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A motor-pump assembly for an agitator-type clothes washing machine includes a motor with a vertical drive shaft having upper and lower ends that extend above and below the top and bottom end bells of the motor casing. The lower end of the drive shaft carries a pulley for rotating the input shaft of

A motor-pump assembly for an agitator-type clothes washing machine includes a motor with a vertical drive shaft having upper and lower ends that extend above and below the top and bottom end bells of the motor casing. The lower end of the drive shaft carries a pulley for rotating the input shaft of a belt driven transmission actuating an associated agitator and spin tub. The upper end of the drive shaft carries a water pump impeller contained within a pump casing that rests on a dishlike drip shield, the shield in turn resting on the top end bell of the motor casing. The pump casing, the drip shield, and the top end bell of the motor casing are maintained in vertical alignment with each other by a pair of springlike metal clips that can be easily removed to allow for pump replacement.

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A motor-pump assembly for a clothes washing machine comprising: a motor with a casing having a top end bell and a bottom end bell, said motor including a generally vertical drive shaft rotatably supported by said end bells, the upper end of said shaft extending above said top end bell; a dishlike dr

A motor-pump assembly for a clothes washing machine comprising: a motor with a casing having a top end bell and a bottom end bell, said motor including a generally vertical drive shaft rotatably supported by said end bells, the upper end of said shaft extending above said top end bell; a dishlike drip shield having a plurality of downwardly extending leg portions with distal ends that engage the said top end bell, said top end bell supporting said drip shield, said drip shield including a generally centrally located aperture through which the upper end of said drive shaft freely extends; a water pump positioned above said drip shield, said pump having a pump casing defining a chamber enclosing a rotatable impeller, the upper distal end of said drive shaft carrying and rotatably driving said rotatable impeller, said impeller being fitted over the said upper distal end of said drive shaft so that it can be removed from said drive shaft by manually moving said pump away from said drip shield, said pump casing including another plurality of downwardly extending leg portions with distal ends that engage said drip shield, said drip shield supporting said pump casing, said drip shield diverting away from said motor any water that may leak downwardly from said pump; and means for applying a biasing force to said pump casing to hold it in position against said drip shield, said biased pump casing in turn applying a biasing force against said drip shield to hold it in position against said top end bell of said motor.