Felix came out of his original house, I am the 3rd owner. The original owner bought Felix for his wife in 1939. He ran till 1952 when he was taken back to Bendix to be rebuilt. In the meantime the man bought his wife a new W/D set so Felix was installed back on his concrete pedestal but was not used again. You can see Bendix gave him a whole new set of clutch plates. When new a Bendix should hop into high speed with an empty tub, and slow down as the water fills. Then as the water drains hop back up again before spin speed, to help balance the wet clothes for spin. This feature is in the original patent 1936 but all the machines we've seen have long since got clutch wear and no longer have this feature.
I came across him at his Valley Stream home on Long Island just before he was about to be pitched!!
He is quiet ! Quietest bendix I've ever heard ! He is one of the very first auto-washers in the world and is the rare Utility Model, has no timer, no water valve, works very similar to the wringers of the day.
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I came across him at his Valley Stream home on Long Island just before he was about to be pitched!!
He is quiet ! Quietest bendix I've ever heard ! He is one of the very first auto-washers in the world and is the rare Utility Model, has no timer, no water valve, works very similar to the wringers of the day.
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