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1945 Way Out Design for a washing Machine
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Post# 94806   11/19/2005 at 21:56 (6,732 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        

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by Barofsky an Industrial Designer in the 1940's.





Post# 94810 , Reply# 1   11/19/2005 at 22:22 (6,732 days old) by westytoploader ()        

Interesting...what was the wash action principle? Any more images? Inquiring minds want to know...;-)

Post# 94816 , Reply# 2   11/19/2005 at 23:17 (6,732 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Looks like something that could double as a fighter-ship in War Of The Worlds.
How the heck does it work, Jetcone? Austin, have you figured it out?


Post# 94831 , Reply# 3   11/20/2005 at 07:18 (6,731 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
No the patent is just a design patent

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for a company. It has no internal diagrams. Design patents are two pages long and just picture the design elements not the mechanism.

I thought it was wayyyy out!

Jet



Post# 94834 , Reply# 4   11/20/2005 at 07:39 (6,731 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Very art deco looking cabinet looks like it would have a Westinghouse "slant-front" lurking inside.

Post# 94847 , Reply# 5   11/20/2005 at 10:51 (6,731 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Or maybe

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A Jumba Tub that bounced around like a slinky!



Post# 94849 , Reply# 6   11/20/2005 at 11:02 (6,731 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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It reminds me of a Cord!

Post# 94891 , Reply# 7   11/20/2005 at 19:20 (6,731 days old) by westytoploader ()        

That's what I was thinking too Louis, that this machine resembles a vintage auto, just couldn't put my finger on it! Who knows, he probably designed it around a '34 Sportsman...I wonder if he thought about the trademark Cord pop-up headlights in the front?

Post# 94918 , Reply# 8   11/20/2005 at 21:57 (6,731 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
gorgeous!

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Does it give any dimensions for this machine? Who needs built-in when this could be the centerpiece of a whole house!

Post# 94947 , Reply# 9   11/20/2005 at 23:44 (6,731 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)        
Wow!

The art-deco design of that machine when looked at from the side has a very similar door pattern to what the stained glass windows had on the front door of our old 1930s semi-detached house!

I think maybe if it had wheels, not only would it be able to wash and dry your clothes, but would also collect them from the bedrooms, and deliver clean laundry straight to your armchair :-).

Jon


Post# 94948 , Reply# 10   11/20/2005 at 23:45 (6,731 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)        
On second glances...

The machine looks very much like a pelican in the first figure!

Jon


Post# 94957 , Reply# 11   11/21/2005 at 05:55 (6,730 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Jon

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Your're right it does look like a pelican!
The more I look at it the more I see a wringer washer hidden under those lines, not an automatic.



Post# 94969 , Reply# 12   11/21/2005 at 07:18 (6,730 days old) by designgeek ()        


What it looks like to me, is that there would be a conventional TL automatic washtub under the hood, that tilts forward when the machine is shut off, to be loaded and unloaded from an inclined position under the top door. The drive elements for tilting the tub, perhaps a chain or cogged belt arrangement, would be hidden under the slightly larger side panels.



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