Abstract: A drum type washing apparatus and a method of processing the wash using the drum type washing apparatus wherein they have a characterizing feature which consists in that the peripheral wall of a rotary drum made of a perforated plate is configured in the form of a wall having a single corrugated portion or a plurality of corrugated portions which do not intersect the direction of centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotary drum at right angles. Further, they have other characterizing features which consist in that the apparatus is provided with a liquid injecting nozzle and/or a gas blowing nozzle and/or a hot air blowing nozzle for allowing liquid and/or gas and/or hot air to be injected and/or blown into the interior of the rotary drum whereby a period of time required for performing steps of washing, dewatering and drying the wash in the rotary drum can be shortened.

Abstract: A washing/drying machine including a washtub, a feeding device for feeding water to the washtub, a draining device for draining water from the washtub, a tumbling drum, rotatably supported by a lateral axis in the washtub, having a plurality of holes through which air and water pass and an opening for introducing the washing, and a lid for closing the opening, a motor for rotating the drum at various speeds, a disc for agitating the washing, disposed in the drum adjacent to a flat end wall of the drum in parallel with the wall, a bearing device for rotatably bearing the disc, a fixing device for selectively fixing the disc, a device for supplying hot air to the drum, and a controller for controlling the fixing device to intermittently fix the disc against the rotation of the drum, and a controlling method thereof.

Abstract: An undyed carpet web is pretreated by applying a liquid preparatory agent in a gap of an applicator. Subsequent to the application of the preparatory agent, the carpet web is detained in a dwell apparatus. The web is then suctioned off in a hydroextraction device and steamed in a steaming machine before the dyeing operation begins.

Abstract: A substantially self-contained system and corresponding method provides practical spot cleaning of soiled garments without requiring the use of chlorinated solvents. A soiled garment may optionally be pretreated with a water base, nonchlorinated cleaner. Thereafter, a relatively high level of vacuum force is applied to the soiled garment to be cleaned while steam is directed onto the spot. The steam comprises the main cleaner when no pretreatment is used, and comprises the flushing agent whenever a water-based pretreatment cleaner is used. Drying effects obtained with the vacuum force may be augmented by the addition of compressed air directed onto the garment. A self-contained workstation practicing such methodology may include an electric water boiler for generating steam and an industrial grade vacuum pick-up with a waste collector for generating the relatively high vacuum force, preferably at least about 80 inches of mercury of static pressure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus which utilizes a novel dye solution for dyeing carpet in which the dye solution is heated to a temperature higher than the boiling point of water thus allowing fixation of the dye on the carpet without the need for a steam fixator.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a technique which comprises the steps of stopping the rotation of a treating drum in a deodorizing step, introducing the outside air into a treating tank through an upper opening provided in the upper portion of the treating tank or the upper portion of a recovery air duct, simultaneously exhausting a solvent gas from the treating tank through a lower opening provided in the lower portion of the treating tank or a button trap portion so slowly as not to agitate the solvent gas in the treating tank by an exhaust means connected to a solvent recovery device in the condition that the treating drum is stopped, in order to replace the solvent gas in the treating tank with the outside air, and reusing the solvent gas through the solvent recovery device once or several times. In addition, the present invention is further directed to an improvement of the above-mentioned technique.

Abstract: A drying device of a washing machine includes a housing with a perforated drum disposed in the housing. A stationary drum is provided around the perforated drum forming a clearance between them. A plurality of radially extending and circumferentially spaced ribs project outward from the wall of the perforated drum to a position adjacent to the stationary drum.

Abstract: A machine for washing carpets having a frame, a plurality of elongated rolls located in the frame for transferring the carpet through the machine, and a distributing unit mvoable along the length of the rolls for spraying cleaning solution on the carpet. The machine also includes hoses connected at one end to the distributing unit, and at the other end, to a transportation device. The transportation device is movable, which moves the hoses, which in turn moves the distributing unit along the length of the rolls.

Abstract: A drum-type washing machine includes a resin drum which is rotatably supported in a frame by a horizontal shaft. The resin drum includes a body portion molded out of a synthetic resin, and an end surface formed at one end of the body portion, the other end being open. A fluid balancer positioned at the open end of the body portion includes a hollow annular member and a predetermined amount of saltwater sealed therein. The drum diameter is increased from the one end to the other end by utilizing a taper or slope from a plastic molding process. Therefore, the wash in the drum, in operation, moves to the vicinity of the fluid balancer at the other end of the drum along the slope of the inner surface of the drum, thereby to produce a maximum balancing effect of the fluid balancer.

Abstract: A washing-drying machine wherein a tub is mounted in a prism-shaped housing by a pair of tilting shafts in order to carry out the washing-rinsing-spinning steps with a tub substantially vertical and to carry out the warm-air drying step with a tub substantially horizontal. The tilting shafts are arranged on a horizontal axis extending through diagonally opposite corners of the housing so that the capacity of the tub can be maximized, even through the tub tilts, and thereby the capacity of the housing can be efficiently utilized.

Abstract: A drum type washing apparatus and a method of processing the wash using the drum type washing apparatus wherein they have a characterizing feature which consists in that the peripheral wall of a rotary drum made of a perforated plate is configured in the form of a wall having a single corrugated portion or a plurality of corrugated portions which do not intersect the direction of centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotary drum at right angles. Further, they have other characterizing features which consist in that the apparatus is provided with a liquid injecting nozzle and/or a gas blowing nozzle and/or a hot air blowing nozzle for allowing liquid and/or gas and/or hot air to be injected and/or blown into the interior of the rotary drum whereby a period of time required for performing steps of washing, dewatering and drying the wash in the rotary drum can be shortened.

Abstract: A dish washer with dryer comprising a washing and drying compartment defined in a main body wherein tableware to be cleaned and dried are loaded, a washing pump for spraying cleaning water into the compartment, a heater and fan for feeding drying air into the compartment after the spraying of the cleaning water, the dish washer with dryer comprising:a leading inlet and outlet for the drying air located on a compartment wall of the washing and drying room;suction and exhaust holes for outside air located on an outer body wall of the main body wall;a circulating air pathway for connecting the leading inlet with the leading outlet and a cooling air pathway for connecting the suction hole with the exhaust hole between the room wall and the outer body wall;a double faced fan which forms a part of a partition board by which both pathways are partitioned.

Abstract: A washing/drying machine capable of effecting washing and drying as a continuous process. Washing, rinsing, dehydrating and drying are performed while a rotary basket is retained in a vertical position. After the dehydration the rotary basket is inclined and is rotated on its axis, so that an opening end of the rotary basket is located slightly higher than the horizontal. In this state, hot air for drying is blown into the rotary basket from the opening side.

Abstract: Continuous process for dyeing a textile thread by impregnation under pressure, followed by fluid extraction. The dye solution is applied to the thread in an impregnation enclosure, the thread then passes into a fluid extraction enclosure under which liquid is recovered to regenerate it and reuse it as dye. A regeneration enclosure is connected to an automatic color analyzer and to a calculation unit controlling the dosing apparatus for colorants.

Abstract: In the machine of this invention, a rotation-support member is provided in an outer tub for containing water so that the rotation-support member can rotate about a vertical axis. The rotation-support member supports a perforated inner tub rotatable about a horizontal axis. A heating means heats air in the inner tub. When the laundry is washed or rinsed, the laundry is loaded in the inner tub, water is supplied to the outer tub until the water reaches inside the inner tub, and the inner tub is rotated about the horizontal axis. The laundry is prevented from jumping out of the inner tub during the washing and rinsing process due to boards or net provided in the inner tub. When the washed or rinsed laundry is dehydrated, water is drained from the outer tub, the rotation-support member and the inner tub are rotated together about the vertical axis in the same direction at the same high speed.

Abstract: A method of ironing articles of clothing suspended on hangers includes the step of directing opposite hot air jets onto two large sides of a moving previously wetted article with the opposite hot air jets acting to impinge upon the treated article in a direction from top to bottom so as to maintain the article in a state of vertical tension during the treatment, and the hot air being directed symmetrically onto the two sides of the moving articles through a plurality of superimposed nozzles which are inclined downwardly about 45.degree. to a plane of movement of the article. An apparatus for implementing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A full-automatic washing and drying machine has a drum mounted in an outer tank for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis, a reversible motor operable at a fixed speed for driving the drum, and a power transmission device for transmitting the torque of the motor to the drum axle. The power transmission means include a reduction device. The motor and the reduction device are controlled by a control device such that, during washing and drying operations, the direction of rotation of an output shaft of the motor is switched in short periods while the speed-changing device transmits the rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the drum axle at a reduced speed, whereas, during dehydration operation, the motor operates unidirectionally and the speed-changing device transmits the unidirectional rotation of the motor output shaft to the drum axle with a speed reduction in an initial stage of the dehydration operation and, thereafter, without speed reduction.

Abstract: This machine has a tunnel traversed axially by fabric rope, itself disposed inside a chamber supplied with pressurized air from an enclosure which is, disposed inside the machine and contains a centrifugal fan. The tunnel communicates with the chamber (12) through at least one opening which is inclined with respect to the axis of the tunnel in the direction of movement of the rope.

Abstract: A support structure for a vertically arranged combination household appliance, more particularly a front loading dryer assembly arranged above a top loading washer assembly, includes vertical main support members, horizontal members and other members. The structure adequately supports both appliance assemblies of the combination appliance during transportation and usage, provides improved operating performance during off balance washer spin conditions or dryer tumbling, and maintains unitary appliance characteristics by being an integral part of the combination appliance design and by being located entirely interior to the appliance cabinetry.

Abstract: In a method for treating textile fabric (5), such as woven goods, knitted goods, threads, yarns, slivers and the like, with a treatment substance such as revivers or brighteners and the like, the application of the product is performed in the course of the drying process, to save water and energy. The treatment substance is added to the gas stream that is forced through the textile package (5) as it dries.

Abstract: A combined appliance for washing and drying laundry of the over/under type. The appliance includes a washer tub wherein the ratio of the tub diameter to the tub depth is approximately 1.3, and further includes a dryer having a drum wherein the ratio of the drum diameter to the drum depth is approximately 1.3. A washer basket is disposed in the washer tub, and the ratio of the dryer drum volume to the capacity of the washer basket is approximately 2.4. The volume of the dryer drum is greater than 4 cubic feet, and the washer basket capacity is greater than 2 cubic feet. The rearwardmost extent of the washer tub is closer to a vertical centerline of the dryer drum than to a rear of the dryer drum, thus enhancing access to the interior of the washer and facilitating transfer of the laundry from the washer to the dryer.

Abstract: In a fabric treatment apparatus for applying a washing or rinsing liquid to a dyed or printed textile web, the web is transported by a sieve conveyor belt along a horizontal path. Spaced from one another along that horizontal path are several liquid applicators or spray pipes. Associated with each spray pipe is a respect dwell stretch and a suction device, the dwell stretch being located downstream of the respective liquid applicator and upstream of the respective suction device. The dwell stretch includes either two sets of rotatable rollers spaced a distance from one another or a rotatable sieve drum.

Abstract: The area which is to be cleaned is intially subjected to a pulsating jet of a liquid which penetrates through the area and which liquid contains a cleaning agent. Thereafter the area is rinsed by a pulsating jet of water which also penetrates through the area. Accordingly, the dirt gets dissolved and a mechanical working of the respective area is achieved simultaneously with a rinsing away of the dirt. Immediately thereafter the now wet area is penetrated by a hot pressurized air jet such to achieve a driving away of the dampness and accordingly a complete drying. If necessary, above sequence is repeated. Due to the speedy drying a forming of rings at the cleaned area is prevented and it is immediately possible to see if a visually complete cleaning has been achieved.

Abstract: Installation for the continuous treatment of at least one textile yarn comprising means for continuously winding at least one yarn picked up on a reel, a deposit head for depositing this yarn on a conveyor belt, at least one thermal treatment enclosure area through which the yarn passes resting freely on the conveyor belt and means for taking up the yarn on the conveyor belt for rewinding it, wherein the thermal treatment enclosure area comprises a yarn drying apparatus using micro-wave or high frequency treatment, and forced ventilation means across the yarn and the conveyor belt.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine is convertible to a clothes drying or a combined clothes washing and drying machine and includes a washing tub made of plastic material and a rotating inner drum housed in the tub and capable of being driven at the various revolving speeds required for both washing and drying cycles. The tub is provided with an upper opening which can be closed by exchangeable or interchangeable closing elements including, when the machine is being used as a dryer, an arched closing element provided with a number of electrical heating elements and an upper port capable of being connected with an exhaust manifold of the machine via a hot air circulating conduit.

Abstract: In industry there is, for economic reasons, an urgent need to be able to carry out the drying of moist textile material immediately after a completed wet-treatment in the same apparatus in which the preceding treatment operation was carried out.According to the invention the problems arising in the case of textile materials treated in rope form on jet units are solved by evaporatively dewatering the textile material in rope form by means of the gaseous agent which in the case of fabric-advancing jet systems operated by flowing liquor, steam or hot air takes over the transport of the goods immediately after the wet-treatment and which acts on the textile material under a predetermined variable superatmospheric pressure, then cooling the circulating drive gas to condense out the absorbed moisture, and recirculating the air thus dried.

Abstract: The fabric cleaning system for cleaning a fabric such as the wire on a paper machine includes a cleaning station through which the fabric continuously passes. In the station cleaning fluid is directed onto a surface of the fabric, contacts the fabric to remove at least some of the debris and is collected in a collecting chamber. The dirty fluid is cleaned of debris in a cleaner such as a screen and is then returned and re-used to clean the fabric. Preferably the cleaning fluid is applied to the fabric through slots with their outlet openings adjacent the fabric and formed by tapered passages that diminish in height in the direction of the travel of the fabric. Preferably the slots extend the full width of the fabric.

Abstract: In industry there is, for economic reasons, an urgent need to be able to carry out the drying of moist textile material immediately after a completed wet-treatment in the same apparatus in which the preceding treatment operation was carried out.According to the invention the problems arising in the case of textile materials treated in rope form on jet units are solved by evaporatively dewatering the textile material in rope form by means of the gaseous agent which in the case of fabric-advancing jet systems operated by flowing liquor, steam or hot air takes over the transport of the goods immediately after the wet-treatment and which acts on the textile material under a predetermined variable superatmospheric pressure, then cooling the circulating drive gas to condense out the absorbed moisture, and recirculating the air thus dried.

Abstract: A coupling device is provided for mounting a dryer above a washer wherein the device includes side brackets attachable to side walls of the washer to permit removal of the washer top panel without disassembly of the coupling device or removal of the dryer. A rear brace strengthens the coupling device and a front panel provides a finished look. A rear spacer bracket is used if an exhaust conduit is to be directed downwardly behind the dryer, the spacer bracket preventing crushing or dislodging of the conduit.

Abstract: A dewatering device that effects suction removal of liquid from a length of fibrous material, such as textile material with several suction pipes or the like, each equipped with a suction slot and with wetting units connected upstream thereof. The suction pipes are arranged in series to treat the textile material and are located superimposed vertically in several tiers. For the zigzag-like guidance of the length of material, guide rolls are arranged one above the other in two rows aligned in a side-by-side relationship.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for the continuous wet treatment of a length of tubular material in which a changing device is provided at the inlet and the arrangement for introducing air into the length of material extends over the entire width of the chamber. Such apparatus also permits full utilization of the machine capacity even with narrow material.

Abstract: A machine for treating fabrics, comprises--in combination with a wall agat which the fabric is directed in order to strike against the wall and undergo the action thereof--: a duct for the dragging of the fabric; means to feed the fabric to said duct; means to convey a dragging air stream towards the outlet of said duct for the dragging of the fabric, in order to project it pneumatically against said wall, which is grid shaped; and possible means for pneumatic support.

Abstract: A compact washer-dryer apparatus wherein a washing and drying cycle typically performed on clothes is set forth utilizing a common rotating drum for each operation. Directed drying air is provided to the common drum by means of an overlying plenum chamber. Subsequent to a washing cycle, a pivoting shielding plate is repositioned whereupon the drying cycle may commence in the common drum utilized for the washing cycle.

Abstract: A laundry washing machine includes a wash tub, a basket for receiving laundry and mounted for rotation within the wash tub, a recirculating duct extending from the bottom of the wash tub to an upper portion thereof, and a pump for recirculating the washing liquid through the duct from the bottom of the wash tub to the upper portion thereof. A housing is attached to the top of the wash tub to define a chamber, and the duct extends into the housing such that the washing liquid pumped by the pump through the duct is discharged into the chamber. Heater elements are located within the chamber to thereby heat the washing liquid discharged into the chamber. The interior of the chamber communicates with the interior of the wash tub through an overflow weir. The machine further may include an air drying circuit whereby air is recirculated through an air duct by means of a fan from the bottom of the wash tub to the chamber, wherein the recirculated air is heated by the heating elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for inflating a continuously moving length of tubular material, in which the nozzle tube is rotatable and an arrangement is provided which locks the nozzle tube in an angular position in which the nozzle is in contact with the length of material during the discharge of gas from the nozzle. Such apparatus is distinguished during the greater part of the production time by a considerable reduction in the friction between the length of material and the nozzle tube.

Abstract: A washing machine has a stationary tub with drain outlets at the bottom periphery. A venturi conduit extends from the bottom of the tub opening upward along the axis of the tub to produce a toroidal flow of water in an open basket in the tub seated on an annular disk surrounding the venturi opening. The annular disk is mounted on rollers at the bottom of the tub and carries permanent magnets. An annular driving member also carrying magnets is located below the bottom of the tub surrounding the conduit connected to the venturi and carries permanent magnets opposite those on the annular disk inside the tub. A pulley at the bottom of the driving member is coupled by a belt to the pulley on a drive motor. A pump is connected between the venturi and the tub outlets. A selectively operable valve controls the flow of water between the venturi and a drain outlet. This assembly is contained in a cabinet having an opening covered by a lid. The opening is large enough to allow removal and insertion of the open basket.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuous wet heat treatment of a cloth, comprising a water tank for applying high temperature hot water to a cloth soaked with a treating solution so as to swell the cloth, and a tenter for transporting the thus swelled cloth while giving tension in the width direction of the cloth, and providing three groups of jet nozzles for jetting, respectively, a high temperature and high humidity hot fluid, hot blast and cold blast in succession along the direction of transporting the cloth by means of the tenter.

Abstract: The washing machine functions according to a new principle and contains the washable items, particularly washable textiles, in stacked layers in a mesh cage which is fixed in position at a drum rotatably mounted in a casing. Wash water as well as drying air flows through the preferably stationary or slowly rotating drum containing the washable items, is pumped off at an outlet of the casing, and returns again by way of a recirculation pipe to an inlet of the casing. Intermittent rotation of the drum, for example, by 180.degree., is also possible. In this manner, the wash water or drying air passes through the washable items first from one side and then from the opposite side. All switching procedures are electronically controlled according to a preselected program schedule. The washable items no longer can be damaged by catching on the drum, the wash cycle is more effective and thus shorter than before, and electric energy and chemicals are saved.

Abstract: An improved fabric dryer having a cabinet with a closable door, a stationary microwave impermeable container within the cabinet having an opening contiguous to and in alignment with the cabinet opening and having air inlets and an air outlet opening, a magnetron for generating electromagnetic energy and a wave guide for directing the energy into the container, an air and microwave permeable basket removably positionable within the container through the opening therein, the basket having a latchable door and being adaptable to receive fabric therein to be dried, rollers within the container for rotating the basket to tumble fabric therein and a fan for drawing air out the container air outlet. The removable basket facilitates placing fabric into and out of the dryer.

Abstract: Yarn drying and dye setting apparatus comprising an enclosure having an inlet for receiving a dyed yarn strand and an outlet for discharging the strand, a fan and heater for circulating heated air within the enclosure, a reel comprising a pair of spaced side wheels rotatably mounted in the enclosure on which the yarn strand is wound, a plurality of rods extending between the side wheels, and the rods being angularly related with respect to the axis of the reel to facilitate movement of the yarn along the rods during the drying and dye setting process.

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.

Abstract: A control system is provided for controlling the operation of at least a pair of coin actuated appliances. A control panel area is provided which includes a coin drop mechanism, selection switches and indicators. A microcontroller is in circuit association with the coin drop mechanism, the selection switches and the indicators. The microcontroller is operable for accumulating the value of coins received and for effecting a display of the value in the indicators. Upon operation of a selection switch for a particular appliance by the appliance user, the microcontroller will effect operation of that appliance and the assignment of the displayed value to that appliance.

Abstract: A process for washing textile material wherein a non-foamed washing liquor, combined with a foam-producing chemical, is applied to a continuously fed textile material, the foam is produced on the textile material by effecting alternating compression and pressure relief of the textile surface while simultaneously loosening the dirt, and finally the foam, and thus the dirt dissolved in and taken up by the foam, is removed by suction.

Abstract: Three consecutive work zones are provided in a drying apparatus for tubular textile wares, equipped with an expander arranged vertically floating in the interior of the tubular textile material. Zones, in which drying air is blown from the outside into the tube interior, are located upstream an entry ring which expands the tube and downstream of a corresponding exit ring of the expander, which may be circular, for example. In a third, center zone located between the entry ring and the exit ring of the expander, the tubular textile material is exposed to substantially radially outwardly directed suction of the drying air which may cause undesirable deformation of the tubular textile material. A gas-permeable substantially cylindrical jacket is provided in the center zone. This jacket envelopes the tubular textile material which bears against the inner wall of the jacket during the drying, whereby such deformations are avoided or controlled.

Abstract: The crease displacement and the achievable dilution factor in the conventional continuous pretreatment or aftertreatment operations of fabric ropes with liquid means in rope washers are not adequate, and consequently the water consumption necessary for satisfactory results is too high. To date the existing problems can only be solved with squeeze rollers which, however, have an adverse effect on the goods.According to the invention the textile rope is now introduced into a treatment store of a liquid-operated jet apparatus, is subjected to the action of the treatment liquor, is then carried along by a steam- or more generally gas-operated jet arrangement and conveyed into an interim store, where dewatering takes place. From the interim store the goods, with satisfactory dilution factor, are then passed to the next isothermal or non-isothermal treatment stage of the same or a very similar structure.

Abstract: A washing machine with a drier having a washing machine body, a drier carrier mounted on the washing machine body and a drier body carried by said carrier. Almost whole part of the front surface of the drier carrier is concaved rearwardly to provide a concaved curved front surface. The upper end of the front surface of the drier carrier, which is flush with the fron surface of the drier body, is retracted rearwardly from the lower end of the front surface of the drier carrier which is flush with the front surface of the washing machine body. The rear end of the drier body is projected rearwardly from the rear surface of the drier carrier.

Abstract: Installation for the centrifugal spin-drying or combined spin-drying and drying of fibrous or porous materials comprising, in combination, a spin-drier and a material carrier adapted to receive at least one pile of spools or similar of fibrous or porous materials, said material carrier being formed from a plurality of supports each adapted to receive a pile of spools or similar, disposed along at least one ring about a common axis formed by a central caisson, said spin-drier being equipped with a basket comprising a plurality of pockets or similar each adapted to receive a pile of spools or similar carried by a support of the material carrier, said supports being designed to be each housed in a pocket of the basket of said spin-drier and the common axis about which said supports are disposed in a ring being formed by a hollow central caisson adapted to fit into the central pivot of the centrifugal spin-drier.

Abstract: A top loading clothes washer adapted for installation under a fixed or stationary upper structure such as a stacked dryer or countertop wherein the washer is pivotable to a forward tilt-out position providing access to the top and wherein a washer lid in sliding engagement with the top is automatically opened as a result of the tilt-out movement of the washer. Apparatus connected to the lid restrains its forward movement so that it is prevented from moving out from under the dryer or countertop as the top of the washer tilts forward.

Abstract: A combination appliance is provided having a washing machine and a dryer separately supported above the washing machine. The physical arrangement of the washing machine/dryer combination provides a compartment below the dryer cabinet and behind the washing machine cabinet. A recessed area in the top cover of the washing machine and below the bottom of the dryer defines a pocket which is in communication with the compartment. A sliding access door is operable within the recessed area and is manually movable to a posture partially within the compartment and partially within the pocket for providing clear access to within the washing machine.

Abstract: A top loading clothes washer pivotally supported so that it can be installed underneath a stationary structure and tilted forward for loading and unloading clothes. The pivotal support is provided by a stable base which also includes apparatus such as a hook for preventing forward tilting past a predetermined loading and unloading tilt-out position. The front of the washer is truncated and the tilt axis is backward from the truncation but forward from the washer center of gravity. In the upright washing position, rear feet on the washer provide support for the washer and also engage the base to horizontally secure the washer to the base for stability during spin dynamics. A biased hinge covering the front truncation provides backward torque about the tilt axis so that the washer feet carry a significant amount of the washer weight.