be a permanent split capacitor psc motor and is connected through a drive pulley 36 and a belt 38 to drive a driver pulley 40 affixed to the bottom of the drive shaft 30 the motor 20 may be reversely operated to provide oscillatory motion to the agitator when the washer is operating in the agitate mode the motor 20 is operated in a reversing fashion which causes the drive shaft 30 to oscillate thus driving the sun gear 54 in alternating opposite directions the agitator 18 is therefore oscillated through its connection with the planet gears 50 the wash basket is held stationary during this operation and to provide the means for holding the basket stationary a band brake mechanism shown generally at 56 may be provided the band brake mechanism 56 includes a brake band 58 having a high friction interior lining 59 which is engageable with at least a portion of the circumference of the hub 44 connected to the basket 16 the band brake 56 may be constructed and actuated as disclosed in commonly assigned and copending u s application no 214 592 filed jul 1 1988 the specification of which is incorporated by reference herein generally in the agitate mode the agitator 18 is.