Thread Number: 41821
The Bendix Economat manual dated 1949 in the Ephemera offering |
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Post# 616508 , Reply# 1   8/12/2012 at 08:24 (4,268 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Hmmmm, I didn't realize there was another later design Tom, I've never seen it. The three machines I've seen, including my 1953 model have the system you described with the part called the "Aspirator" and the dome in the lid.
For those who haven't seen it, last year I made a special see-thru lid dome so you can watch the rubber-tub collapse and squeeze the water from the clothes. You can see the video in this thread... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK |
Post# 616516 , Reply# 3   8/12/2012 at 10:07 (4,268 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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Two of my aunts had identical Economats but the top of the agitator was more like the screen on a bathtub drain and I distinctly remember when filling the water came out of the top of the agitator and flowed down into the tub. Both complained of the poor water extraction. One aunt kept her square Maytag wringer next to it and run all the clothes through the wringer after the Bendix finished the load.
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