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Thread Number: 60074
/ Tag: Wringer Washers
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| Post# 827328 6/10/2015 at 04:56 (3,242 days old) by dryclean1 (Walton, NY) | ||
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hello washer friends, I have been doing some research on the first hoover mini wringer washer. and as I understand it Gibson/monitor copied their design. does anyone have one of the first ones that I could see? thanks Bill | ||
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Post# 827329 , Reply# 1 6/10/2015 at 05:01 (3,242 days old) by kenmore58  (Rhode Island) |
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Would you be referring to this machine?
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Post# 827330 , Reply# 2 6/10/2015 at 05:03 (3,242 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island) |
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I also have the Monitor version of this machine.
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Post# 827336 , Reply# 3 6/10/2015 at 06:20 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover 0307
Hello Bill, the first Hoover single tub was produced in 1947 in a brand new state of the art washing machine factory in Merthyr Tidfyl, South Wales in the UK. The story goes that Gorge Colston the MD of The UK Perivale HQ was on a Hoover annual meet and festival and saw the designs for this machine, he then brought it to the UK, government funding was available for urban regeneration due to the mines closing and so a new washing machine factory was built!!
The factory nestles on the "Heads of the Valleys" road which runs through the main valleys of South Wales.
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Post# 827337 , Reply# 4 6/10/2015 at 06:22 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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And Today..
Hoover washing Machine factory , Pentrebach, Merthyr Tidfyl, South Wales.UK.
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Post# 827339 , Reply# 5 6/10/2015 at 06:25 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover 0307
and here is the first washing machines being produced and loaded onto delivery vans...
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Post# 827341 , Reply# 6 6/10/2015 at 06:27 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Press cuttings of the day!!
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Post# 827342 , Reply# 7 6/10/2015 at 06:36 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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And heres the washer..
A simple pressed aluminium tub on a frame with outer cabinet, a Hoover brushless motor powers the famous Hoover Pulsator via a belt, doesnt even have a switch, you simply plug in and switch on at the wall to start..
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Post# 827343 , Reply# 8 6/10/2015 at 06:37 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover 0307 washing machine
The shiny metal top doubles as a worktop to catch the clothes coming out of the hand wringer, which is swung down with a simple catch and stored inside the washtub when finished.
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Post# 827344 , Reply# 9 6/10/2015 at 06:39 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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hoover 0307 wringer washer
Simply fill with a gallon of hot water and add soap!!
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Post# 827347 , Reply# 10 6/10/2015 at 06:42 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Washing
Here you see the inside of the washtub, the pulsator which is made of bakelite, the first models where metal..notice the markings for the fill line and the tiny hole where the water emptys, this acts as a venturi and because of the size of washtub to hole it emptys rather quickly with pressure!!
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Post# 827349 , Reply# 11 6/10/2015 at 06:44 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover 0307 washing machine | ||
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Post# 827351 , Reply# 12 6/10/2015 at 06:46 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover 0307 washing machine
It usually only takes around 4 minutes for cottons, less for delicate fabrics, then switch off and hand feed through the wringer having placed the lid on the back to catch the clothes..
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Post# 827353 , Reply# 13 6/10/2015 at 06:50 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover 0307 washing machine
When washing is finished you can fill the tub with clean water for subsequent rinsing, although I never actually ever saw that happen, usually the laundry was rinsed in the sink..to empty the tub simply lower the pipe into a bucket or drain, no electric pump..
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Post# 827355 , Reply# 14 6/10/2015 at 06:51 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Draining
Nearly empty, you can see the little drain hole sucking the water through..
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Post# 827356 , Reply# 15 6/10/2015 at 06:53 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover 0307 washing machine
All empty, swish round with a cloth to dry, drop the wringer down, put on the lid and place back under the draining board until washday!!
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Post# 827357 , Reply# 16 6/10/2015 at 06:55 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover 0307 washing machine
Brought to you By Hoover - Who Better!!
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Post# 827358 , Reply# 17 6/10/2015 at 06:58 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Post# 827359 , Reply# 18 6/10/2015 at 07:01 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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And from the film archives | ||
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Post# 827360 , Reply# 19 6/10/2015 at 07:04 (3,242 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Single Tubs | ||
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Post# 827368 , Reply# 20 6/10/2015 at 08:00 (3,242 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Single Tub
Well I can see someone is going to be kept in this weekend doing 100 lines LOLOL -
"The first Managing Director of Hoover Limited was Sir CHARLES Colston" Mike has given you a good run down of the first model Hoover washer, the one shown by "Kenmore58" is the second version - largely similar but with larger capacity and a pump to empty the wash tub. I wonder how it managed to make its way to the USA - the earlier model was sold in Canada (as model 308) - Paul (TurquoiseDude) has one. Presumably that made its way to Canada as a Commonwealth export like the Hoover Junior Model 375 was also sold in Canada. I always wondered if the origin of this machine was the Monitor design. I have heard the same story about Sir CHARLES (snigger) although it was pre-WW2 as there where plans drawn up for the expansion of the Perivale facility in the late 1930s and indeed if you look at the 307 its looks more like a 1930s design than 1940s. At the time it was revolutionary and was just what the market was crying out for. Hoover must really have raked in the profits with this machine and its Hoovermatic successors as the design is so much simpler (and therefore cheaper) than washers with central agitator. I sometimes muse to myself over whether Sir Charles was planning a similar move into the dishwasher market when he was booted out in 1956 and he took the design of the dishwasher with him that his own company marketed for 20 years. Al | ||
| Post# 827374 , Reply# 21 6/10/2015 at 08:39 (3,242 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
Hoover coming to NY... | ||
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Post# 827606 , Reply# 22 6/11/2015 at 19:41 (3,241 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Really enjoyed the "Washing Day for Housewife" video. The funny thing is that the poor dear was so tired of putting her hands in the water, yet when demonstrated, the lady kept pushing the clothes down in the machine, getting her hands wet. And I wonder just how easy that hand wringer is to crank out your typical wash day stuff...
Anyway, many thanks, Mike -- very interesting machine! | ||
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Post# 827610 , Reply# 23 6/11/2015 at 20:29 (3,241 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Washer, I thought the same thing! | ||
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Post# 827613 , Reply# 24 6/11/2015 at 20:56 (3,241 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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My Hoover Parts And Service Manual Shows
First incarnation of Hoover washers sold in the USA (as seen above) and have seen a few over the years on fleaPay and Craigslist.
My vintage Consumer Reports buying guides from the 1950's (years 1950-1958 or so), had one issue or two where they reviewed "semi-automatic" washing machines. Next to the Maytag wringers (think it was the NPL or some such series), the Monitor version of Hoover shown above got high marks. In fact it was the best of the rather lot which included the various tub with agitators in lids such as Handy Hot. CR did stress that the Monitor machines came with two types of motors with one being more reliable than the other. If you got the unreliable version marks dropped, but the other was fine. However the only way to tell which was which is turn the machine over and examine the markings on the motor's plate. CR advised when purchasing it was a good idea to ask the salesman to do this so you could be sure of getting the better motor. Those early Hoover single tub impeller machines with attached wringer were the answer to extracting wet laundry. It would have to do until Hoover came up with motors powerful enough and the designs to allow separate spin baskets. | ||
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