Abstract: The present suspension arrangement is applied to a clothes washing machine of the type which comprises: a plurality of stay rods, having an upper end coupled in a structural cabinet, and a lower end coupled to a tub, to maintain said tub suspended in the interior of the structural cabinet. Each stay rod, which is formed by rigid stay rod portions or in a single piece flexible cable, presents, along its longitudinal extension, at least one hinge means interconnecting two adjacent stay rod portions and allowing the latter to be angularly and relatively displaced from each other around axes orthogonal to the stay rod.

Abstract: A self-leveling foot for an appliance of the type that includes a base to be seated on a floor; a rod affixed to the base and projecting upwardly therefrom; an elastic element having a lower end seated on the base and a tubular sleeve, slidably mounted and guided around the rod, and having a lower portion seated on the upper end of the elastic element and an upper portion to be mounted under a lower frame portion of the appliance, so as to apply on the base, through the elastic element, a respective portion of the appliance weight. The foot of the present invention may further comprise a dampening means mounted between the parts of rod and tubular sleeve, so as to exert a braking force against the relative axial movement between said parts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes washing machine of the top loading type having a base structure provided with at least one opening for housing other elements of the washing machine and a tub coupled with the base structure. The base structure and tub are aesthetically matched and when coupled, form an exterior of the washing machine, thereby eliminating the need for a cabinet enclosing the base structure and tub.

Abstract: A self-leveling foot for an appliance of the type that comprises: a base (10) to be seated on a floor (P); a rod (15) affixed to the base (10) and projecting upwardly therefrom; an elastic element (20) having a lower end (20a) seated on the base (10); and a tubular sleeve (30), slidably mounted and guided around the rod (15), and having a lower portion (30b) seated on the upper end (20b) of the elastic element (20) and an upper portion (30a) to be mounted under a lower frame portion (1) of the appliance, so as to apply on the base (10), through the elastic element (20), a respective portion of the appliance weight. The foot of the present invention may further comprise a dampening means (50) mounted between the parts of rod (15) and tubular sleeve (30), so as to exert a braking force against the relative axial movement between said parts.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine of the top loading type and which comprises a generally tubular base structure (10) to be inferiorly seated onto the floor (P); a tub (20) to contain a washing liquid and affixed onto the base structure (10); a support frame (30) suspended in the interior of the base structure (10); suspension means (40) to absorb the vibratory and oscillatory motions and that connect the support frame (30) to the base structure (10) in order to maintain the former suspended in the interior of the latter; a motor unit (50) disposed in the interior of the base structure (10) secured to the support frame (30) and carrying a drive shaft (51) extending vertically upwardly to the inside of the tub (20); and a rotative basket (60) disposed in the interior of the tub (20) and which is operatively and selectively associated with the drive shaft (55).