the drum consequently the solid line in the diagram rises again up to a value mlm which is reached before a notable amount of items of laundry drops back across the ridge of the driver protrusion to the bottom of the drum a small load of laundry is made up of a generally more compact amount of laundry which is kept compact for a very long time and raised far by the trailing driver protrusion before individual items of laundry separate from it and drop down this is the reason why the maximum load moment is greater in comparison to the minimum than with a large laundry load and also why it is reached later since items of laundry in a large laundry load already separate whereas a smaller laundry load in the same position is still being kept together in compact fashion the total mass to be lifted is less the load moment curve of a large load of laundry therefore has a flatter course moreover the breaking up of the load of laundry that has already been initiated decreases the total mass to be raised to such an extent that the load moment ml is already beginning to drop again in drum positions in which the load moment of a smaller laundry load is still rising the load moment of a large load of laundry made up of small items of laundry therefore reaches its maximum mlm sooner than that of the small load of laundry the difference between the minimum mlr and the maximum mlm is approximately of the same magnitude for a large load of laundry as for the small load of laundry with small items as is represented by the.