Pump mount system for a laundry treating appliance

• US 11,053,626 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2018
• Issued: 07/06/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Original Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Inventors: Guzman, Alejandro, Kehl, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Perrin, Joseph L.
• Application Number:
  US16/040,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20200024789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 23/04 and rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 37/20 Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub or casing; Preventing or damping vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 37/24 in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/085 Arrangements or adaptations of pumps
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/12 Casings; Tubs
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/371 characterised by inserts or auxiliary extension or exterior elements, e.g. for rigidification F16F1/387 takes precedence; non-embedded reinforcing elements for flexibly-walled air springs F16F9/0436
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/3732 having an annular or the like shape, e.g. grommet-type resilient mountings
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 3/0876 and of the same shape

Abstract

A pump mount system for a laundry treating appliance having a cabinet and a pump located within the cabinet, the pump mount system comprising a cabinet mount secured to the cabinet, a pump mount secured to the pump, a vibration isolator having a first portion passing through a first opening on the pump mount, a second portion extending between the pump mount and the cabinet mount, and a pin aperture passing through the vibration isolator, a pin removably received within the pin aperture.

Claims

1. A pump mount system for a laundry treating appliance having a cabinet and a pump located within the cabinet, the pump mount system comprising:

a cabinet mount secured to the cabinet;

a pump mount secured to the pump;

at least one vibration isolator having a first portion passing through a first opening on the pump mount, a second portion extending between the pump mount and the cabinet mount, and a pin aperture passing through the at least one vibration isolator;

a pin integral with the cabinet mount and having a bending indent in the form of a bump extending out from a side of the pin integral with the cabinet mount to enable bending of the pin out from the cabinet mount, the pin removably received within the pin aperture; and

at least one of the first portion and second portion deformable when the pin is received within the pin aperture.

2. The pump mount system of claim 1 wherein the first portion further comprises an in-mount ring located within the pin aperture.

3. The pump mount system of claim 2 wherein the pin further comprises at least one recess shaped to receive the in-mount ring.

4. The pump mount system of claim 1 wherein the cabinet mount comprises a second opening.

5. The pump mount system of claim 4 wherein a distal end of the second portion of the at least one vibration isolator passes through the second opening.

6. The pump mount system of claim 5 wherein the distal end further comprises a slip fit that deforms by expanding when the pin extends through the at least one vibration isolator.

7. The pump mount system of claim 1 wherein when seated a top of the pin aligns with a top of the first portion of the at least one vibration isolator.

8. The pump mount system of claim 1 wherein the at least one vibration isolator is a singular piece.

9. A method of mounting a pump system for a laundry treating appliance having a pump mount to a cabinet mount the method comprising:

receiving a first portion of a vibration isolator through a first opening in the pump mount;

receiving a pin that is integral with the cabinet mount;

the pin having a bending indent in the form of a bump extending out there from to enable bending out from the cabinet mount through a pin aperture in the at least one vibration isolator; and

deforming a portion of the vibration isolator to prevent withdrawal of the vibration isolator through the first opening.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein deforming a portion of the vibration isolator further comprises receiving an in-mount ring of the at least one vibration isolator in a recessed portion of the pin.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein deforming a portion of the vibration isolator further comprises receiving a distal end of a second portion of the at least one vibration isolator through a second opening in the cabinet mount and expanding the distal end of the vibration isolator.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein deforming a portion of the vibration isolator further comprises extending a pin head having a width wider than a pin body through the pin aperture such that the pin head extends above the first portion of the at least one vibration isolator.