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(12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45) Date of publication and mention

of the grant of the patent:

18.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/38

(21) Application number: 97303465.5

(22) Date of filing: 21.05.1997

(51) Int Cl.

: D06F 13/08, D06F 17/06

(54) An automatic washer and wash plate clothes deflector therefor

Automatische Waschmaschine mit Wäscheabweiser an der Waschplatte

Machine à laver automatique avec déflecteur à vêtements sur la plaque de lavage

(84) Designated Contracting States:

DE FR IT

(30) Priority: 23.05.1996 US 18197

(43) Date of publication of application:

26.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/48

(73) Proprietor: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022-2692 (US)

(72) Inventors:

• Wyatt, Vicki Lyn

Watervliet, Michigan 49098 (US)

• Mueller, Dale E.

Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US)

• Kretchman, Gerald L.

St. Joseph, Michigan 49085 (US)

• Titus, James W.

Coloma, Michigan 49038 (US)

(74) Representative: Allen, William Guy Fairfax

J.A. KEMP & CO.

14 South Square

Gray’s Inn

London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(56) References cited:

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EP 0 808 931 B12510152025303540455055Description[0001] The present invention relates generally toclothes washing machines and more specifically to awa

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EP 0 808 931 B13510152025303540455055the wash basket and have several notches along its pe-rimeter to prevent puckering and also allow for sand andsma

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EP 0 808 931 B14510152025303540455055above in which the high point of the wash plate peripherygyrates precessionally about the central axis of a drive

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EP 0 808 931 B1551015202530354045505582 are free to move independently of each other. Also,the low friction layer 82 is of a greater width than theupp

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EP 0 808 931 B16510152025303540455055Claims1. An automatic washer (10) for washing clothes, theautomatic washer comprising:a wash basket (20) having a

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EP 0 808 931 B1751015202530354045505519. An automatic washer according to claim 18, where-in the polypropylene and santoprene layers are dualextruded.

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EP 0 808 931 B1851015202530354045505516. Waschautomat nach Anspruch 15, bei dem dasPaar ringförmig umlaufender Rippen (94) vom rei-bungsarmen Teil (82

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EP 0 808 931 B19510152025303540455055autour de sa périphérie pour réduire le plissementdu déflecteur (55) lorsqu'il est dans une relationd'a