Patent ID: 9394643
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: D06F,F16F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A dynamic balancer device for a laundry treating appliance including a rotatable drum for receiving a laundry load comprising: a first raceway piece having an L-shaped cross section formed by two walls defining a first annular channel wherein one of the two walls has a first abutment extending laterally therefrom, a second raceway piece having an L-shaped cross section formed by two walls defining a second annular channel wherein one of the two walls has a second abutment extending laterally therefrom, wherein the first raceway piece is attached to the second raceway piece so that first and second raceway pieces do not move relative to each other, with the first annular channel facing the second annular channel to define an annular raceway and with the first abutment engaging a wall of the second raceway piece and the second abutment engaging a wall of the first raceway piece with each of the first and second annular channels respectively defining two walls of the annular raceway, and the first and second abutments extending inwardly of the annular raceway, and a mass disposed in the annular raceway and movable therein.