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Thread Number: 85799
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
P-O-D 06-Jan Malleys Rinso |
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| Post# 1103398 1/6/2021 at 13:03 (1,199 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country) | ||
My apologies if this has previously been discussed.
Top loading H-axis clothes washers seems like a can't-fail idea. Can anyone say why it has not caught on big...well, not here in the States? I recall threads in the Deluxe forum re: Staber which I'll hunt up and look through. I thought I recalled that Staber's problem was that the tub's unique shape didn't work so well in real life application. | ||
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Post# 1103400 , Reply# 1 1/6/2021 at 13:10 (1,199 days old) by thomasortega  (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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@seedub Well, it seems that people really loved the Niagara... Next step is a fully automatic HATL washer and also a all-in-one version. | ||
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Post# 1103473 , Reply# 2 1/6/2021 at 20:20 (1,198 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Outside a few markets in Europe (such as France) top loading H-axis washers aren't huge sellers either.
forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/... Or see: www.automaticwasher.org/c... Whirlpool designed and patented a top loading h-axis washer ages ago now, but they've done nothing else far as one knows. See thread: www.automaticwasher.org/c... | ||
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Post# 1103549 , Reply# 3 1/7/2021 at 13:37 (1,198 days old) by Brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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I have the Malleys machine in question, my version is from 1960, and it’s a Bolt down. It’s a 27” machine and it would hold as much as a TL from that era, it claims it’s rated at 12lbs. It has a 2400watt water heater. It uses 2 motors, one for wash and one for spin, with a clutch between them. | ||
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Post# 1103883 , Reply# 5 1/9/2021 at 19:21 (1,195 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Main issue with top loading H-axis washers is they cannot be built into a cubby or under a counter top, and or have something stacked on top such as a dryer. In short such units have some of the same issues as any other top loading washing machine.
Commercial/industrial machines are called "side loading" because that is just what they are, door opens from side which makes for easier loading/unloading. This allows benefits of H-axis washing, but none of the bother of having to reach deep down into a washer.... | ||
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