Lid locks

[cleanteamofny]

Which washer used magnetic lid lock?
Kelvinator/Gibson?

 

[danemodsandy]

I Have No Idea...

...But I couldn't resist having a little fun with this very familiar font I got only today...

 

[lordkenmore]

Nothing like the fun of fonts!

Sandy, where did you find this font?

Maybe we should create a special AW.org font package of all the major fonts used on vintage appliances.

 

[danemodsandy]

John:

It's called "Kelvinized," and it's a free font available fron dafont.com.

Fun, eh?

 

[volvoguy87]

Fonts.

I want the Kenmore script font and the Volvo font.

I know WCI washers lacked a tub brake and had lid locks, but they are mechanical with a solenoid-controlled bolt. I don't know where this originated, (Westinghouse maybe) but it has shown up on Westinghouse, Frigidaire (post 1980) Gibson, Kelvinator, and the WCI-made stacked top-loading sets.

Dave

 

[danemodsandy]

Dave:

Works when typing in all caps only:

http://dragon240.free.fr/totoche/Volvobroad.ttf

 

[lordkenmore]

Sandy--Thanks for the info about Kelvinized!

 

[danemodsandy]

John:

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[danemodsandy]

Oh, And Dave:

If you're talking about the Volvo logo font, that's a custom face originally done by a calligrapher for Volvo. Closest match in a standard font is Clarendon Bold Expanded, which is not, so far as I've been able to discover, available in any sort of free lookalike version. There is a free font on dafont.com called Big Mummy that is very similar to Clarendon Bold, but it's not quite expanded enough to be a really exact match.

 

[lordkenmore]

I don't know enough about page layout or graphics to say for sure, but it seems that some software might have some control that could allow one to adjust Big Mummy so it'll come closer to the Volvo logo font. I know I've heard people into graphics talk about how great some software is allowing one to do/control everything. I've never used this sort of software, since I've noticed that the price is enough to make me feel faint.

 

[SactoTeddyBear]

The only Magnetic Latches:

that I'm familiar with are on the newer GE and Hotpoint Top-Load Washers and any other possible Badged Washers of the GE Family. I can't think of any other Brands who also use the Magnetic Latches.

Peace and Kind Regards, Steve
SactoTeddyBear0503...

 

[toggleswitch2]

Neat was to use an American top-loader in a laundromat in London that had a lid-lock installed to confrom with local laws/code/ordinances.

This was backin the 90's. I think it was a Maytag!

 

[favorit]

Toggles

120 Volt already can give a nice good shake to those who are used to rinse their hands in the machine while it's filling ...

go figure what a nice perm one might get in his/her hair (i can't ..) with a 230 Volt machine

That said, it's true some euro code are not very understandable. Commercial washers loading more than 10 KG must have the red emergency button on them. Having the same safety devices of smaller machines, can't catch why they do need it, while smaller machines don't.

 

[toggleswitch2]

LOL!

I did this once while my OTHER hand was touching a metal
(stainless-steel "INOX") sink!

OUCH! BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzz............

 

[cleanteamofny]

As for lid lock Westinghouse made you wait a minuet.
Was it timer released or a heated solenoid?

 

[toggleswitch2]

Yah, the lid lock was interesting, there was NO tub brake!

 

[panthera]

AEG

Used magnetically actuated locks for their long running TL compact washers (the ones with the shock-absorbers built into the legs, they jumped when they spun and broke toilets and sinks across all of Europe).

Several European TLs over the last decades have used magnets for non-electrical interlocks, designed to mechanically prevent a machine from being used when a lid was not closed.

I can't say it was Candy for sure, but at least one Italian manufacturer used a very strong magnet as part of the pump protection filters (bra wires, bobby-pins, etc.)

Love the new fonts.

 

[DADoES]

 
Fisher & Paykel used a magnetic lid switch on machines with lids that don't lock, such as my GWL08.

My Neptune TL, which does lock the lid, uses a magnetic sensor to confirm the lid is closed and to trigger a power-on when opened.

Oasis/Cabrio/Bravos uses a magnetic sensor as well on their locking lids, at least on the particular Cabrio model I've used.

 

[roto204]

GE

Newer GE top loaders still use magnetic switches that can be fooled with a decent refrigerator magnet, too.

Kelvinator used a bimetallic lock for a long time--you had to wait for it to cool down before the lid opened.

Oh, and as for fonts...