What's in the box?
An interesting find for hard-core Filter Flo'ers
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Well, it sorta looks like GE decided to market a lobster pot under its own label:
...but then, pop off the lid and the plot thickens:
If you're a true Filter-Flo fan, at this point you should be thinking, "can it be?"...
...did some wack-job Canadian GE engineer actually come up with the idea for the famous GE mini-basket while cleaning his wife's Lobster pot one night? And was he so excited about his invention that he forgot to take the vercocked handles off of the stockpot when he fabricated the prototype?
The answers to all these questions appear to be "Yes". A couple of things:
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<li>This mini-basket seems to be designed mostly for GE wringer machines. There is a mention of "Filter-Flow[sic]" in the manual, but it makes me wonder if there were "filter-flo" wringer models as well as automatics.</li>
<li>This fits, not over the activator, but over the activator post. As you'll read, the housewife is instructed to remove the activator from its post (which early Filter-Flo's expected the owners to do once in a while to lubricated the spline and remove yuck from underneath for the overall health of the machine.</li>
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<li>This mini-basket seems to be designed mostly for GE wringer machines. There is a mention of "Filter-Flow[sic]" in the manual, but it makes me wonder if there were "filter-flo" wringer models as well as automatics.</li>
<li>This fits, not over the activator, but over the activator post. As you'll read, the housewife is instructed to remove the activator from its post (which early Filter-Flo's expected the owners to do once in a while to lubricated the spline and remove yuck from underneath for the overall health of the machine.</li>
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This seems to fit on the activator post of my WA-850P but, because the machine isn't operational right now, I have no way of determining how it's going to work. But the idea of a solid-tub mini-basket is so "like-OMG!!!" to me that I can't wait to try it. Looks very cool. Can't see how it's going to fill with water, but if I can do a partial fill of the machine, and then hit the WATER SAVER switch, I'm thinking that maybe there will be enough water flo so that the filter-flo flume will fill the mini-basket and then the dribble that's left will work to my advantage for once, keeping the pump primed and allowing the mini-basket to activate on its merry way. Can't see that this gizmo was designed for spinning, though. Unless the clip-on lid will allow some water to centrifuge out, almost the same way that the much later Hotpoint Duo-Load mini tub (which this thing is MUCH more the direct ancestor to) did.
Has anyone here even heard of this thing before?
Has anyone here even heard of this thing before?
where did ya ever come up with that?
NEAT! The granddaddy of the mini basket, I surmise.
Anyone else notice where it was made?? Une drôle de coincidence, n'est-ce que pas??
Anyone else notice where it was made?? Une drôle de coincidence, n'est-ce que pas??
andy
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Interesting
That's really neat! I had no idea they had a contraption such as this. Plus, it's very nice to see a box saying "Made In Montreal, Canada" instead of China for a change! Thanks for sharing.
Andy
That's really neat! I had no idea they had a contraption such as this. Plus, it's very nice to see a box saying "Made In Montreal, Canada" instead of China for a change! Thanks for sharing.
Andy
Ken,
NEVER seen one of these before! Amazing - that's a great find. Is there any indication of a date on the instructions or on the box?
In the literature there are several references to using the wringer - so it would appear this was not intended to spin?
L
NEVER seen one of these before! Amazing - that's a great find. Is there any indication of a date on the instructions or on the box?
In the literature there are several references to using the wringer - so it would appear this was not intended to spin?
L
Neat find
It's not that unusual an accessory for a wringer washer when they had butter churns and ice cream freezers that fit on the agitator shaft. One wringer washer manufacturer allowed you to power a mangle ironer off the wringer drive.
It's not that unusual an accessory for a wringer washer when they had butter churns and ice cream freezers that fit on the agitator shaft. One wringer washer manufacturer allowed you to power a mangle ironer off the wringer drive.
aldspinboy
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Ken this should be seen again, what a interesting piece of equipment.
I would love to see this in operation hopefully when your GE is up and running, or some other GE machine you might find to show how this works.
What a FANTASTIC find !!!
Darren K
I would love to see this in operation hopefully when your GE is up and running, or some other GE machine you might find to show how this works.
What a FANTASTIC find !!!
Darren K
Very cool, Ken! I've seen a picture or instructions for this somewhere before.
Maytag had a similar arrangement for a butter churn, Thor had the mangle-ironer as Tom mentioned and Norge had a small wash-tub for their wringers too.
Maytag had a similar arrangement for a butter churn, Thor had the mangle-ironer as Tom mentioned and Norge had a small wash-tub for their wringers too.
At one time long-long ago-Maytag had a meat grinder attachment for their wringer washers-you used the wringer drive to power it-was usable on electric or gas wringers.Seen the grinders appear on EBay on occasion.
I would guess
that this is just about the neatest thing I have seen in decades.
Thanks for sharing.
that this is just about the neatest thing I have seen in decades.
Thanks for sharing.
