Patent ID: 6477869
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: D06F,H02K

Abstract:
In a washing machine having a suds container with a rear face and a laundry drum mounted within the suds container, a drive apparatus comprising:a flat electric motor for directly driving the laundry drum, said motor mounted on the rear face of the suds container, said motor having: a stiff support connected to the rear face of the suds container; a first bearing; a rotor having a hollow shaft; and a stator connected to said support; said stator and said rotor connected to one another through said first bearing and being jointly removable from the washing machine; a second bearing; a substantially horizontal shaft for mounting the laundry drum within the suds container in a floating manner, said shaft mounted within said support through said second bearing, said shaft having a shaft journal projecting out of said support, said shaft journal being surrounded by said hollow shaft of said rotor; and said stator and said rotor being jointly connected to said shaft journal.