Patent ID: 11866865
Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 7:
8. An impeller in a laundry washing machine comprising:
a base plate within a wash drum and having one or more openings extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the base plate;
wherein the base plate includes at least one diverter, the at least one diverter is positioned adjacent the one or more openings of the base plate and positionable between at least a first position and a second position to define one or more fluid pathways through the one or more openings from the bottom surface to the top surface;
wherein the at least one diverter has substantially flat shape and has a first blade and a second blade, the first blade and the second blade are configured to pivot around a pivoting axis of the at least one diverter between the first position and the second position, when in the first position the first blade of the at least one diverter is angled downwardly below a horizontal plane of the bottom surface of the base plate towards a first rotational direction to define a first fluid pathway of the one or more fluid pathways through the one or more openings through the bottom surface and the top surface and when in the second position the second blade is angled downwardly below the horizontal plane of the bottom surface of the base plate towards a second rotational direction to define a second fluid pathway of the one or more fluid pathways through the bottom surface and the top surface different from the first fluid pathway; and
wherein the at least one diverter pivots into and out of the one or more openings in at least one rotational direction of the base plate.