tended to stratify into an outer ring of clothes arcuately spaced between the baffles and an inner ring of clothes located inwardly from the distal ends of the battles.
  • the inner ring often formed a ball of clothes at the center of the tub where the clothes were not subjected to substantial mechanical action or tumbling and were not properly exposed to the action of the detergent and wash water. Consequently, clothes in this position were not subjected to any significant cleaning action.
  • Bafi les 70 not only do not cause the balls to form but also break up any balls or bundles formed if the clothes are loaded into the machine in such balls or bundles by the laundry machine operator.
  • the drop-otf point varies in a regular sequence, which promotes migration of clothes between the inner and outer rings. More specifically, when the clothes are engaged between baffies 70A and 7013, they tend to raise to a higher dropolf point than clothes engaged between the other baffles. The space between battles 70B and 70C produces an intermediate dropoif point and the space between baffles 70C and 70A produces the lowest drop-otf point.
  • the inertia of the clothes in the inner ring resist the driving action by bafiie 70B and the inner ring tries to stay stationary, or at least moves more slowly than the outer ring in the clockwise direction.
  • the result is that the largest, or maximum, a slip occurs between the inner and outer rings between baffles 70A and 7 0B.
  • the clothes in the outer ring are carried to the highest drop-off point, for example they drop off at 11 oclock and fall at 5 oclock on the inner surface of tub 28. Second, consider the clothes Within the spacing between baffle 70A and 70C.
  • the small relative slip between the inner and outer rings between the 150 spaced baffles 70A and 70C permits tentacles from clothes in either the inner ring or a center ball to readily fall into the gap caused by slip between the lead end of the clothes and the leading bafile 70C.
  • relative slippage between the inner and outer ring is increased and tentacles on the same clothes or ball of clothes in these two rings are pulled apart by a larger force to spread the clothes more fully or to open up the ball more readily.
  • rotation of inner tub 28 causes any ball of clothes on the inside of the tub to be continuously expanded and subsequently dispersed within the clothes of the outer ring.
  • This ball is expanded by being lifted to a high drop-off point by the 90 spacing between battle 70A and 70B and by being subsequently dropped.
  • the ball is also expanded by the clockwise movement of the battles between the six and nine oclock position (FIG. 3) tending to lift, expand and disperse the ball.
  • the unique action of the irregularly spaced bafiies has many additional advantages.
  • this construction is economical to manufacture and does not re quire the use of moving parts or special controls, for example, which have been used in prior units to periodically reverse the direction of rotation or to vary the speed of the tub.
  • the baflies give a good washing action by the use of only small amounts of water and detergent. Hence, savings is obtained by requiring less water, detergent and water heating.
  • the baffle construction provides superior results not only in a washing machine but also in a dryer. In any of these environments, it tends to open the clothes to permit better, more uniform and freer circulation of drying air, dry cleaning fluid or sudsy water through the clothes so as to give a significant increase in washability or a more eflicient drying action.
  • stream S (F'IG- URE 3) of liquid issuing from nozzle 38 is properly directed with respect to the clothes in rotating inner tub 28.
  • stream S passes through the load of clothes, while during the rinse cycle stream S passes over the load of clothes so as to give certain desirable advantages.
  • outer tub 26 is filled to a level of about 2 inches above the bottom of inner tub 28.
  • This low water level causes bafitles 70 to lift the clothes to a high position for drop-off at about 11 oclock and fall at a 5 oclock position.
  • the clothes are thus lifted high enough to be carried over the top of stream S so that stream S from nozzle 38 is directed underneath the inner surface of the tumbling load of clothes, and outwardly through these dropping clothes.
  • the spray water from stream S not only travels through the clothes so as to wash the clothes clean but also strikes cylindrical sheet 54 of inner tub 28 so as to wash the dirt from this cylindrical sheet and dipserse the suds therefrom if inner tub 28 is suds-locked.
  • the detergent is mixed by the wash action and by the pump; and the clothes are constantly washed in high concentration of water, detergent and small bubbles, the size of the bubbles being decreased by the action of the nozzle 38 described in detail above.
  • the small bubbles are retained in the sump 32 and together with a small amount of water hold the dirt in suspension until it is pumped out of the machine at the end of the wash cycle.
  • the clothes are rinsed by filling outer tub 26 to a level of about 7 inches above the bottom of inner tub 28.
  • Now stream S is directed over and perhaps even against the outer surface of the clothes, instead of through, the clothes.
  • the high water level in tub 28 tends to reduce the lifting action of bafiies 70, and the clothes are tumbled in a low path, dropping olf at about 9 oclock and falling to 6 oclock with this path located below stream S produced by nozzle 38.
  • Now stream S washes clean the outer surface of the clothes and the inner surface of cylinder sheet 54 of inner tub 28 but the dirty water sucked from sump 32 by pump 36 and recirculated through nozzle 38 as stream S does not pass through the load of clothes so will not soil the rinsed clothes.
  • the clothes are rinsed only by the relatively clear water located well above sump 32.
  • Inner tub 28 rotates at 51-53 r.p.m., the bore diameter of inner tub 28 is approximately 24 inches and stream S is directed through front opening 67 of inner tub 28 and along a plane extending parallel to the rotational axis of inner tub 28 and along stream S from the outlet of nozzle 38 (located approximately 15 left of the vertical and at about a 9 inch radius from the center of rotation of inner tub 28) to strike cylindrical sheet 24 at about 3 oclock half-way back in tub 28.
  • the machine of the present invention is equipped with controls which are effective at timed intervals to cause water to flow through the conduit 168 to automatically introduce a detergent or bleach at the proper time in the washing cycle.
  • the machine is equipped with a novel manual control which permits the user to introduce water through the conduit 168 to permit the introduction of additional detergent or bleach at other points in the cycle.
  • a simplified circuit for performing this function is shown schematically in FIGURE 19 to which detailed reference will now be made.
  • the introduction of water through inlet pipe 168 is controlled by a pair of hot and cold water valves operated by solenoids 240 and 242., respectively.
  • timer motor 243 energized in any suitable manner by lines -L-1 and L2 for controlling the operational cycle of the machine, closes normally open switch 250 to introduce a regulated amount of water at a predetermined temperature by forming a circuit from the line L-l through closed switch 250, parallel paths through solenoid 240 and normally closed switch 246 and through solenoid 242 and normally closed switch 244, and normally closed switch 248 to line L2.
  • switch 246 or switch 244 on control panel 22 may be opened.
  • the water in outer tub 26 reaches the desired level, it opens normally closed water level switch 248 to break this circuit, to discontinue water flow and to prevent over-filling the machine.
  • bypass switch 252 which may be termed a flush switch and which is located at a convenient and accessible position on control panel 22 of cabinet 20, may be closed manually to bypass water level switch 248 and to permit introduction of water at any desired point in the wash or rinse cycle, whether switch 248 is open or closed as long as timer switch 250 is closed to indicate that detergent can then be properly introduced.
  • Flush button 252 has an additional important function. It is also effective to control rotation of inner tub 28 by high-speed spin motor M2 controlled by relay 254. These are normally controlled by a circuit from line L-l through normally open timer contact 256 closed by timer motor 243 during the spin portion of the cycle, the coil of relay 25-4 and the spin motor M2, and water level switch 248 closed when water pressure falls below a predetermined level to line L2. Switch 248 is provided to prevent rotating inner tub 28 at high speed except when tub 26 is substantially drained of water. Note that at low speed tumbling or washing action, motor M1 drives inner tub 28 independently of switch 248 and as long as timer switch 258 is closed to energize relay 257 controlling motor M1. If desired, switch 258 may energize motor M1 when motor M2 is energized during spin with motor M1 driving tub 28 through an over-running clutch so that tub 28 will be driven at high speed whenever motor M2 is energized.
  • switch 258 may energize motor M1 when motor M2 is energized during spin with motor M1
  • a washing machine comprising an outer fixed receptacle of generally cylindrical form and having a sump formed integrally in the lower portion thereof, an inner receptacle for clothes or the like mounted for rotation within said outer receptacle, said inner receptacle having an opening in one end and a perforated essentially cylindrical wall, a plurality of bafiles carried by said inner receptacle and projecting inwardly from said cylindrical wall, said baffles being generally parallel to the axis of said inner receptacle and the spacing between adjacent bafiles being progressively increased in the direction opposite to said direction of rotation, a nozzle positioned to direct a stream of water through said front opening at a point above the axis of said inner receptacle and passage therethrough to said sump, a pump connected to remove water from said sump and delived it under pressure to said nozzle, a filter position in said sump in the path of water flowing to said pump, and a vent pipe interposed between said filter and said pump to permit the disposal of excess amounts
  • a washing machine comprising an outer fixed receptacle having a sump located in the lower portion there of, an inner receptacle for clothes or the like, said inner receptacle having an opening at one end and a perforated essentially annular wall, a plurality of bafiles carried by said inner receptacle and projecting inwardly from said wall, a pump connected to remove fluid from said sump, a vent interposed between the outlet of said sump and the inlet of said pump to permit the disposal of excess amounts of suds, means for rotating said inner receptacle at a relatively slow speed for washing or cleaning and rinsing and at a relatively greater speed for extracting moisture from said clothes, said baffles creating a flow of fluid toward said pump when the inner receptacle is rotated at said greater speed, and manually operable control means for rotating said inner receptacle at said relatively greater speed to establish said flow of fluid to force suds out of said vent, whereby said speed acts as a control valve for said vent.
  • a washing machine as set forth in claim 3, with a cutoff plate located in the radial space between the inner and outer receptacle and in the direction of rotation of said inner receptacle from said sump for creating a greater pressure in said sump and vent during rotation of said inner receptacle to exhaust said suds more readily.
  • a washing machine comprising an outer fixed receptacle having a sump and an outlet for said sump, an inner receptacle for washing clothes with suds and being mounted for rotation within said outer receptacle, said machine permitting said suds to drain out of said sump after said washing operation, said inner receptacle having a plurality of baffies effective, when said inner receptacle is rotated, to cause a fluid pressure by suds in said outer receptacle, means for rotating said inner receptacle at a given speed subsequent to said draining for extracting moisture from said clothes, means responsive to a given suds pressure for automatically de-energizing said rotating means until suificient suds have drained, and manually operable switch means for operating said rotating means to rotate said inner receptacle at said given speed whereby excessive suds are forced through said outlet by the resulting fiuid flow.

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