Patents by Inventor Frank Robert Burgener, Jr.

Frank Robert Burgener, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Receptacle drive coupling for an automatic washer
    Patent number: 4000631
    Abstract: A receptacle drive coupling atop the spin drive tube in a washing machine assembly of the vertical axis type has a hollow drive block with a circumferential contact surface of reduced area on its downwardly flared lower part. A lock nut including a downwardly extending lower lip portion is threadedly received at the upper part of the drive block. A hollow center post of the receptacle is forced into proper alignment over the drive block by the lock nut and is firmly aligned with respect to the spin tube by the raised contact surface on the drive block and the lip portion of the lock nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Reinhold Alvin Drews, Frank Robert Burgener, Jr.