all suspended from the base plate 44 during a normal wash cycle the agitator 18 is oscillated about its vertical axis such that lower vanes 46 operate as pumping arms to cause a toroidal flow of wash liquid downwardly along the agitator body outwardly along the skirt 48 of the agitator and upwardly along the wall of the wash basket 16 this toroidal flow increases turnover of the clothes in the wash basket thus enhancing washability during the dehydration or liquid extraction stage of the wash cycle the wash basket 16 is spun at high rate of speed to cause a centrifugal extraction of the wash liquid through the perforate wall of the basket the wash basket 16 is driven by the motor 22 through the connection of a spin tube 50 which connects to the wash basket at a top end and which is indirectly connected to the driven pulley 34 at a bottom end by means of a delay mechanism shown generally at 52 a first embodiment of the delay mechanism is shown in greater detail in fig3 5 which illustrate a plurality of stacked discs 54 carried on the agitator shaft 20 each individual disc comprises a generally circular member having an upstanding circumferential wall 56 extending axially from a floor portion 58 a central hub portion 60 also projects axially upwardly and terminates at a.