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Post# 56041   2/5/2005 at 10:39 (7,018 days old) by compwhiz ()        

I just made a washer for fun

Sadly i cant make this

It uses a different kind of washing mechanism

I call it spin washing

Water moves yp to the top and spills back in creating a shower effect also clothes are moved arond in this affect




Post# 56044 , Reply# 1   2/5/2005 at 11:52 (7,018 days old) by westytoploader ()        

This technology is already out...Glenn, doesn't your F&P IWL12 "shower" the clothes with recirculated water on the delicate cycle?

--Austin

Post# 56048 , Reply# 2   2/5/2005 at 12:38 (7,018 days old) by compwhiz ()        
So?

 So what i made it :-P

Heres a design for a portable like the cyclone wash mate but more automaitc ;-)

Post# 56097 , Reply# 3   2/5/2005 at 23:58 (7,018 days old) by designgeek ()        

Compwhiz:

Panasonic already makes a "centrifugal washer" that operates almost exactly like your first design. In fact I've got a side-project going to try to get Panasonic to bring their washers into the USA (my company sells Panasonic office telephone systems, I have good contact with Panasonic and they are very good about listening to input). (Not to worry, I thought I invented the horizontal-axis twin tub and then Foraloysius pointed me to a similar one made by Velo. Probably many people here have had the experience of thinking they were first with an idea, and then discovering the prior art on the same concept.)

However your second design is new as far as I can see. Those bucket-type portable washers (Panasonic invented that also, "The Electric Bubble Bucket") could benefit from a means of recirculating water. The "clone" of that machine is available on Ebay, it's the one made by Home Pride. According to someone else here who has one, the agitation uses a pulsator/impeller that's cycled 3 seconds on, 3 seconds off, in one direction only. (The competing version, also sold by Sears, has a bi-directional cycle.)

For the Home Pride unit, with the one-directional cycle, you could have your water inlet coming in at the opposite direction as the whirlpool flow in the wash container; this would tend to break up the whirpool currents at the top and introduce some counterflow turbulence. It might also reduce the tangling effect that tends to occur with pulsator/impellers.

The cost of building a test-model would not be high, so I'd encourage you to try it. Fit a water outlet at the bottom, with a screw-threaded output fitting, and then get an inexpensive centrifugal pump (surplus, or search under "bilge pumps", prices as low as about $16) to return the water at the top. Experiment with various types of inlet nozzles and see what happens. I'd be interested in your results if you want to post them here.

Post# 56157 , Reply# 4   2/6/2005 at 17:38 (7,017 days old) by compwhiz ()        
Notes on the second design

 I already knew about the washer but this is a more of an automated version. Kinda like a bendix economat.

I could desighn the impeller with rubber to minimize wear and teat

Id luv to build a test model but id have to get parts waaaa...

Id also make it more of a portable than the bubble buket

Post# 56161 , Reply# 5   2/6/2005 at 19:28 (7,017 days old) by westytoploader ()        

"Id also make it more of a portable than the bubble buket..."

There's really nothing more portable than the Bubble Bucket, Cyclone WashMate, or TechnoSonic Mini Washer, which I have. You can fill and empty it anywhere, and the only thing electric is the motor--even the timer is spring-wound.

"Id luv to build a test model but id have to get parts waaaa..."

Also, maybe when you learn to spell and write decent sentences, people will take your designs (and posts) more seriously.

Post# 60921 , Reply# 6   3/22/2005 at 14:46 (6,973 days old) by agitatethis ()        

Hey Compwhiz, I bet you would enjoy a website I used t ovisit. It is called www.otherpower.com.... pretty neat stuff for the man who likes to tinker with stuff.

Post# 64309 , Reply# 7   4/25/2005 at 23:20 (6,939 days old) by shanonabc ()        
LG TurboDrum DD

 In Austalia we have a washing machine that works by showering water over the clothes. It is available in many countries. It is called Centrifugal washing


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