Abstract: A clothes washing machine of the vertical axis type has a self-cleaning lint filter integral with the spin tub. The spin tub is formed as a unitary piece from plastic material, and includes a central hub and radially outer bottom wall which are interconnected by a plurality of radially extending ribs. The ribs have spaces between them defining an annular gap, and an annular perforated lint filter is secured in the gap. An oscillating agitator within the spin tub has downwardly projecting vanes on the lower outer surface of its skirt portion which, as the agitator oscillates, cooperate with the spin tub ribs to form a pumping action to pump liquid upwardly through the lint filter and out to the interior of the spin tub. When the agitator and spin tub go into a spin mode, the centrifugal force washes the lint on the underside of the lint filter off into the fluid being pumped to drain.

Abstract: A bracket assembly is provided to allow for vertical mounting of a washer and dryer to form a laundry center. The assembly includes a left and right mounting bracket. The mounting brackets each have a lower mounting flange which joins a lower leg to form a lower angle. The lower angle cooperates with the top edge of the lower appliance. The brackets also have a back rib which forms a second layer angle which cooperates with the back edge of the lower appliance. The brackets also have a top mounting flange which joins an upper leg to form an upper angle which cooperates with the bottom edge of the top appliance and support means extending between the upper and lower mount flanges. An optional removable back plate extends between the mount brackets to give the assembly a unitary appearance.

Abstract: A combination clothes washer and dryer of the domestic type, powered by a 110 volt, 15 or 20 ampere residential power line, includes a motor driven washer, and a motor driven tumbler type dryer supplied with heated air by an electrical resistance heater. When simultaneous operation of the washer motor and dryer motor occurs, power supplied to the electrical resistance heater is automatically reduced by half so as to allow the washer motor, dryer motor, and resistance heater to continue operating without exceeding the power providing capabilities of the residential power line. Such power reduction is provided by a half-wave rectifier in the form of a diode switched into series circuit relationship with the resistance heater when the washer motor is operating.