SPEED EQUALIZING MEANS AND/OR LAUNDRY MACHINES INCORPORATING THE SAME

摘要

A laundry machine having an agitator shaft rotatable backwards and forwards by an electronically controlled electric motor when in a washing mode and continuously in one direction when in a spinning mode has the agitator shaft connected to an interconnecting member spaced radially from its axis engageable with a connector for a concentric spin tub shaft to carry the spin tub with it when the spin mode. The connection between the agitator rotating system and the spin tub rotating system are effected through an energy absorbing device which absorbs energy resulting from the change in relative speeds necessary to achieve speed equalization between the two systems.