Patent ID: 7065905
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: D06F,F16H

Abstract:
1. A laundry machine comprising: a cabinet, a laundry holding drum rotatably supported within said cabinet for rotation, said drum including a wall and a drum hatch comprising a section of said wall, a motor connected to drive rotation of said drum, a hatch engaging member actuable to couple said drum hatch to said cabinet, and a controller operatively connected with said motor, said controller configured to operate said motor to drive said drum selectively through each of: a) an opening operation in which said drum hatch is grabbed by said hatch engaging member while said drum is rotating and said drum is rotated to expose an opening, b) a closing operation, which follows a drum opening operation and in which said drum is rotated to re-close a said opening with said drum hatch, and c) a water extraction operation.