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Thread Number: 90039
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Push Button Whirlpool Dryer in 1970's Bounce commercial |
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| Post# 1146274 , Reply# 2 4/11/2022 at 10:24 (746 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thanks Tomturbomatic. | ||
| Post# 1146275 , Reply# 3 4/11/2022 at 10:35 (746 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I think that's the one in the commercial
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Post# 1146282 , Reply# 4 4/11/2022 at 11:59 (745 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 The chrome buttons at the left are temperature selections. High, Med, Low, Ex Low, and Air ... or however they're labeled. The many buttons in the middle are for dryness level or time. There's a toggle switch between the two button arrays (can be seen in the video at 0:41). Upward position is Automatic sensor dry per the labels above the buttons. Lower position is Timed for the choices below the buttons. Wrinkle Guard is linked to the temperature buttons. See at 0:41 there is a bracketed label on the 2nd and 3rd buttons ... I believe it indicates Wrinkle Guard. The Start button is chrome at right of the dryness/time buttons, seen briefly at 0:43. | ||
| Post# 1146284 , Reply# 5 4/11/2022 at 12:05 (745 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thank you so much.... very complex machine...but once you set your favorite dryness level and temperature, all you have to day is press START each time you use it. Thank you. | ||
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Post# 1146285 , Reply# 6 4/11/2022 at 12:12 (745 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Found this in the archives. Automatic drying on the toggle switch is labeled Custom. Temps seem to be labeled as such, with Fabric for the top regards to Custom dry and Temp at the bottom regards to Timed dry: Reg Heavy / High Perm't Press / Med (with Finish Guard) Knits / Low (with Finish Guard) Del / Low Fluff / Air
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| Post# 1146288 , Reply# 7 4/11/2022 at 12:52 (745 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thanks again. Very cool machine. | ||
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Post# 1146296 , Reply# 8 4/11/2022 at 15:52 (745 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Thanks, Glenn. Sorry, Steve. This post was last edited 04/11/2022 at 19:12 | ||
| Post# 1146366 , Reply# 9 4/12/2022 at 18:42 (744 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country) | ||
Glenn or anybuddy (sic), am I correct that Finish Guard was not the same as the Wrinkle Guard on Sears dryers, and it tumbled the clothes with no heat for whatever amount of time after the cycle (including cool-down) ended i.e., no intermittent tumbling? I *do* recall noticing the appearance of Tumble Press after the 1987 redesign. Tumble Press had the same action described here. Then came Wrinkle Shield, which does the intermittent tumbling for whatever time interval. My first-generation Cabrio has Wrinkle Shield, but I've not taken notice of how long it goes...seems like the two hours that Wrinkle Guard III took on the one or two occasions that I let it go all the way through. I typically stop the dryer after a few tumbles.
Also, my eyes are not functioning well - I can't make out whether the machine in the ad is painted almond, newly introduced at that time, or gold. | ||
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Post# 1146371 , Reply# 10 4/12/2022 at 19:22 (744 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Whirlpool offered anti-wrinkle tumble only on TOL models at that time, which I believe they always called Finish Guard at the time vs. Kenmore calling it Wrinkle Guard. I think Finish Guard always did intermittent tumble. Kenmore had the feature earlier than Whirlpool, thus providing for Kenmore to be "the best." Other brands that offered the featured referred to it by various names such as Press Guard, Wrinkle Free, Extra Care, etc. Whirlpool's Tumble Press, which dates much earlier than 1987, was to de-wrinkle (press, as in iron) clean items that were rumpled from storage, luggage packing, or brief wear by running a few minutes of heat then cool down. | ||
| Post# 1146393 , Reply# 11 4/12/2022 at 22:27 (744 days old) by Whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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In the Bounce commercial, I would say the washer and dryer are painted almond. | ||
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