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POD EASY WESTINGHOUSE 05-17-10
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Post# 435723   5/17/2010 at 06:36 (5,064 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Not like an easy lay, you understand. I saw that picture of them playing in the mud and thought, "Root Hog or Die." Nevertheless, it seems like she has 5 piggies there including one set of twins. What a shame they have no lawn on which to play.

Anyway, the picture is from when Westinghouse decided to sell top loaders and bought the first machines from Easy. I had no personal experience with them, but it seems risky to throw that much heavy soil into a solid tub machine. In the early mid 60s, Easy made the laundry appliances for AMC (Allied Merchandising Corp.) a private brand for department stores which would give them higher profits, except it did not work out well because most of the products were not on a par with the stuff from major manufacturers. Westinghouse front-loading Laundromats did not enjoy a reputation for being trouble-free so maybe these top loaders fit right in.





Post# 435882 , Reply# 1   5/17/2010 at 19:43 (5,063 days old) by spiralator60 (Los Angeles)        
AMC

Tom,

Thanks for reminding us about this. I remember that there were some mom-and-pop appliance stores in the LA area, as well as a few larger department stores (mainly local operations that were smaller than Sears, Montgomery Wards, or J.C. Penny), that carried AMC appliances. No one we knew actually owned machines of this brand, though.

Do you know if Easy supplied any front-loading machines under the AMC label?


Post# 435909 , Reply# 2   5/17/2010 at 23:50 (5,063 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Just a question please, When we discuss frontloading machines, it often comes up about Bendix owning the patents for the suspension system. My question is on these toploading machines who owned the patent for that "soil ejector". Seems like many of these ads ie: SQ, Easy, and the Wizards's all boast about this soil ejector. I wonder why, or if any mfr. claimed patent rights on this design? arthur/alr2903

Post# 435965 , Reply# 3   5/18/2010 at 07:52 (5,063 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

As far as I know, Darryl, the only front loaders Easy made were the combos and those were pretty much declining to nothing and almost forgotten, except by corporate accountants who would always remember the financial loss associated with them, by the time Easy produced laundry appliances for AMC.

Arthur, I don't know for sure about the soil or sediment ejector. You are right that several brands had it, but I think I remember that the machines that had had it were all related. The soild tub Easy, Speed Queen and Hotpoint and maybe some other minor brands like the Coronado were first made by Beam(sp?)so maybe that is why they shared a common feature while appearing to be different brands. Robert and/or Greg would know more about this.

Solid tub GE washers did not use this. They had a weep hole under the agitator that was designed to take care of heavier than water dirt. That was why the tub had to be filled at least to the ring on the Activator when using the water saver feature. Since the recirculation system did not work with less than a full fill, water would dribble from the tub through the hole into the outer tub during the wash and was not replenished. This resulted in a lowered water level by the end of the wash.


Post# 435969 , Reply# 4   5/18/2010 at 08:09 (5,063 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Tom, thank you. arthur


Post# 436063 , Reply# 5   5/18/2010 at 16:37 (5,062 days old) by spiralator60 (Los Angeles)        

Thanks Tom!


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