A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.

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›1.independentA laundry machine comprising:na cabinet;a wash tub supported within the cabinet;a motor suspended beneath the wash tub;a wash basket rotatably support…

›2.independentA laundry machine comprising:na cabinet;a wash tub supported within the cabinet;a motor suspended beneath the wash tub;a wash basket rotatably support…+12

›3.↳ 2A laundry machine according to claim 2 wherein one of the plurality of vanes further comprises side walls that curve apart such that a rate of diverge…d2+1

›5.↳ 2A laundry machine according to claim 2 wherein the vanes occupy between 0.33 and 0.66 of a plan area of the wash plate.d2

›6.↳ 2A laundry machine according to claim 2 wherein adjacent the outer periphery of each vane a height of the side walls decreases such that the outer port…d2+1

›8.↳ 2A laundry machine according to claim 2 wherein the shoulder has converging walls that are less steeply inclined than the side walls.d2

›9.↳ 2A laundry machine according to claim 2 wherein the shoulder and the hub extend to a height that is 50% to 150% greater than the height of the substant…d2

›10.↳ 2A laundry machine according to claim 2 wherein the wash plate includes between 3 and 5 vanes.d2

›11.↳ 2A laundry machine according to claim 2 wherein the wash plate includes apertures through the wash plate between the vanes, the apertures arranged to b…d2+3

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section D — Textiles; paper

D06F17/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

68/134

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8 Nov 2005

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 60734728 00	8 Nov 2005
related publication	US 20070101772 A1	10 May 2007

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