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Post# 416969   2/19/2010 at 21:51 (5,179 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Bendix Rubber tub! I remember a neighbor had one. I am sitting here with a good friend of mine debating with Appliance Lou. I remember the tub colapsed and the squezing action wrung out the clothes. How was the vacuum created to generate the suction in the tub? Was it the water that created a vacuum or was the suction generated in a other manner! Can anyone add input? Thanks Peter |
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Post# 417063 , Reply# 6   2/20/2010 at 08:22 (5,179 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL)   |   | |
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Which was (I think) a division of Bendix, or a parallel brand. My OL's lasted a long time (1967) and worked quite well, not particularly noisy. The vacuum released when the machine shut off with a big whoosh - if you were in another part of the house you certainly heard that! Drawback was the clothes were absolutely mashed onto the agitator. You actually pulled them off in "chunks" - a mess o'wrinkles but then this was in the days before permanent press. The last year or so the tub must have gotten a hole in it somewhere (higher than the water line) so it would not contain a vacuum - everything had to be wrung out by hand (@&*%!). We had the semi-automatic model, you filled it by hose for the wash and then the rinse. And it was on wheels.
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