Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P.
Rotary mounting for shaft sections of a clothes washer power transmission
 A clothes washer includes a washing basket in which an oscillatory agitator is disposed. A power transmission interconnects a motor with the basket and agitator. The power transmission includes a washing shaft assembly connected to the agitator and a hollow dehydrating shaft assembly connected to the basket. The washing shaft assembly passes through the hollow dehydrating shaft assembly. The dehydrating shaft assembly includes a first dehydrating shaft connected to the basket, and a second shaft having an inner circumference which is press-fit to an outer circumference of the first dehydrating shaft. The outer periphery of the second dehydrating shaft is rotatably supported within a bearing. 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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