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Thread Number: 25761
Hand Held "Jet Action" Washing Machine |
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Post# 395971 11/26/2009 at 09:08 (5,256 days old) by launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post# 395973 , Reply# 1 11/26/2009 at 09:10 (5,256 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Just The Thing For One's Danties! | ||
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Post# 395974 , Reply# 2 11/26/2009 at 09:12 (5,256 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Parting Shot | ||
| Post# 395976 , Reply# 3 11/26/2009 at 09:57 (5,256 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City) | ||
That is totally adorable!!! | ||
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Post# 395991 , Reply# 4 11/26/2009 at 11:34 (5,256 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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that machine was manufacutred by AMI in 1957... | ||
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Post# 395994 , Reply# 5 11/26/2009 at 11:46 (5,256 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Low rating or not, it's fun! I found a NOS Ami washer a number of years back and it's always a crowd pleaser. I would have been overjoyed to have one of these when I was a kid and they're no less fun now. There is a small impeller inside the red bakelite base that churns the water from the bottom - you can't get more drama in a dishpan! | ||
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Post# 395998 , Reply# 6 11/26/2009 at 12:50 (5,256 days old) by nanook (Seattle) |
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I found this in a December, 1966 Popular Mechanics Magazine article, re: inventor Richard Walton... "...A company turned down a small portable washer Walton once offered because the motor wasn't powerful enough... "His first invention was the small electric machine that washes clothes in any sink or bathtub. He took it to Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Co., and a short time later got the verdict: NO. "...a friend urged him to take it to Bendix. It was a lucky break. Bendix bought. The washer appeared in the market in the mid-50's under the AMi brand name. (Today it's manufactured by Franz Electric Industries of Cleveland)." Perhaps of greater interest here is this: "...Both the flexible agitator on the Whirlpool washer and the Jet Action agitator on the Frigidaire are Walton's patents". | ||
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Post# 396000 , Reply# 7 11/26/2009 at 13:12 (5,256 days old) by nanook (Seattle) |
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Picture of Richard Walton and the 'Little Washer' | ||
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Post# 396102 , Reply# 8 11/27/2009 at 10:52 (5,255 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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The font on "AMi" (note the dotted "i") looks the same as the famous jukebox manufacturer. Coincidence? Ken D. | ||
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Post# 396166 , Reply# 9 11/27/2009 at 23:19 (5,255 days old) by nanook (Seattle) |
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Records & Clean Clothes | ||
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Post# 396324 , Reply# 10 11/28/2009 at 19:27 (5,254 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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"Jet Action" Washing In A Bucket! I LOVE It!
Am really going to have to make a video and get a YouTube account, this thing is just too much fun not to be shared. Have the thing churning away in my lessiveuse (French laundry boiler), and am here to tell you it just cannot be beat for wash day drama. Reason low sudsing detergent is recommended is obvious once the thing starts going; just as with Frigidarie's agitators, this thing creates tons of froth quite quickly! Oh another thing, laundry will tangle just as with vintage Frigidaire's. Methinks better to "drop" into the container rather than load "around" the Ami washer. L. | ||
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Post# 396354 , Reply# 11 11/28/2009 at 23:41 (5,254 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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That AMI "immersion washer" reminds me of the Standard commercial immersion blenders-"boat motors" as chefs call them.The AMI unit looks like the blades are well garded so it doesn't "blend" your clothes.Would be interesting to see this thing working.The idea of washing clothes in any container is unique. | ||
| Post# 396440 , Reply# 12 11/29/2009 at 15:07 (5,253 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Laundress: That does look like a fun little machine, but I do believe you are in serious need of a manicure! | ||
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Post# 396443 , Reply# 13 11/29/2009 at 15:35 (5,253 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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You Got Me! | ||
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Post# 396455 , Reply# 15 11/29/2009 at 16:56 (5,253 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Well After Using The Thing Yesterday
Am here to tell you the little washer did quite a nice job on a small pillow slip and tablecloth. Now would one want to do the weekly washing for a family of four with this unit? No, I wouldn't, but then again that is just me, and we have the benefit of living today, when good full sized washing machines can be had for little money. | ||
| Post# 396728 , Reply# 18 12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,831 days old) by charbee () | ||
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I, for one, would love to see a vid of this li'l jewel in action! | ||
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