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Laundry appliance

  • US 20050125910A1
  • Filed: 10/12/2004
  • Published: 06/16/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A laundry machine comprising:

  • a cabinet, a laundry holding drum rotatably supported within said cabinet for rotation, said drum including a wall and a drum hatch comprising a section of said wall, a motor connected to drive rotation of said drum, a hatch engaging member actuable to couple said drum hatch to said cabinet, and a controller operatively connected with said motor, said controller configured to operate said motor to drive said drum selectively through each of;

    a) an opening operation in which said drum hatch is grabbed by said hatch engaging member and said drum is rotated to expose an opening, b) a closing operation, which follows a drum opening operation and in which said drum is rotated to re-close a said opening with said drum hatch, and c) a water extraction operation.

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