Iterations of the Waring Blendor

[jetcone]

Trying to establish a timeline from 1937 forwards here. Im pretty sure the FC1 -14 blenders are '38-'40 all list as 110V appliances. Also the jars carry the design patent and  the cutting blades are right out of the patent application too. Production halted '41-'46. After this point I see machines FC2 15  listed at 115V which was when that was being introduced around the country, and the cutter blades are all symmetrical. 

 

The all clear glass is also in the Design patent, but the ribbed ones are all different as well. 

 

[tolivac]

The Waring blenders shown are the only glass container models certified by NSF for commercial use. They are used as bar blenders for mixing drinks. Containers made from plastic or stainless steel are used commercially.

 

[tomturbomatic]

It was the band leader Fred Waring who invented the appliance. They kept the non-removable blades in the jar until into the 1970s, which was OK for mixing drinks, but a mess with food. Then came the snap out blades in the original style jar and finally the jar with the removable base.

 

[rp2813]

Great work, Jon Charles!

 

It appears that the taller, slimmer version of the "waterfall" tiered motor housing was indeed the first style per the patent documents.  I've never seen one in real life.  It's a shame that they dropped the original blade design.  The symmetrical blades that followed were far less capable.  I wouldn't own a Waring with the later type blade, other than for parts.  The scenario is similar with Oster, except in reverse.  Their later "ice crusher" and "fusion" blades are far superior to the original standard type, and will turn even a single speed Osterizer into a no-nonsense pulverizer.

 

I pick up spare direct drive Waring carafes when I see them, regardless of the type of blade they have.  I don't know if the holes in carafes with the later "wagon wheel" driven blades can accommodate a direct drive assembly.

 

I hope I never have to salvage one of my original type blades.  I installed a new gasket on a direct drive blade assembly many years ago when I had only one Waring Blendor, and it wasn't easy.

 

[circlew]

My mom's first blender was a Waring, and she received it as a Christmas gift in the early 60s. I remember the glass container had the permanently attached blades, and it was a pain to clean. Sometime in the 70s someone gave an Osterizer to the church sale, so she bought it, and gave the Waring for the next church sale.

 

[foraloysius]

I had a Waring blender with a loose bottom (no pun intended). One day I made a smoothie with it. During the blending the bottom came loose and dropped down a bit. The smoothie streamed out of the jar and ran partly into the motor which caused a sparks galore thus tripping the breaker. That was the end of it.

 

[philcobendixduo]

And Fred Waring.....

.....spelled "blender" as "blendor"!

Waring Blendor. (TM)

 

[rp2813]

I forgot to mention that among my spare Blendor carafes, the thickness of the glass varies.  One of them came with the snap-on handle attachment and it's thicker than the others, in addition to having a greenish tint to the top rim of the carafe, similar to vintage Coke bottles.  The handle fits loosely on all of the other carafes, including the one on my rocket ship bar blender (like the middle one pictured in image 2 in the OP) and I wouldn't trust it not to detach at an inopportune moment.

 

[jetcone]

Yes Ralph

the glass goes through many colors, I just got a pre war Blender and the glass is yellow tint, and my 2003 model rocket blender has a beautiful aqua tint 

 

 

 

[jetcone]

Ralph

here is a 4 tier model, prewar being demonstrated by Fred Waring. I have never seen one either.  

 

[jetcone]

So for comparison

These two Waring's Just arrived . One from 2003 and the other from the late 1940s.  After using them, I can tell you I am as impressed with the 2003 model as the vintage one. Waring kept up the QUALITY ! 

And I gotta say I love the Pulse feature !!  ( little black rubber button under the switch ), I have seen this model with idiot lights indicating blade speed too. 

 

Ohm  and the 2003 has cute grippy suction cup feet, tis not going anywhere !

 

 

 

 

[circlew]

Speaking of Waring Blendors

Our historical society was gifted a "hoarder house" recently, and there was one in the kitchen. It is probably from the late 60s or 70s, with a plastic container. We had a service, "College Hunks Hauling Junk", come in to get rid of a lot of things, so don't know if it's still there or not.

 

[ea56]

In 1972 I bought a Waring Blendor like the one in photos 3&4 of the OP thats in the middle of the three next to the gray plastic bottle. I paid $5.00 at the Salvation Army Thrift Store for this blendor and used it until 1987 when I sold it in a garage sale that David and I had in order to amass the closing costs and down payment on our first condo. It was still working just like new! I think I sold it for maybe $10.00?

We sold every single household item that we could spare and managed to make just under $3000.00 and had what we needed to close on the 1 bedroom condo. After signing the escrow docks we had just enough left to buy a new Eureka Canister vac with and power nozzle at Macy’s, which we needed after selling the three vacs we had at the garage sales, a Hoover upright, an Electrolux canister and David’s pride and joy a Rainbow canister.

These old on and off blendors were just as good or better than all these new blenders that have 10 or more speeds. IMO all you really need is fast. I wish I still had that old Waring Blendor.

Eddie