will then be uncoupled and will stop at their own rates if the wash basket 26 is lightly loaded it will slow down more quickly than the motor this will cause the drive pulley 106 to rotate clockwise with respect to the cam driver 154 and pawl 170 fig1 as this happens the lifter 184 will engage the second end 170 b of the pawl 170 and cause it to engage the catch 186 thereby coupling the motor and the wash basket since the brake in this scenario is causing the basket to slow more quickly than the motor the motor will generate a reactive torque which will be transmitted through the cam driver 154 to rotate the cam 152 and to release the brake thereby reducing the brake torque and lengthening the time required to bring the wash basket to a complete stop thus in a heavily loaded basket condition the motor and basket will be automatically uncoupled and the brake will be able to apply full braking torque on the basket to slow it down on the other hand in a lightly loaded basket condition the motor and basket will be automatically coupled and the reaction torque of the motor will operate through the rotation of the cam to reduce the braking torque thereby preventing jerking and movement of a lightly loaded washer in this manner the braking system automatically adapts to the mass of the load in the basket and effectively adjusts the braking torque in response to the size or mass of the load when viewed from above as in fig1 the drive pulley 106 rotates.