Owner Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited

Inventors Hirst, Daryl Leonard; Gramada, Radu; Johnson, Hugh Griffith; McGregor, Bruce Reginald Frank; Hilgers, Andy Alexander; Abraham, Bradley Clive; Valandia, Armando Morles; Frazerhurst, Geoffrey Simon; Guinibert, Allen James; Pitt, Daniel Keith Raphael; Jackson, Russell Joseph; Eskildsen, Olaf Adrian Hojland

Agent A J Park

Pub. Number AU-B-2003222525

PCT Number PCT/NZ03/00065

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/087459

Priority 525195 04.04.03 NZ; 518290 10.04.02 NZ

Filing date 10 April 2003

Wipo publication date 27 October 2003

Acceptance publication date 24 September 2009

D06F 25/00 (2006.01) Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and centrifugally draining and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air

D06F 33/02 (2006.01) Controlling a series of operations in washing machines, e.g. programme-control arrangements for washing and drying cycles - electrically

D06F 37/30 (2006.01) Details of washing machines of kinds covered by groups , restricted to machines of these kinds - Driving arrangements

D06F 39/12 (2006.01) Details of washing machines in so far as such details are not special to washing machines of groups or to any particular type of washing machine defined in groups or - Casings

D06F 39/14 (2006.01) Details of washing machines in so far as such details are not special to washing machines of groups or to any particular type of washing machine defined in groups or

D06F 58/02 (2006.01) Domestic laundry driers - having drier drums rotating about a horizontal axis

D06F 58/04 (2006.01) Domestic laundry driers - Details

D06F 58/06 (2006.01) Domestic laundry driers

D06F 58/08 (2006.01) Domestic laundry driers

D06F 58/20 (2006.01) Domestic laundry driers - General details of domestic laundry driers

D06F 58/22 (2006.01) Domestic laundry driers

D06F 58/26 (2006.01) Domestic laundry driers

D06F 58/28 (2006.01) Domestic laundry driers - Controlling or regulating

F16H 35/00 (2006.01) Gearings or mechanisms with other special functional features

F26B 11/02 (2006.01) Machines or apparatus for drying solid materials or objects with movement which is non-progressive

F16H 7/08 (2006.01) Gearing for conveying rotary motion by endless flexible members - Means for varying tension of belts, ropes, or chains

F16H 25/20 (2006.01) Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms - Screw mechanisms