### Department 

### c't Energy Washington, DC 20585, November 27, 1996

Michael C. Thompson Richard A. Best Whirlpool Corporation 701 Main Street St. Joseph, MI 49085 '\ '. ' The Department ofEnergy acknowledges receipt offour new clothes washer design options submitted by Whirlpool Corporation for the purpose ofinclusion into the Engineering Analysis portion ofthe clothes washer rulemaking proceedings. Each ofthe four design options will be considered in its entirety as a separate line item in the Engineering Analysis, and no.portion or component ofany ofthese design options, or their associated prototypes, will be separated from its origina.1 respective design option to be used for analysis pl;1rposes. We note that design option no. 3/4a is common to both H-'Axis design options and is includedfor the purpose ofdemonstrating the improved consumer utility potential for a horizontal axis clothes washer. The four'new design options are identified as follows: Design Opt'ion No. Description



### 1.

2.

3. V-AXis I

V-Axis 

### II

H-Axis GMethod ofwashing by moving clothes on a vertical axis nutating-plate while recirculating a wash solution through the clothes load. Meth0d ofwashing in a vertical axis washer by accelerating the clothes load, and then decelerating, causing the clothes to tumble otframps on the basket. . Method ofwashing clothes in a horizontal axis washer by tumbling clothes at less than Ig ofcentrifugal force.



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5,219,370 Michael C. Thompson Richard A. Best Whirlpool Corporation 701 Main Street St. Joseph, MI 49085 " ' 

### Department 

### c't Energy Washington, DC20585, November 27, 1996

The Department ofEnergy acknowledges receipt offour new clothes washer design options submitted by Whirlpool Corporation for the purpose ofinclusion into the Engineering Analysis portion ofthe clothes washerrulemaking proceedings. Each ofthe four design options will be considered in its entirety as a separate line item in the Engineering Analysis, and no,portion or component ofany ofthese design options, or their associated prototypes, will be separated from its origina.1 respective design option to be used for analysis pl;1rposes. We note that design option no. 3/4ais common to bothH-'Axis design options and is includedfor the purpose ofdemonstrating the improved consumer utility potential for a horizontal axis clothes washer. The four'new design options are identified as follows: Design Opt'ion No.



### 1. V-AXis I

2. V-Axis 

### II

3. H-Axis GDescription Method ofwashing by moving clothes on a vertical axis nutating-plate while recirculating a wash solution through the clothes load. Meth0d ofwashing in a vertical axis washerby accelerating the clothes load, and then decelerating, causing the clothes to tumble otframps on the basket. . Method ofwashing clothes in a horizontal axis washerby tumbling clothes at less than 1 g ofcentrifugal force. 

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### Design Option No. 4. H-Axis G+



### .3/4a H-Axis Utility , Description Method of**~ashing** 

### clothes in ahorizontal axis washer by spinning basket to effect more than 1g ofcentrifugal force on the clothes load, and recirculating a wash solution through the basket. Top-loading horizontal axis washer in whichJhe inner basket doors'are opened automatically \vhen the cabinet iid is raised, 5,345,637

5,448,900


### Ifyou have any further questions, please contact Marc'LaFranceat (202) 586-8423 

### or Bryan Berringer at.(202) 586-0371. "

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### .cCabe, Director Office of odes and Standards Building Technology, State and

Community Programs Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Design Option No. 4. H-Axis G+



### .3/4a H-Axis Utility , Description Method of**~ashing** 

### clothes in ahorizontal axis washer by spinning basket to effect more than 1 g ofcentrifugal force on the clothes load, and recirculating a wash solution through the basket. Top-loading horizontal axis washer in whichJhe inner basket doors'are opened automatically \V'hen the cabinet iid is raised. 5,345,637

5,448,900


### Ifyou have any further questions, please contact Marc'LaFranceat (202) 586-8423 

### or Bryan Berringer at.(202) 586-0371. '.

"'
......U<l-o'-1'" 

### cCabe, Director Office of odes and Standards Building Technology, State and

Community Programs Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy