Patent ID: 6244078
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: D06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A drive system for a washing machine, said drive system comprising:an input shaft;a first hub rotatively mounted about said input shaft;a second hub rotatively mounted about said input shaft, said second hub being movable along said input shaft between a first position adjacent to said first hub and a second position displaced from said first hub;a number of races formed in said first hub, an equal number of races formed in said second hub, and an actuation ball disposed between each one of said races formed in said first hub and a corresponding one of said races formed in said second hub;a brake disk mounted to said second hub for movement therewith; anda brake surface fixedly mounted to said washing machine adjacent to said brake disk so that said brake disk contacts said brake surface when said second hub is in said second position.