Picked up from their booth at the Restaurant and Hotel show at the NYC Jacob Javits Center in 1984. I have to call this company to see if these are still available--I want one!
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What caught my eye initially were the two beautiful black Whirlpool Super Surgilator agitators topped with their original '50s-style retainer caps. The same as on our very first washing machine: a 1957 Whirlpool BOL (the origin of my fascination with these machines) that we kept on casters in the kitchen of our apartment. My parents would have to wheel it(and me) into the closet if the apartment was ever inspected by the company that owned the building as washers were forbidden, but everyone that had kids had one and they were all portable!
Car Wash
Isn't this something that I used to see in a car wash?
I remember seeing them next to a large commecial dryer. Always fascinated me to see the laundry equipment while I was waiting for my vehicle to go thru the automatic car wash......
Brings back some great memories....
Isn't this something that I used to see in a car wash?
I remember seeing them next to a large commecial dryer. Always fascinated me to see the laundry equipment while I was waiting for my vehicle to go thru the automatic car wash......
Brings back some great memories....
Freakin' 1780RPM extraction!!! And those spin tubs were huge stainless-steel honkers!
I imagine it would be like using a wringer, automatic and twin-tub machine at the same time. As I understood it, you wash a load in one square tub (with hand faucets, no less), manually pull the load out of the water and place it into the spin tub for extraction and then move it to the other square tub for rinsing. And all three tubs are running simultaneously. Note that the model 300 runs on 220V for the bigger extractor.
jasonl
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John Lefever has a Bock extractor with a huge tub like that. Goes 1780rpm. Clothes come out almost dry. Only 20 minutes in the dryer and they're done. My new Oasis has a huge tub and spin 1050 so we'll see how that goes.
mayken4now
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Yea bro, da kaaaa waaaa (yes, these are at the car washes)
Actually all of the rinsing is done in the spinner. There are two timers for the spinner compartment. One is for the time that you want for the spray rinse and the other is for the total extraction time. These machines have a filter cartridge in the cold water line for the rinse spray to keep any sediment or discoloration out of the water because any discoloration would get spun through the load making awful stains that required rewashing.
Originally these used the narrow post Maytag Gyrator in the wash compartments.
Originally these used the narrow post Maytag Gyrator in the wash compartments.
This is an old brouchure. A Telex number? Ancient!!! You can see the WP Surgilator agitators in the pics. The current model (the ones made in the last 6 years at least) have the straight vane modern SQ agitator in them. Also, you would be surprised at the size of the spin tub. It is actually quite small, no bigger than a 5 kg European wash tub.
Unimac is a division of Alliance Laundry Systems, makers of Unimac, SQ, Heubsch, Ajax and soon, Ipso.
Unimac is a division of Alliance Laundry Systems, makers of Unimac, SQ, Heubsch, Ajax and soon, Ipso.
I hate to spoil all of the fun with real-world engineering b
Centrifugal extraction force is related to the surface speed of the basket, which is determined by its radius and RPM. Because this unit has [only] a 16" diameter basket, it has about the same extraction capability as a typical 21" basket operating at 1356 RPM. Still very good, but not quite as dramatic as the 1780 RPM suggests.
Centrifugal extraction force is related to the surface speed of the basket, which is determined by its radius and RPM. Because this unit has [only] a 16" diameter basket, it has about the same extraction capability as a typical 21" basket operating at 1356 RPM. Still very good, but not quite as dramatic as the 1780 RPM suggests.
We have discussed these units off and on several times, usually via posts started by yours truly. *LOL*
These Unimac units, according to the brochures sent to me by a local dealer are not only for car washes, but hotels, BBs, restaurants, and any place else that wishes to process large volumes of small and medium sized items quickly. According to the sales rep I spoke with even the Waldrof Astoria hotel has one of these (for shirts, IIRC).
The beauty of the spin/rinse is that the water is sprayed in a fine sort of mist, to better evenly penetrate laundry. The process is basically a variation of the old twin tub automatic rinse systems,but improved.
Every now and then you'll find one of these units on eBay, some MIB.
L.
These Unimac units, according to the brochures sent to me by a local dealer are not only for car washes, but hotels, BBs, restaurants, and any place else that wishes to process large volumes of small and medium sized items quickly. According to the sales rep I spoke with even the Waldrof Astoria hotel has one of these (for shirts, IIRC).
The beauty of the spin/rinse is that the water is sprayed in a fine sort of mist, to better evenly penetrate laundry. The process is basically a variation of the old twin tub automatic rinse systems,but improved.
Every now and then you'll find one of these units on eBay, some MIB.
L.
I have used one of these
When I was a kid, my grandmother and I would go to the laundramat and this is what they had. Lots of clothes could be washed at once and very clean too. You could wash as long or as short a time as you wanted. Fond memories from 1958. Gary
When I was a kid, my grandmother and I would go to the laundramat and this is what they had. Lots of clothes could be washed at once and very clean too. You could wash as long or as short a time as you wanted. Fond memories from 1958. Gary
