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Post# 788906 10/13/2014 at 22:46 (3,481 days old) by peteski50  (New York) |
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Did GE actually make a side open lid like in this photo?
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Post# 788933 , Reply# 1 10/14/2014 at 03:28 (3,481 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Side Opening Lid? | ||
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Post# 788947 , Reply# 3 10/14/2014 at 06:00 (3,481 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 788965 , Reply# 5 10/14/2014 at 08:23 (3,481 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
GE in Canada? | ||
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Post# 788968 , Reply# 6 10/14/2014 at 09:18 (3,481 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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GE Lid! | ||
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Post# 789022 , Reply# 7 10/14/2014 at 16:52 (3,481 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 789108 , Reply# 8 10/15/2014 at 09:41 (3,480 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Malcolm, the Canadian-built GE's had a rear-hinged lid and still do. There were a couple of GE-based machines, though, that did have the side-opening lid, especially during the 70s when a company called CAMCO built the GE-licensed lines here. In those days, Viking and Beaumark (store brands from Eatons and The Bay respectively) as well as Moffat and McClary washers had a side-hinged lid. These washers looked like a cross between a GE Filter-Flo and a Hotpoint! Canadian-built Hotpoints had side-hinged lids, as the US-built models did. | ||
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Post# 789153 , Reply# 10 10/15/2014 at 15:11 (3,480 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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My mom's Bradford had a side-opening lid...
Both dealers had Tappan and Caloric dishwashers and ranges, in addition to the brands listed above for every major home appliance...
I remember how disappointed I was that General Electric (other than my grandma's machine) and Hotpoint (the later '70's, onward) even went to back-opening lids, and probably didn't care for the Kenmore lids that just didn't fold flat...
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Post# 789156 , Reply# 11 10/15/2014 at 15:39 (3,480 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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 If you look CAREFULLY at the illustration, the indentation on the top that you would put your fingers into to lift the lid is still on the front. Can you imagine how awkward it would be to place your fingers in the front and then have the lid open to the side??? I think we have an illustrator here who was told to take "creative" license. | ||
| Post# 789158 , Reply# 12 10/15/2014 at 16:13 (3,480 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 789161 , Reply# 13 10/15/2014 at 16:42 (3,480 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Frigidaire coin op washers had the top molded for the side opening lid of the home machines, but the rear opening lid. It made for an interesting combination of access potentials. | ||
| Post# 789164 , Reply# 14 10/15/2014 at 17:09 (3,480 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Side Lid Troubles | ||
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Post# 789166 , Reply# 15 10/15/2014 at 17:19 (3,480 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 789170 , Reply# 16 10/15/2014 at 17:51 (3,480 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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1960 is when Frigidaire switched from rear-hinged lids to side-hinged lids but the top/lid design remained otherwise almost unchanged from the previous year, I have a 1960 Deluxe and it has side hinges (and surprisingly, no lid switch like the Imperial/Custom Imperial models).
The later coin-ops with rear-hinged lids still had the indent in their tops to open the lid from the side but they had an added handle at the front, a bit like Whirlpool machines. I think that post-1965 coin-op models used the same handles as the domestic dryers that didn't have foot-pedal openers. | ||
| Post# 789266 , Reply# 17 10/16/2014 at 04:00 (3,479 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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