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Thread Number: 9675
Kenmore round front design - pictures |
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| Post# 178909 , Reply# 1 12/28/2006 at 20:57 (6,326 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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Wow That sure is a neat washer! | ||
| Post# 178936 , Reply# 2 12/28/2006 at 22:21 (6,326 days old) by mavei511 () | ||
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World's first top loader automatic That's Kenmore's first automatic washer(1947)-I believe it's also the first top load automatic washer ever made. | ||
Post# 178957 , Reply# 3 12/28/2006 at 23:28 (6,326 days old) by tolivac  (greenville nc) |
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Very nice!!and in beautiful condition! | ||
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Post# 178965 , Reply# 4 12/28/2006 at 23:43 (6,326 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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| Post# 178978 , Reply# 6 12/29/2006 at 00:09 (6,326 days old) by mavei511 () | ||
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1948 kenmore requirements Here's the article. 
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Post# 178980 , Reply# 7 12/29/2006 at 00:38 (6,326 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 179004 , Reply# 8 12/29/2006 at 02:04 (6,326 days old) by brettsomers () | ||
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is this it, David? everyone on this site should read this! CLICK HERE TO GO TO brettsomers's LINK | ||
| Post# 179124 , Reply# 10 12/29/2006 at 11:00 (6,326 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York) | ||
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That is a cool machine. I just love the morphed appearance! A foot in the past and one in the future design. | ||
| Post# 179138 , Reply# 11 12/29/2006 at 12:08 (6,326 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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It is a fun machine. Here are some pictures of my machine.... Ross 
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| Post# 179140 , Reply# 12 12/29/2006 at 12:09 (6,326 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Here is another picture. Ross 
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| Post# 179222 , Reply# 13 12/29/2006 at 17:43 (6,325 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
Thanks for all those cool pictures, guys. I love those bolt down Kenmores with their big round openings. They almost looked like a wringer washer, sans the wringer. Ross, yours looks like an older model...maybe the very first. I remember my aunt had a bolt down Kenmore in her basement that looked more like Atuten's but had the agitator in Ross' machine in it. | ||
| Post# 179250 , Reply# 14 12/29/2006 at 19:36 (6,325 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Hi Rich. Perhaps you can make it to Tucson Wash In March 23, 24, and 25. My Kenmore bolt down is one of the many interesting machines you would see. Ross | ||
| Post# 179449 , Reply# 15 12/30/2006 at 18:48 (6,324 days old) by sharples () | ||
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Still For Sale? How much are you asking for the washing machine. I am very interested. 717-468-8050 | ||
| Post# 179987 , Reply# 17 1/1/2007 at 15:32 (6,323 days old) by exploder3211 () | ||
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Love it | ||
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Post# 180115 , Reply# 18 1/1/2007 at 22:34 (6,322 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 180239 , Reply# 19 1/2/2007 at 10:41 (6,322 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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I remember these machines from my youth. I think this machine may have had "hard" solenoids to activate the agitation and spin as the more refined and quiet wig-wag concept had not yet been developed. But, I could be mistaken. | ||
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Post# 180260 , Reply# 20 1/2/2007 at 13:15 (6,322 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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No, the solenoids were for the suds-saver diverter valve, the machine had the wig-wag from the very beginning. Just to be sure the correct information is given out here, this washer was the first of the belt-drive Whirlpool design to hit the market, but it was no where near the first top loader. As Greg said Blackstone was first and it was before the war, followed by GE, Frigidaire, Coronado, Launderall all in 1947. The Sears unit first showed up in 1948. | ||
| Post# 180283 , Reply# 21 1/2/2007 at 14:42 (6,322 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Welcome Atuten
We know these great machines from Ross's posts. Brett--THAT ARTICLE-- it's amazing, so long, and interesting and perfectingly satisfying. Maybe tomorrow, I'll post the highlights, unless someone beats me to it. Here's just a tease of what's in there. The bosses were making all of the engineers work on a SQUEEZER model, when behind locked doors, a few radicals were perfecting the boltdown which of course spins rather than squeeezes. The bosses actually thought the squeezer instead of a spinner was a better choice. The secret model was known as "The Jeep". They don't say why. Maybe because it would charge around the basement if not bolted down. Of course, the squeezer lost and the bosses came a beggin' to see the Jeep! | ||
| Post# 180286 , Reply# 22 1/2/2007 at 14:50 (6,322 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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I thought the first Kenmore was 1947? CU didn't rate it until 48 though. | ||
| Post# 180306 , Reply# 23 1/2/2007 at 15:53 (6,322 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Agi, go check out the article | ||
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Post# 180375 , Reply# 24 1/2/2007 at 21:38 (6,321 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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"No, the solenoids were for the suds-saver diverter valve, the machine had the wig-wag from the very beginning." Thanks Robert. I just remember that the one our neighbors had made solenoid-type clunks while it was operating. I really didn't observe it very much back then. | ||
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Post# 180615 , Reply# 25 1/4/2007 at 00:46 (6,320 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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Yes Sears brought out its first automatic in 1947
it was manufactured by the 1900 Washing Machine Corp. Then in 1948 1900 brought out the same machine under the Whirlpool name. The same thing happened with the first automatic dryers for both brands, the Kenmore was introduced in 1949 and the Whirlpool in 1950. If you notice this practice happens still today, for example the Calypso came out first as a Kenmore then about a year later as a Whirlpool. The Kenmore HE3T's came out first then the Duet's. The Kenmore Oasis was first then the Whirlpool Cabrio. FYI, 1900 Washing Machine Corp. origianlly made washers under their own name and then about 1930 started making a model called the Whirlpool. Eventually that name was used on all their washers and then became the name of the company in 1950. PATRICK COFFEY | ||
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