the laundry is tumbled in the basket as it spins on a horizontal axis the washing mode further employs a perforated washing plate which moves in a reciprocating vertical motion to provide the cleaning action application_number US 2416198 A description referring first to fig1 and 3 both of a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention which provides a combined washer and dryer shown in the laundry washing configuration is generally indicated by the numeral 10 the principal components of the apparatus consist of a pivotally mounted subassembly 12 a motor 14 for pivoting the subassembly 12 a main drive motor 16 a perforated washer plate 18 a washer plate drive screw 20 a perforated basket 22 and a tub 24 as shown in fig1 and 2 the subassembly 12 is typically mounted within a cabinet 26 about an axis 28 the cabinet 26 can be largely conventional and can be for example formed from sheet steel in known manner with the dimensions of a conventional washing machine the motor 14 is mounted in the base of the cabinet 26 and outside of the subassembly 12 a pivot arm 30 is attached to the subassembly 12 and extends perpendicularly from the axis 28 a rotation screw 32 is attached at one end to the motor 14 and at the other end engages a threaded collar or nut attached to a free end of the arm 30 hence actuation of the motor 14 causes rotation of the rotation screw 32 which in turn drives the collar and free end under the pivot arm 30 towards or away from the motor 14 it will be appreciated that the motor 14 will also be mounted for a small amount of pivotal movement about an.