exploder321
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I would love to see the picture of the fridge table..
Heads Up! Rare Firestone Dryer
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When I was a kid in the Sixties we had a mid-to late 50s Firestone electric dryer.There was no console.It was just a white box with a red 120 min. timer knob(script graphics) on top on the upper right hand corner,just like the flattop GE machines (and some BOL economy Kenmores). Metal "Firestone" insignia above the door on middle front.
It had the unusual feature of having the element wrapped around the entire drum,(between the outer drum and an inner preforated metal screen,as I had heard of some early Hamilton machines had. The inner screen prevented contact with the clothes. The door had a small round mushroom-shaped knob,about the size of later Maytags.There was no window. The lint filter was a black rectangular box attached to the exhaust vent,a separate accessory not integral to the dryer. Even at 5600w.@220v.,it was very slow and took 2 hours to dry clothes. It wasn't miswired. Someone on this board said that it was manufactured by Franklin.
We replaced it with a matched Maytag set with a GAS dryer.
It had the unusual feature of having the element wrapped around the entire drum,(between the outer drum and an inner preforated metal screen,as I had heard of some early Hamilton machines had. The inner screen prevented contact with the clothes. The door had a small round mushroom-shaped knob,about the size of later Maytags.There was no window. The lint filter was a black rectangular box attached to the exhaust vent,a separate accessory not integral to the dryer. Even at 5600w.@220v.,it was very slow and took 2 hours to dry clothes. It wasn't miswired. Someone on this board said that it was manufactured by Franklin.
We replaced it with a matched Maytag set with a GAS dryer.
irishwashguy
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i wonder if they will re-list it? Coos bay is not that far from here.I have no place to have a colection till I move into my new place.
The heating element was not totally around the perforated drum, but in an arch over the top 1/2 to 1/3 of the circumferance. They drew the air through the chamber and called the principle, vacuum drying, I think. They were trying to play on the scientific principle that water changes state from liquid to vapor faster in a vacuum. In looking over some literature, the Simplex dryer says it was made by Speed Queen and the Thor dryer looks similar. I will try to do some scanning later.
