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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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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Post# 395976 , Reply# 3   11/26/2009 at 09:57 (5,256 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)   |   | |
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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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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! |
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". |
Post# 396000 , Reply# 7   11/26/2009 at 13:12 (5,256 days old) by nanook (Seattle)   |   | |
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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. |
Post# 396166 , Reply# 9   11/27/2009 at 23:19 (5,255 days old) by nanook (Seattle)   |   | |
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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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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. |
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! |
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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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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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. |