Brand name overview 1950-1970's

[yogitunes]

I vaguely remember a lady in the background on some of the ads, usually standing with a matching set.....

 

[mtn1584]

THANK YOU...................................................

I thought I was losing my mind for a minute, Chuck Connors, I don't know why I thought it was Steve McQueen, I dunno, maybe because of the name Speed Queen, anyway, thanks.
Mike

 

[ingliscanada]

My Overview

Inglis, Kenmore, Whirlpool:
Soil-laden water is drained away before the spin, not spun into your clothes. Exclusive 9-rinse system - 1 deep rince and 4 spray rinses each spin. Cycles changed by "wig-wag" solenoid assembly - no pauses or reversing. Waterfall lint filter. Kenmore introduced the Dual-Action agitator. Howling pump on older models. Dryer has top-mounted lint screen - extra long screen on single-belt-drive models.

Franklin:
Introduced indexing tub - "Tri-Action Agitation." Angel-wing agitator. No tub brake, and locking lid on later models.

Westinghouse:
Slant-front tumblers. One-direction tumble and slow spin. Dryer sings "How Dry I Am" at the end of cycle. Space-Mates introduced; machines that can be installed almost anywhere.

Maytag:
Spinning Helical-drive transmission. Halo-of-Heat dryer. (plus what others previously mentioned here)

Speed Queen:
Commercial washer quality. Stainless steel tub/drum. Fluid drive. (plus what others previously mentioned here)

McClary, Easy:
Spiralator agitator.

Frigidaire:
As we all know, the Pulsator and Rapidry.

Norge:
Slow agitation, banging tub brake, fast spin-drain, "Burpilator."

Philco:
Unique agitation in top-loader.

Blackstone:
Solid tub with neutral drain (early models). Oldest washing machine company.

 

[vacbear58]

Hotpoint Uk

A dream for wash day

Hotpoint Supermatic with Filter-Clean

Just think of all you could wish for in a washing machine and it comes true with the Hotpoint Supermatic

The TRUTH about tangling ....

Staining tea towels with radio active grease, and testing them after washing in a Hotpoint and an "ordinary" machine with a geiger counter

and ..

Hotpoint washes extra clean
Cleaner than you've ever seen
HOTPOINT
Cannot tangle clothes

Those really were the days

Al

 

[vacbear58]

Keymatic

I forgot this one

Keymatic - Washday? Just forget it!

Al

 

[mickeyd]

that flic in Al's link Reply 22

One of Sass's finds for his museum. What a creative ad with the wet clothes "rain" and all. The machine is beautiful (last shot, all sparkling enamel) and "the dryer" is spinning at 2000+rpms --WITH NO LID!!!

 

Those were the days indeed.

 

Easy Spindriers: Two shining chrome faucets, one big, one little; and a large tub morphing down perfectly into a smaller tub--so smooth.

 

[vacbear58]

Just to clarify

I used that link for convenience - I dont know where Hass got his copy from but I have been enjoying that ad (and some others) courtesey of "keymatic"/Keith B. for the last 10 years of so.

Al

 

[norgeway]

Norge....????

Slow agitation????? You must have seen different Norges from any I ever saw, because they agitate on slow, about as fast as a Maytag does on high speed!

 

[pierreandreply4]

Inglis whirlpool washer

i know that for a fact that inglis whirlpools washers of this desing where very gentle on clothes and the brush lint filter of the washer was also easy to clean and the dial was also very easy to set to the desiered cycle

 

[washerlover]

Thank you, Norgeway, for defending the best washers ever! So speaking of innovation, Norge introduced the exclusive "dispenser wheel" for worry-free fabric softener dispensing. And yes, the agitation is quite vigorous, not slow (unless on gentle cycle). I use a '74 Wards Signature washer and dryer for my daily drivers and my clothes are thankful for it! And my Norge washer and dryer are waiting for their turn! (Norge washer photo posted unabashed)

 

[spankomatic]

<span style="font-size: medium;">We don't want to FORGET the loneliest repairman.... Maytag</span>

 

[alr2903]

Westinghouse was alway's touting their "weigh to save"  F/L doors and  T/L lids.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Norge's dispenser wheel was originally advertised for dispenseing Calgon in the rinse water for washes free of lint and dulling film. Fabric softener proved more popular than Calgon so the wheel's use evolved.

Does anyone remember their mothers standing by to skip the spin spray rinses after the deep rinse when they used fabric softener in their KM or WP machines?

 

[pierreandreply4]

me i remember that my grandmother in her old inglis whirlpool that was a push to start always had too put her fabric softner as the washer fill for the rinse if she forgot she would have to do a second rinse to put her fabric softner but when she change to her 88 kenmore belt drive washer and tought her how to use the fabric softner dispenser it help her alot

 

[steve1-18]

Frigidaire (GM)'s Skinny-mini. A washer dryer that fit in a phone booth. Also' I believe it was the first plastic tub. One piece 'agi-tub,'too.

Westinghouse front loaders had the 'potato pulley' that varied the tumbling speed.

Bendix had the 'Magic Heater.'

Kenmore washers had a 'Vari-flex' agitator that was 4 agitators in one.

Kenmore dishwashers (D&M) touted the 'Roto-rack.'

Kenmore Dryers came with 'Soft-heat' feature.

Whirlpool dryers were called naggers, because they tumbled clothes and buzzed every five minutes after the clothes were dry to get you to remove them before they wrinkled.

Frigdaire (GM) jetcone washers had lint-a-way.

Maytag dryers featured 'Halo-of-heat' drying.

Westinghouse dryers had cross vane tumbling.

Frigidaire (WCI/Electrolux) dryers had reversed tumbling.

Whirlpool / Kenmore / Kitchenaid / Roper ........ dryers had (some still do) the filter that is removed from the top of the dryer.

GE's clever marketing used spot scrubber, pot scrubber.......

Whirlpool dishwasher's have the silverware baskets in the door.

Crosley refrigerators / freezers had the 'shelv-a-door.'

Frigidaire (GM) refrigerators (frost free) had 'flowing cold.'

Bendix 'Duomatic' was a washer and dryer in one!

Frigidaire (GM) stoves featured s 'Speed-heat' burner.

Frigidaire (GM) appliances introduced the 'Flair-look.'

(Ok Steve, time to get off you a$$ and get back to work!)

 

[ingliscanada]

Re - Norge

Don't get me wrong - I was not dissing Norge. I know the models from the 60s on had fast agitation, but the early solid-tub models oscilated slower, with longer strokes. And I did not mean that as sluggish (if that's how it's been taken), I simply meant that it turned with longer arcs, which I'm sure provided good wash action. I've seen a few 50s model Norges agitating on YouTube - set on "Normal" speed. I just meant that as being a unique characteristic for early Norges.

Gary

 

[mickeyd]

Gary and Norge fans

Here are two pictures of the 4 paddle agitator which oscillated at a slower stroke than later devolopments. The fins are huge and no dirt escaped their sweep--long and slow. This agitator was used in both the automatic and conventional machines of that early era.

 

[mickeyd]

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[ingliscanada]

Powerators!

Most other agitators wouldn't want to mess with those brutes! LOL!

Gary

 

[mickeyd]

Indeed

I like to call it "The Spanker!" a 4 paddle howler.