| Thread Number: 768 Whirlpool-Patent of the Day |
Post# 51177-12/16/2004-06:24 ||| Gyrafoam (Atlanta, Ga.) |
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How cool is that!!! A solid-tub Calypso! |
Post# 51182-12/16/2004-07:47 ||| agiflow (jersey) |
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I wonder if Whirlpool looked back into their own archives for the idea of the calypso.It's amazing what these companies were dreaming up in the post war era. |
Post# 51185-12/16/2004-08:01 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE) |
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Executing Laundry Movements!
This is remarkably similar to the Bendix Power Surge washer introduced in 1956! I would love to talk to the engineers of both machines to see what their problems and issues were with the designs and they overcame them.
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Post# 51194-12/16/2004-09:42 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA) |
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Bendix must have jumped on their patent on the day and hour this one expired! |
Post# 51203-12/16/2004-12:38 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Today's Whirlpool patent wouldn't have expired until the 1960's, so Bendix would not have been able to use it in 1956 like they did, unless they paid royalties to Whirlpool which I doubt. They probably made enough changes to get their own patent issued for their Power Surge washers. |
Post# 51205-12/16/2004-13:05 ||| partscounterman (Kahului, Maui, Hawaii) |
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I wondered about this one
We just got a 1956 BH&g and it featured the Bendix Power Surge washer, but was not too specific about how it worked. I am once again enlightened |