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Thread Number: 75844
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1952 Whirlpool washer |
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Post# 996832 6/11/2018 at 10:42 (2,139 days old) by pulltostart  (Mobile, AL) |
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 This advertisement is taken from the October 1952 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. I know that the emblem on the center of the front of the dryer is how the user opens the dryer door, but my question is about the washer. Does the same badge/emblem on the front of the washer serve to open the lid to the washer? There is no apparent handle on the lid, so just wondering. If "yes", I think that's a very cool design feature.
lawrence
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Post# 996833 , Reply# 1 6/11/2018 at 10:44 (2,139 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 996834 , Reply# 2 6/11/2018 at 10:51 (2,139 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Whirlpool! | ||
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Post# 996835 , Reply# 3 6/11/2018 at 11:05 (2,139 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Also, at least at some time period, the lid popped at the end of the cycle, just like GE Mobile Maids did at the start of the dry cycle. | ||
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Post# 996836 , Reply# 4 6/11/2018 at 11:08 (2,139 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Thanks! | ||
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Post# 996862 , Reply# 5 6/11/2018 at 17:42 (2,138 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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People sometimes did not realize the button was electrically operated not mechanical. Plenty of people broke those and had to use a flat-head screw-driver to open the lid. I'm sure Whirlpool got sick of all the complaints. It was too gimmicky anyway. | ||
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Post# 996891 , Reply# 6 6/11/2018 at 19:46 (2,138 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Push-button Lid and Doors On The 52 WP W&D | ||
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Post# 996907 , Reply# 7 6/11/2018 at 21:20 (2,138 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Whirlpool!
I do remember on a friend that had a around 52 or so when the cycle was completed a buzzer would go off and the lid would open on its own! Another person that had the 58 Imperial timeline model a buzzer would sound but the lid did not open on its own!
On the 52 once the lid didn't work anymore of course it stopped opening on its own. I knew a few other people that had these machines and all of them didn't have that lid opening button working to the end of the machine life. They all used a butter knife or a flat head screw driver to open the lid! | ||
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