may be supported on any suitable vibration damping spring assemblies which provide support for the base plate 52 from the cabinet base 30 and which absorb vibration during spinning movement of the spin basket 14 the base plate 52 also forms a support for the motor 48 and a drive control mechanism or transmission generally indicated by the reference numeral 56 which may also include a clutch and control mechanism as well as a drive mechanism for oscillating the agitator 16 or spinning the spin basket 14 and releasing the agitator to spin freely with the basket a pump 58 is provided for removing wash or rinse water from the tub 12 at the termination of a washing or a rinsing operation and is suspended from the base plate 52 and connected to drain the tub 12 through a drain hose 60 it should be understood that the motor 48 the drive mechanism 56 and the pump 58 can be mounted in any convenient manner between the cabinet base 30 and the base plate 52 and need not necessarily depend from the base plate 52 as shown the cabinet 18 also forms a mounting for a suitable water inlet valve 62 of a conventional construction controlling the supply of water introduced to the tub 12 for a particular washing or rinsing operation the water inlet valve provides selective fluid communication between an inlet hose 64 connected to a source of water under pressure and a conventional anti siphoning device 68 which may be mounted on the tub ring 40 referring to fig2 and 4.