engagement of the teeth 72 and 74 causing the oscillatory motion in the agitate pinion this oscillatory motion is then transferred to the agitator shaft 64 through a jaw clutch means as described and disclosed in u s pat no 4 218 899 which is incorporated herein by reference as seen in fig2 and 4 there is a drive pawl 80 pivotally mounted on the stud 52 for corotation with the drive gear 40 about the jack shaft 42 the pawl 80 has a first end 82 having an angled surface 84 which is capable of drivingly engaging an abutment 86 on an outer wall 93 of an annular channel 95 formed in the lower side of the spin gear 56 when the drive pawl 80 is pivoted into a spin position such as shown in fig6 a second end 88 of the drive pawl 80 is provided in a size and shape to prevent pivotal movement of the drive pawl when the drive gear 40 is rotated at high speeds the second end 88 is shaped to provide a clearance with the abutment 86 when the drive pawl 80 and drive gear 40 rotate in the clockwise agitate direction relative to the stationary spin gear 56 a control spring 90 having a radially outwardly extending tang 92 is fitted around an inner wall 94 of an annular channel 95 the control spring 90 is slidingly mounted on the inner wall 94 such that a rotating force supplied to the control spring 90 via the tang 92 will not cause rotation of the spin.