Patent ID: 6367601
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: D06F,F16F

Abstract:
A friction damper for washing machines comprising a hollow shell and a rod, coaxially arranged with respect to one another and forming a telescopic construction, said rod having an outer diameter less than an inner diameter of said shell, between said shell and rod a friction damper element being arranged, said friction damper element comprising at least two friction clamps, contacting an outer surface of said rod and being axially spaced from one another along a portion of said rod engaged in said shell, wherein said friction clamps are housed in recesses formed on an inner surface of a holding bushing, said holding bushing being axially locked in said shell by two shoulders projecting from and inner surface of said shell, and wherein said holding bushing, through a region thereof included between said recesses, is spaced from said outer surface of said rod to define a space to collect therein the frictionally removed material deriving from a wear of said friction clamps.