Awright a few questions!!!!

[Toddman]

I just HAFTA get used to the lingo used here...What in the hell is Burpolator mean? and What type action does a Kelvy do thats so odd? i remember when it was owned by American Motors at one time, as well as Ford owned Philco... GM ownend Fridgadar..
What is the Unimatic??/ is that Fridgadare also???
Jessss wonderin.....
ToddMan

 

[appnut]

Burpalator was what refferred to a Norge agitator spitting out water into an agitator-mounted filter pan. Inda lookede like burping up.

Kelvinator used what was called concentric agitation.

Unimatic was Frigidaire's first washer mechanism, essentially a direct drive machine.

Expwerts here can further elaborate on these terms for you.

Bob

 

[DADoES]

I'm no expert, but continuing on the info Bob provided . . .

1. "Burpolator" is a reference to Norge's agitator that sucked water up through the body of the agitator (on the clockwise half of the stroke, I believe) and spewed it through an opening at the top and into a filter pan (on the counter-clockwise half of the stroke.
Burpolator details

2. Kelvinator (and ABC-O-Matic, which is the originator of the design and built the machines for Kelvy) agitation can be seen here.

3. "Unimatic" is a reference to Frigidaire's first toploader automatic mechanism. It was a direct-drive system, arranged as a cylindrical unit about 2 feet tall or so -- transmission on top with the motor directly attached beneath, and the pump attached to the bottom of the motor. This picture shows cutaway diagrams of the first four Frigidaire models, between 1947 and 1954.

 

[Toddman]

Just a few questions!!!

OK! Thanks for the answer on the Burp thing.... I remember WP had a similar action on an agitator mounted filter.... The filter would scoop up the water and the water would shoot into the filter basket I only saw it on 1 model though... The washer was used in 76 and it probably was made in mid early 60s....
ToddMan

 

[kenmore1978]

term explanations

"Burpalator was what refferred to a Norge agitator spitting out water into an agitator-mounted filter pan. Inda lookede like burping up."

Also referred to as "Burp-up" and also used for a while by Hotpoint machines.

Norge used this design twice in it's history, with in-between machines using a more normal pumped system