Abstract: The invention concerns a washing machine door for a front-load washing machine that has a frontal frame hinged to the housing of the machine and that surrounds a loading opening, into which a transparent frontal door cover is inserted from the drum side and is held in by a mounted gallows frame. If according to the invention the provision is made that the frontal frame has bayonet hooks on the backside facing the frontal door cover that are inserted into receiving slots of the frontal door cover and held therein when the frontal door cover is rotated; that at least part of the bayonet hooks provide fashioned screw domes onto which receptacle domes of the gallows frame can be form locked; and that the gallows frame with bent rest tabs can be snapped into the rest slots of the frontal door covering.

Abstract: Device for linking a door to a case in a drum type washing machine including a bracket having one end to be inserted in a pass through hole formed in the vicinity of the laundry opening in a washing machine case, and the other end fixed to an outside wall of the case, and a foldable link member having a first link rotatably fitted to the one end of the bracket, a second link exposed to an outside through the pass through hole and rotatably fitted to the door, and a hinge connecting the first link and the second link, thereby permitting an easy assembly, and improving convenience of a user.

Abstract: A washing machine wherein a drum-containing casing is supported within a cabinet so as to permit relative vibratory movement between the casing and the cabinet. The interior of the casing is sealed against loss of liquid and can accommodate an internal pressure above or below ambient. The support comprises resiliently extensible struts between the casing and the cabinet which generally center the casing therewithin. A corrugated bellows surrounds and seals a circular opening in an end wall of the casing and at its other end a circular opening in an adjacent wall of the cabinet. The latter is closable by means of a door which seals to the opening therein. The corrugations are reinforced by at least one reinforcing helix or spiral in the form of a helical spring, which prevents the material forming the bellows sleeve from stretching or collapsing due to an increase or decrease in the pressure within the casing relative to ambient pressure outside the casing.

Abstract: A top loading washing machine includes a lid with a flexible seal formed on the rear edge of the lid to seal the gap between the rear edge of the lid and the top cover of the washing machine cabinet. The seal is integrally formed with the lid as an extension of the inner lid liner or an overmolded addition to the inner lid liner. The seal provides a sound and moisture barrier.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are herein described which provide a door assembly for the drum door and lid of a top loading horizontal axis laundry machine. The drum door is provided with an automatic latch system that can be automatically latched and unlatched on command. In a presently preferred embodiment, the automatic drum latch employs a floating latch bar which engages or disengages a latch strike attached to the drum door, depending on its orientation at the time the drum door is depressed and released. An actuator is utilized to perform the task of depressing and releasing the drum door at the proper times. When the lid of the machine is closed, the drum is rotated to a selected rotational position that determines whether the automatic drum latch will latch or unlatch after an actuator is extended to depress the drum door and then is released.

Abstract: A laundry washing machine comprises a dispenser of washing agents (10) having at least a movable body (26A, 26B, 40) defining a compartment for containing a dose of a respective washing agent. The movable body (26A, 26B, 40) is mounted in a housing (11) in such a way as to be able to assume a first position, for the manual admission of a washing agent into the compartment through a loading mouth (27, 41), and a second position, for withdrawing the washing agent from the compartment by means of a flow of liquid (IN). The movable body (26A, 26B, 40) is pivotally supported in the respective housing (11) to move angularly from said first to said second position and vice versa, around an axis (X) that is substantially perpendicular or otherwise transverse relative to the axis (Y) of the loading mouth (27, 41) of the body (10). Preferably, the movement of the body (26A, 26B, 40) from the first to the second position is obtained by means of the aforesaid flow of liquid (IN).

Abstract: A washing machine lid assembly is provided with a metal porcelain-coated outer lid and a plastic inner lid. The inner lid is retained on the outer lid by retainer brackets which are held in place by the perimeter flange of the outer lid. No holes are required in the outer lid for mounting the inner lid. A detergent dispenser is removably mounted on the inner lid and has compartments for both liquid and powder detergent. Water channels formed in the detergent dispenser flush the detergent from the respective compartments. Water channels are also provided on the inner lid to direct water to bleach and fabric softeners compartments in the washing machine cabinet.

Abstract: A remote plasma enhanced cleaning apparatus including a main process chamber and a loadlock chamber connected to the main process chamber. The main process chamber includes a staging device adjacent to the loadlock chamber for loading the silicon wafers from the loadlock chamber into the main process chamber and for unloading the silicon wafers from the main process chamber into the loadlock chamber, a carrier robot disposed in a center portion of the main process chamber to transfer the silicon wafers to an adsorption assembly, an anneal assembly, and a cooling assembly which are disposed in the main process chamber around the carrier robot. Each of the adsorption assembly, the anneal assembly, and the cooling assembly includes two stages, wherein each stage is capable of holding a silicon wafer. Thus, the cleaning apparatus improves the uniformity of a process for cleaning silicon wafers while increasing throughput.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hook assembly for a door in a washing machine, by which the number of elements decreases as well as assembling becomes more convenient. The present invention includes a pair of supporters directly extending from an inside of a doorframe of the washing machine, a shaft penetrating the supporters, a hook rotatably coupled to the shaft wherein a head of the shaft penetrates the doorframe to be externally exposed, and an elastic member provided in the doorframe to give an elastic force to the hook.

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine comprising a heating tank accommodating the washing and washing water; a heating part heating the washing water in the heating tank; and a circulation pump circulating the washing water in the heating tank. With this configuration, the present invention provides the circulation pump circulating washing water in the heating tank, thereby preventing the washing from oxidizing, improving a washing efficiency especially improving a washing efficiency according to washing material, and saving washing water. Further, water supply and drain can be easily performed.

Abstract: A drum-type washing machine employs a gasket water draining hose to enable used water to be discharged via the drainpipe, immediately following a washing or rinsing step. The drum-type washing machine includes a cabinet having a door; a tub for containing water, the tub having an entrance corresponding to the door of the cabinet; a gasket, connecting the door of the cabinet to the entrance of the tub, to prevent water contained in the tub from leaking outside the tub, the gasket having a first orifice provided at a bottom point thereof, a drainpipe, communicating with the tub, to discharge water contained in the tub, the drainpipe having a second orifice provided at one side thereof; and a water draining hose, communicating the first orifice with the second orifice, to discharge water via the drainpipe.

Abstract: A drum-type laundry machine of the present invention ensures that a lid (outer lid) thereof can advantageously be opened and closed.

Abstract: Dying or bleaching apparatus for yarn wound on reels or similar packages, comprising a dying boiler (15) having an annular section suitable for receiving a single circular load of mobile reel holder shafts (13) which can be removed at the same time for the subsequent water draining and drying operations, operating with less liquid and also capable of being used with fractional capacities with a constant soaking ratio.

Abstract: A magnetic lid closure sensor uses a magnet sensor element mounted within the washing machine housing below the closed lid. Flux directors conduct flux from a magnet in the lid to the magnet sensor. A lock mechanism employs a hook engaging an aperture in the lid so that opening of the lid does not impart a torque to the hook such as would disengage it, allowing the hook to be activated and deactivated with a simple bidirectional solenoid.

Abstract: A porthole window includes a circular base section being a viewing glass having a substantially planar inner surface and a border region, and a rigid plastic side-wall section of the bowl tapering in a direction of the base section. The viewing glass, over an entire border region of the base section, is curved in a direction of the side-wall section such that the border region of the base section forms a rounded glass shoulder. On the outer border of the glass shoulder, the viewing glass has an annular connecting section running obliquely in relation to the inner surface of the base section and, at its head end, firmly engages with the inner end of the side-wall section.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drum type washing machine having a gasket for preventing leakage of water in the tub and the laundry from being stuck in a laundry opening part.

Abstract: Door for a washing machine and dryer, and a washing machine and a dryer with the door, the door including a frame (31) or (32) having a system for opening/closing an opening (15) or (25) provided for introducing laundry into a washing machine or a dryer; and a hinge assembly (100) including a bracket (110) attached to an inside surface of a housing (11) or (21) of the washing machine or the dryer, and a hinge arm (120) having a first member (121) rotatably connected to the bracket (110), and a second member (122) extended in succession to the first member (121) and rotatably connected to the frame (31) and (32) for being drawn to an outside of the washing machine and the dryer, thereby enabling to be rotated relative to the bracket and the hinge arm respectively, so as to be opened at a great angle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drum type washing machine having a gasket blocking a gap between a laundry entrance and a tub to prevent particles from being put therein. The present invention includes a cabinet having a first opening through which a laundry is put in, a tub having a second opening at a tub front side, a drum provided in the tub to have a third opening at a drum front side corresponding to the second opening, a rotation mans having a rotational shaft penetrating a rear side of the tub to be connected to the drum, a door opening/closing the first opening, and a gasket blocking a gap between the first and second openings to prevent leakage of water and blocking a gap between the second and third openings to prevent a particle from being put between the tub and the drum.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gasket and drum type washing machine using the same. The present invention includes a cabinet having a first opening through which a laundry is put in at a cabinet front side wherein a door is installed to open/close the first opening, a tub installed in the cabinet to have a second opening at a tub front side corresponding to the first opening, a drum installed in the tub to have a third opening at a drum front side corresponding to the second opening, a rotation mans having a rotational shaft penetrating a rear side of the tub to be connected to the drum, and a gasket for preventing leakage of water.

Abstract: Door including a hinge assembly, an inner frame and an outer frame joined together, at least one thereof connected to the hinge assembly (15), a transparent door glass (63) having an edge positioned between, and fixed to the inner frame (62) and the outer frame (64), and a handle (70) formed in a form of recess so that fingers are put into the outer frame from an exterior and pulling the outer frame, thereby forming the handle not projected from the outer frame, being useful to a drum type washing machine or clothes drier.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved door assembly and a washing machine and a dryer having the same applied thereto. The door assembly of the present invention includes a hinge assembly (150), a door body (200), a hook assembly (300), a lock assembly (400). Since, in the present invention, the hand hold formed in the door body (200) is recessed in an inner circumferential surface of the frame (210) so as not to be visible from an exterior, an outer appearance of the appliance is improved. Of components of the hook assembly (300), since the bracket (320) having a shaft (340) with a hook (310) inserted therein is formed as a unit with the bracket (320) on an inside thereof, with a reduced number of the hook assembly smaller than the related art, an assembly process can be simplified and productivity is improved. The lock assembly (400) provided to the cabinet (100) to hold the hook (310) includes a hook holding device and a locking device.

Abstract: Door on a laundry dryer/drum type washing machine including a door frame having a central opening, for opening/closing an opening in a front part of a cabinet for introduction/taking out of laundry, an outer window fixed to a front surface of the door frame, and an inner window fixed to a rear surface of the door frame, wherein the door frame has a front surface curved in left/right directions, and the outer window is curved the same with the door frame, thereby providing a good design of a door and improving washing and drying performance.

Abstract: Method for controlling a full automatic washing machine, the method comprising a washing cycle, a rinsing cycle, and a dewatering cycle, wherein the washing or the rinsing cycle includes the step of rotating an inner tub at a high speed higher than a preset speed in one direction, thereby making a centrifugal force caused by high speed rotation of the inner tub, to push laundry against a wall of the inner tub, to enforce washing water in the inner tub to penetrate through the laundry at a speed higher than required to make the washing done, and to pump the washing water penetrated through the laundry and discharged into an outer tub upward, to recirculate to the inner tub.

Abstract: A washing appliance such as a dishwasher where a top-loading wash chamber is slidable out of cabinet for loading and unloading has a cabinet-mounted chamber lid which is power driven down onto the open top of the wash chamber during the washing cycle. Linear actuators or motors mounted in opposite sides of the appliance cabinet are coupled to opposite sides of the lid to pull the lid down when the chamber has been slid back into the cabinet. In a preferred embodiment rotating dc motors are used to rotate a threaded nut which in turn produces linear motion in a threaded shaft engaged within the nut and connected to the lid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus which uses as operative fluid liquid and/or supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) or other dense-phase fluids such as ammonia or hydrocarbons. The apparatus may have various applications including the cleaning of garments and the degreasing of electronic or mechanical components; the apparatus comprises a cleaning chamber (1), basically formed by a pressurised container, and an installation for supplying the CO2 which includes a storage tank (30) and a distiller (31). Advantageously, in order to start a cleaning cycle, the chamber (1) is pressurised with gaseous CO2 taken from the tank and/or from the distiller which are then excluded from the path of the liquid CO2 used for the actual cleaning. The invention also comprises a special cleaning chamber (1) having a lid and a cylindrical jacket, that are provided with respective mating edges between which operates an improved seal suitable for preventing leakage of supercritical fluids.

Abstract: An improved hood enclosure for isolating wood pulp washing equipment from the ambient environment. The hood has a pair of end members, a pair of skirts along each side to connect to the end member together, and an upper spine also connected at each end to the end members. A pair of clamshell style doors are mounted to the spine along longitudinal hinge lines and are opened vertically. A plurality of access doors are positioned within the skirts, and a plurality of spray or shower pipes penetrate the hood through an end panel to deliver wash liquid to the internal wash drums positioned within the wash vat. Several sealing methods are incorporated to provide sealable access for the access doors, the clamshell doors, and access to the interior of the washing vat for the shower pipes. The clamshell doors abut a peripheral neoprene sealing gasket and are held against the gasket by their own weight.

Abstract: Method for controlling a full automatic washing machine, the method comprising a washing cycle, a rinsing cycle, and a dewatering cycle, wherein the washing or the rinsing cycle includes the step of rotating an inner tub at a high speed higher than a preset speed in one direction, thereby making a centrifugal force caused by high speed rotation of the inner tub, to push laundry against a wall of the inner tub, to enforce washing water in the inner tub to penetrate through the laundry at a speed higher than required to make the washing done, and to pump the washing water penetrated through the laundry and discharged into an outer tub upward, to recirculate to the inner tub.

Abstract: Method for controlling a full automatic washing machine, the method comprising a washing cycle, a rinsing cycle, and a dewatering cycle, wherein the washing or the rinsing cycle includes the step of rotating an inner tub at a high speed higher than a preset speed in one direction, thereby making a centrifugal force caused by high speed rotation of the inner tub, to push laundry against a wall of the inner tub, to enforce washing water in the inner tub to penetrate through the laundry at a speed higher than required to make the wing done, and to pump the washing water penetrated through the laundry and discharged into an outer tub upward, to recirculate to the inner tub.

Abstract: A washing machine lid having a lid frame is provided with the lid frame including a forward edge, a rear edge, at least first and second opposite side edges, and upper surface and a lower surface. A housing is detachably mounted to the lid frame by a bracket assembly. The bracket assembly retentively engages the lid frame. At least one isecuring member retentively engages the housing and also retentively engages the bracket assembly for attaching the housing to the lid frame.

Abstract: A liquified gas dry-cleaning machine having a cleaning vessel with a chamber for containing a wash bath and items to be cleaned and a removable door for sealing the cleaning chamber during a dry-cleaning operation. The dry-cleaning machine has a door opening and closing apparatus which includes a pivot frame for moving the door outwardly from the cleaning vessel in an arced path of movement, and a slide for lowering the door on the pivot frame in a linear path of movement to a position below the level of the cleaning vessel. Reverse movement of the pivot frame thereupon positions the door in a tucked stored position at the same axial location with respect to the cleaning vessel as when the door is closed so as not to impede access to the cleaning chamber nor increase the axial reach of an operator necessary for removing items from the chamber.

Abstract: A liquified gas dry-cleaning machine having a cleaning vessel with a chamber for containing a wash bath and items to be cleaned, a removable door for sealing the cleaning chamber during a dry-cleaning operation, and a locking ring for retaining the door in closed position. A door opening and closing apparatus is provided which includes a pivot frame for moving the door in an arced path of movement into and out of closed position with the cleaning vessel. The door and locking ring have respective locking lugs with a specifically designed geometry for enabling arced movement of the door into and out of the closed position and for centering the door in aligned relation to the cleaning chamber as an incident to such movement. The locking lugs further have mating locking surfaces designed for point contact in a manner that minimizes stress concentrations at n the roots of the locking ring lugs.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a washing machine cabinet having a top cover thereon. The top cover has an upwardly presented surface with an access opening therein and a first sloping surface extending downwardly and away from the access opening. A lid has a seal member thereon which engages the top cover for preventing fluid or condensation from moving away from the access opening down the first sloping surface of the top cover.

Abstract: A dishwasher having a cabinet and wash chambers in the form of drawers which slide in and out of the cabinet. Rigid and flexible closures are disclosed for sealing off the wash chambers when retracted into the cabinet. A detergent dispenser for the dishwasher is provided in one wall of a wash chamber in the wash water discharge path into the wash chamber so that detergent powder is flushed out of the dispenser and mixed with the wash water prior to the latter being discharged into the wash chamber. A wash programme for a dual wash chamber dishwasher is also disclosed which minimises total water consumption by transferring water from one chamber to the other.

Abstract: A washing machine lid having a lid frame is provided with the lid frame including a forward edge, a rear edge, at least first and second opposite side edges, and upper surface and a lower surface. A housing is detachably mounted to the lid frame by a bracket assembly. The bracket assembly retentively engages the lid frame. At least one securing member retentively engages the housing and also retentively engages the bracket assembly for attaching the housing to the lid frame.

Abstract: A lid seal for an automatic vertical axis washer. The lid seal includes rigid and flexible components and generally attaches to a flange of the lid along at least a portion of a lid periphery. When the lid is closed, the lid seal engages the washer housing to eliminate or greatly reduce operational noise and wash fluid spray from escaping through gaps between the lid and the washer housing. In addition, the lid seal acts to improve lid closure sound quality. In doing so, the user is provided with a simple and low cost method to reduce noise and wash fluid spray nuisances associated with the operation of an automatic vertical axis washer.

Abstract: An improved access top cover for a washing machine includes a top panel having a rear edge, first and second opposite side edges, and a front edge. The upper surface of the top panel includes a sloping surface commencing adjacent the front edge of the top panel and sloping upwardly and rearwardly toward the rear edge of the top panel. An access opening is provided in the top panel and a lip flange is positioned between the access opening and the front edge of the top panel. The lip flange forms a ridge which is located above both of the front edge of the top panel and the access opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a door of a pressure cleaning vessel for a dry cleaning system which requires minimal clearance to operate is provided. The apparatus includes a frame slidably attached to the cleaning vessel and having a base member with a pair of attached upstanding side arms which carry the door of the cleaning vessel. The apparatus further includes a first horizontal actuator carried by the cleaning vessel and operatively connected to the frame for moving the frame in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the cleaning vessel such that the door of the cleaning vessel moves between a closed position and an intermediate position wherein the door is substantially in front of the cleaning vessel. A second vertical actuator carried by at least one of the side arms and operatively connected to the door moves the door in a substantially vertical direction relative to the cleaning vessel and the frame between the intermediate position and an open position.

Abstract: A detergent dispensing method and apparatus for an automatic vertical axis washer. The washer includes a tub ring having a louvered area creating a drop zone through which wash additives are directly dispensed into the wash tub. In addition, the washer further includes a tub ring splash shield and D-ring splash shield. The tub ring and D-ring splash shields, along with the tub ring with the louvered area, act to direct wash additives into the wash tub and to further prevent wash fluid from escaping from the wash cycle.

Abstract: An improved hood enclosure for isolating wood pulp washing equipment from the ambient environment. The hood has a pair of end members, a pair of skirts along each side to connect to the end member together, and an upper spine also connected at each end to the end members. A pair of clamshell style doors are mounted to the spine along longitudinal hinge lines and are opened vertically. A plurality of access doors are positioned within the skirts, and a plurality of spray or shower pipes penetrate the hood through an end panel to deliver wash liquid to the internal wash drums positioned within the wash vat. Several sealing methods are incorporated to provide sealable access for the access doors, the clamshell doors, and access to the interior of the washing vat for the shower pipes. The clamshell doors abut a peripheral neoprene sealing gasket and are held against the gasket by their own weight.

Abstract: The door vent of the present invention includes an elongated tube mounted in a lower wall of the door of a horizontal axis washing machine, providing fluid communication between the interior chamber of the door and the interior of the tub, when the door is in a closed position. The tube projects upwardly within the door to form a standpipe, to prevent water from entering and becoming trapped within the door. A fine mesh screen is mounted in the vent to prevent suds from entering the door. A fan may be mounted to a compartment on the detergent receptacle on the washing machine housing, to draw air through the fluid dispensing system and out into the housing of the washing machine.

Abstract: The leading end of the first member (21) of a cover assembly (20) is provided with rolls (30) in order to smoothly guide the cover assembly along sloped guide surfaces (13L and 13R), so that frictional damages are prevented as well as noises.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a housing having a top opening, and a spin basket disposed in the housing. A door is mounted on the housing for opening and closing the top opening. A motor-actuated door opening/closing mechanism is provided for opening and closing the door, the mechanism being actuated by a foot pedal mounted at a lower portion of the housing. By pivoting the foot pedal, an electric signal is generated for actuating a motor of the door opening/closing mechanism.

Abstract: Apparatus for dyeing textile materials with a fixed, hollow and substantially cylindrical body intended to contain a dyeing bath consisting of water and dyeing substances in predetermined proportions, comprising in combination:--a basket for holding the materials to be dyed, whose side wall is provided with a plurality of ports or openings for the communication of the basket with the cavity of the body, and with upper and lower bases being provided with corresponding ports or openings, the basket being locatable within the cavity of the container and a transmission driven by a corresponding driving member and connected to the upper base of the basket for the vertical reciprocating movement thereof.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a pressurized sealing arrangement capable of pressurizing and heating the interior of an outer tub which retains washing water by a pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure. Here, a heater is installed between the outer tub, and an inner tub and a piston and a driving unit of the piston are formed to the inner bottom plane of a top cover. The driving unit includes a screw shaft formed with a male screw along the outer circumference thereof, a series of gears for transmitting a rotational force to the screw shaft and a control motor.

Abstract: A novel apparatus and method for a washing machine wherein which the door may be automatically opened and closed. The door opening/closing apparatus comprises: a sensor for determining an opened state of the door; a sensor for determining a closed state of the door; a motor for supplying a dynamic force to open and close the door; an external input mechanism for entering a door opening/closing command; and a controller for determining the state of the door based on information supplied from each of the sensors when a door opening/closing command is present, and controlling the activation of the motor, accordingly.

Abstract: There is disclosed a power supply system for a washing machine which has an automatic door opening/closing apparatus designed for automatically opening or closing a door, a washing machine driving unit for enabling the washing machine to perform the washing operation, and a control component for controlling the operation of the washing machine driving unit.

Abstract: A clothes washer includes a lid formed by a first member hinged to a housing of the clothes washer, and a second member hinged to the first member. The first and second members are folded together when the lid is opened, and are unfolded when the lid is closed. A motor-driven lid opening/closing mechanism is provided for opening and closing the lid. That mechanism includes a motor-driven rotary cam member mounted on the housing, and a following member fixed to the first member of the lid. During rotation in one direction, the cam member engages the following member to open the lid, and during rotation in the opposite direction, the cam member engages the following member to close the lid. When the lid is in the closed and open states, the cam member is disengaged from the following member to enable the lid to be manually opened and closed.

Abstract: A tub ring is provided which forms an opening to a rotatable wash basket of a washing machine. The tub ring includes a clothes diverter which guides and deflects clothes in the basket downward, away from the opening, so that the clothes are wetted quickly. Preferably, the diverter guides the clothes into a flow from an inlet nozzle, which can also be formed in the tub ring. Additionally, dispensers for wash additives can be formed in the tub ring.

Abstract: A washing machine has a door mounted for rotation between open and closed positions. An electrical solenoid is connected to the door by means of a wire so that when the wire is pulled by the solenoid, the door is opened from a closed position, or closed from an open position. A torsion spring is connected to the door for storing energy while the door is being opened or closed, and then releasing the stored energy to maintain the door in the open or closed position. The wire is flexible to enable the door to be manually opened without actuating the solenoid.

Abstract: An improved door for a horizontal axis fabric treatment machine. The door is designed to removably cover an access opening in a perforated inner drum and includes a series of interwoven elongated fabric strips which are attached at each end to the drum by a series of buckles. The buckles include a frame portion attached to the drum and a tongue portion attached to an end of the elongated fabric strip. The fabric strips define living hinges adjacent each end thereof, allowing the door to open in a number of directions. The access opening is revealed by opening the buckles on three sides of the door, and pivoting the door about the living hinge provided on the fourth side. The buckles allow the door to be completely removed and replaced without tools. The door exploits membrane stiffness to retain, support, and transfer the weight or load from the door to the surrounding drum.