Patent ID: 6109072
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A clothes washer having a rotational conversion apparatus comprising:a housing;a water basket disposed in said housing for containing water;a clothes basket disposed in said water basket and including a pulsator;a driving mechanism for selectively driving said clothes basket and said pulsator;a disk cam in which a shaft penetrates through a center of said disk cam, wherein said shaft is connected with said pulsator and extended perpendicular to said driving mechanism;a plurality of followers contacting with said disk cam for converting a rotation of said disk cam into a reciprocating movement of a rod of a water compression apparatus; andsaid water compression apparatus provided according to the number of said followers, andeach water compression apparatus having a pumping chamber including an opening for intaking or discharging water,a piston slidably disposed in said pumping chamber,a rod connecting said piston and said follower, andan elastic member for enabling said follower to be in constant contact with said disk cam.