END SEAL Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: end seals. SUBSTANCE: rigidly secured in wall of washing machine tank is bush with drive shaft on which pulley, bearing disk and activator are secured. Steel foil secured on tank wall is not rotatable; it is used for closing the clearance between disk and bush; it is loaded with spring and with pressure on side of liquid contained in tank. Drive of pulley rotates the shaft with bearing disk and activator in bush; activator is immersed in detergent which tends to enter clearance between fixed bush and movable disk under action of pressure but it cannot enter this clearance because it is closed with steel foil. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 3 cl, 2 dwg