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Thread Number: 56011
Amazing article on Designing the L-1000 Program Computer Westinghouse Laundromat |
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Post# 783821 9/15/2014 at 07:17 (3,509 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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It's washing machine Monday on Product Stat, great ariticle up this morning:
Designing the L-1000 Program Computer Westinghouse Laundromat Enjoy everyone! Tons more to come. This afternoon I have another great thing scheduled to go up as well. | ||
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| Post# 783822 , Reply# 1 9/15/2014 at 07:33 (3,509 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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| Post# 783832 , Reply# 2 9/15/2014 at 09:01 (3,509 days old) by bluejay (Havre de Grace, MD) | ||
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Post# 783835 , Reply# 3 9/15/2014 at 09:21 (3,509 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia) |
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WOW! Were these ever sold, or were they just a prototype? I've never heard of them before. The pushbuttons linked to a remote timer work like a Hoover Keymatic - effectively, each face of a Keyplate selects a set group of "buttons." And the big start switch looks like a Keymatic switch. | ||
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Post# 783839 , Reply# 4 9/15/2014 at 10:18 (3,508 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Westinghouse L&D 1000 Laundry Twins
Thanks for posting this interesting material Robert.
And YES they actually did build and sell these neat machines, and thanks to AW , Tom [ turbomatic ], Jeff [ moparvrigna ] and shipper Jackie we have a beautiful set of these in the museum. This was a very important milestone in automatic washer development in at least three ways, Great styling and color, Introduction of one button control, and a complete redesign of the washer itself which for the first time in AW history in the US allowed a Front Loading washer to perform as well as a good Top Load washer. Foot Note, the 1953 Bendix Combo was probably the first FL automatic washer that washed and spun very well. Although it is questionable who had the first one button washer control system and used printed circuits in a washer, Controls Corporation also built the same system for the 59,60 and 61 LKMs and for the Hotpoint Touch Command washers and dryers as well. John L. | ||
| Post# 783868 , Reply# 5 9/15/2014 at 13:32 (3,508 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC) | ||
I love this quote from the article | ||
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Post# 783918 , Reply# 6 9/15/2014 at 18:58 (3,508 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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My thoughts  | ||
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Post# 783922 , Reply# 7 9/15/2014 at 19:25 (3,508 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Post# 783924 , Reply# 8 9/15/2014 at 19:44 (3,508 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 783958 , Reply# 9 9/16/2014 at 00:12 (3,508 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Post# 783962 , Reply# 11 9/16/2014 at 00:53 (3,508 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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John, you mentioned Controls Corporation also made the rapid-advance timer system for 1959, 1960, and 1961 Kenmores. I'm assuming the 1960 Model 80, with its one-button cycle selector is an example of this. Did the Laundromat make the same rather loud clickety-clacking sounds associated with the Kenmore rapid-advance systems? That's a sound and rhythm that has always fascinated me.
Go front-loaders!! (I am also of 1959 vintage) | ||
| Post# 783981 , Reply# 12 9/16/2014 at 03:44 (3,508 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Read somewhere that 1959 was rather a slump for the whites industry. Little worse time to introduce a reinvented-- and rePRICED-- machine. As explanation for how rare these machines are 55 years hence. A one-off departure in style.
Thanks for 'best of' Product Stat. Always find another article of interest as well. This post was last edited 09/16/2014 at 04:01 | ||
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Post# 783987 , Reply# 13 9/16/2014 at 04:52 (3,508 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Westinghouse L&D 1000 Laundry Twins
The L-1000 washer did make the cool clicking noise when selecting a cycle, the dryer had a much more conventional just turn the timer to the correct cycle with a built-in guide to direct the user. Overall the 1959 LKMs were far more sophisticated in terms of cycles offered.
I don't think that the new washer tub design was much if any bigger, I believe it to be around 2 CF, the good thing is that you could finely get clothing clean and it did not come out in a tangled rope, although it was easier to unload the tangled rope of clothing as it could be done with one hand, LOL. Rapid-Advance timers like these disappeared from laundry appliances by about 1963 with the exception of the MT A900 and the later A906 washers. Similar all PB dual motor timers did appear in the mid 60s and continue into the 90s on many different Dishwashers however. | ||
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