Bosch 1966, we had one of those!

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Great video, although there is no sound. The small round steam outlet under the lid of the detergent dispenser was where the Dixan steam came out.

Ofcourse when you get older your memory plays tricks with you. I was certain that this machine would have a separate temperature control, but it appears to be a preset timer. Oy vey! LOL

The grey control panel means this machine is newer than my mother's so post 1966.

In the movie you can see how the water for the fourth rinse flows through the main wash dispenser. The water for the last rinse flows through the prewash dispenser where the softener dispenser could be placed in. In the movie this dispenser is not shown.
 
it's so crazy ...

In the 50ies Juno imported Bendix FLs in Germany. Those gave much more than inspiration to euro manufacturers...
Now, 60 years later, USA (re)discover FL
 
Candy SA5

Candy early doors are quite identical (I' d say copied) to the bendix one.
We had a SA5. Well built machine (lasted 20 years), but miles back the bosch. Fancy how was shocked my mother when left the rough SA5 for the touch-button miele w480 :-))
 
Costructa dishwasher

When I was a boy, while tricking with my scooter I saw a wonderful Constructa DW discarded in the back of an appl store
It had an oven-like window in the door. Lower rack was for dishes only as it had only a middle spray arm. The pump had a 1200 W motor. It's a ghost ... lost in the web ?
 
Fantastic looking machines and great to be able to see another Keyplate machine.

Did any other manufacturers, other than Hoover and Bosch, take up the Keyplate control option for domestic use?

Paul
 
Yes, the water level was decent with these machines but not extremely high. At that time there were machines that used a higher water level. Actually Bosch was known for not so great rinse results, mainly because there was no spin between rinses. These machine only had a final spin.

I always loved machines with a dispenser on top, they seem to do such a better job at flushing the detergent. I have no idea what kind of drying system these machines had.

IIRC the key plate operated machines came with two keys. The one that was not used was stored in a space just behind the control panel.

Right now I can only think of a commercial Miele machine that also used a key plate system, but there were probably others.
 
Found an image of a similar looking Siemens washerdryer on the Waschmaschinenforum.
The ad says it features a radiation drying system without a blower and so there is no noise nor lint. It has condenser and needs no venting. Wonder if the dryer worked well, guess not.

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My neighbour has a Siwamat washer/dryer with a similar system. I have tried it once and it was not so good. It takes a very long time and the laundry smells singed.
 
thanks Louis

.. and lowered quality :-((

Philips washers probably were the first on EU market with a permanent magnet motor that allowed to choose several spin speeds and not only 2/3 speeds as the others
 

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