Automatic sediment ejector

[lokringbob]

I have a question about todays POD
How did the Automatic sediment ejector work?
Didn't the SQ have a solid tub and if so how were the heavy solids removed, i.e. sand or gravel ?
I would not think that an overflow rinse would work on such dirt.
Just curious.

 

[seeitrun2006]

I don't know about Speed Queen!

But on the old solid tub Hotpoints the sediment catcher was under the agitator. It was an little opening (about the size of a small pocket knife) which the sediment was suppose to drop into. When the washer went into the spin cycles water was suppose come up and out the tube with all the sediment and down the drain it goes.

In my Mom's old Hotpoint she always found loose pocket change in it.

 

[nmaineman36]

Well basically how it worked was in theory simple. The sediment would settle to the bottom of the washtub. Under the agitator there is a "well area where the sediment would collect during agitation. There was a spring placed between 2 stainless steel tabs that acted as a filter to keep out coins and such. During the start of the spin cycle the idea was that the centrifugal force would send the sediment up the tube and out into the outer tub. It would work fine with small amounts of sand and grit from detergents.
Reality was in my case when I had a Speed Queen washer was that often times the tube got clogged and the result was "sand" in the very bottom of the load. Its hard to describe until you see it. I would have to wipe out the tub between loads.
I didnt miss that washer when it died. My parents bought a Maytag A510 and what a difference with soil removal and capacity. That washer is still running to this day.

 

[gyrafoam]

Eventually those stupid tubes rot at their attachment points and centrifugal force causes them to scrape the outer-tub. That noise will really get your attention.

Best to break the damned thing off (being careful not to drop it down where you can't retrieve it easily) and then use High-Temp. Liquid Gasket to plug the hole under the agitator.

If you use solid-tub machines you just get used to shaking off the sand before laundering.