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Thread Number: 44976
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Post# 659565 2/11/2013 at 10:07 (4,084 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Thanks goes out to Greg today for supplying me with some absolutely wonderful Philco brochures which are today's new entry in Automatic Ephemera!
Philco introduced their wobbling rubber disk agitator in 1959 on their full size automatic washers. In 1961 the machine was redesigned with a slightly larger and now perforated wash tub but still using the 1959 agitator design. These brochures highlight this brand new 1961 line. You can download them here: www.automatice.org/cgi-bin/index.... 
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Post# 659575 , Reply# 1 2/11/2013 at 10:44 (4,084 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Hey Robert How does "no transmission"work? Motor, with 2 speeds, does a direct or belt drive derectly to that wobbling disc at the bottom of the agitator? Then reverse motor direction engages the tub and pump for spin/extract? Can anyone explain? Due to its rarity and closing up shop in the mid-sixties, I doubt I'll ever see one. | ||
| Post# 659596 , Reply# 2 2/11/2013 at 11:27 (4,084 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Too Bad.... | ||
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Post# 659713 , Reply# 3 2/11/2013 at 18:58 (4,083 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Hey Mark, check these 55 pictures. This was done by me a long time ago, at least 12 years ago and it's in my old house and my original Philco washer, I've since found the exact same machine but in better shape. There are lots of great pictures and explanations of how the Philco washer works...
www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/0... | ||
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Post# 659773 , Reply# 4 2/12/2013 at 00:16 (4,083 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Philco "Weebelator",Wobblelator".Has anyone gotten their fingers caught under the "wobble" rubber plate-would imagine that could hurt. | ||
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Post# 659818 , Reply# 5 2/12/2013 at 06:41 (4,083 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Post# 659831 , Reply# 6 2/12/2013 at 07:31 (4,083 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 659833 , Reply# 7 2/12/2013 at 07:36 (4,083 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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wow just saw something | ||
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Post# 659836 , Reply# 8 2/12/2013 at 07:55 (4,083 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Thanks for all the great detail pics, there does seem to be a similar patern of this wash action.....Wonderwash, then the Apex, and many years later, the Calypso.....I wonder if we will see a similar design surface again in a few years....but as JohnL once stated, it is an efficient machine, but too costly to build....
wasn't there a video showing this Wonderwash, once being out of the machine, and then in a machine with water and clothes.....it could have been in one of the wash-in videos... such a great time when there were many manufacturers creating many ways to wash clothes, and all the great designs, and like cars back then, you new one from the other.....now they all look the same | ||
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Post# 659844 , Reply# 9 2/12/2013 at 08:09 (4,083 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I bet the Apex was expensive to | ||
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