Thread Number: 34864
Can find no mention; anybody remember this TL? |
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Post# 522248   6/3/2011 at 13:53 (4,682 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Circa 1955, neighbor had a TL which did not spin. Rather, the tub was lined with neoprene sheet. For extraction the AIR was sucked out of the basket, the neoprene collapsed inward, pressing the water out. Unknown how effective it was, how long it tended to last, or even the brand. I want to say Norge but something tells me it's more obscure than that.
If anyone is going to remember that machine, they have to be here. Where else? Any idea what I was looking at 56 years ago? |
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Post# 522250 , Reply# 1   6/3/2011 at 14:00 (4,682 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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That would be the Bendix Economat. Here's a link to a recent thread about one. Our Webmaster Robert made a clear lid for his.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO StrongEnough78's LINK |
Post# 522292 , Reply# 2   6/3/2011 at 15:27 (4,682 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 522315 , Reply# 3   6/3/2011 at 17:04 (4,682 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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Post# 522316 , Reply# 4   6/3/2011 at 17:05 (4,682 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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Post# 522340 , Reply# 5   6/3/2011 at 21:30 (4,682 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 522442 , Reply# 6   6/4/2011 at 13:12 (4,681 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL)   |   | |
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bought in 1953 because she never liked a wringer machine. Hers was a Crosley but looked identical to the one in the video and operated the same way. Her model was "semi-automatic" because we had no hookups for an automatic. You had to wheel it over to the sink and fill it with a hose for wash cycle and again for rinse. She had it for about 13 years. The timer "went" from time to time, and I remember the replacement part box always said Bendix on it. That collapsing tub mashed the clothes onto the agitator and you took them off kind of in "chunks". Talk about a mess of wrinkles! This was long before permanent press.
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Post# 522452 , Reply# 7   6/4/2011 at 14:34 (4,681 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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