RCA washers?

[kenmore1978]

Roper

When Roper was sold, GE and Whirlpool duked it out to buy it.

 

[MikeS]

Hurray For Roper!

Roper appliances are, in my opinion, the best basic machines around. My Roper dishwasher, fridge, washer and dryer--all in place when I bought my condo in 1999--are still doing an excellent job with no repairs needed. (That confirms the repair ratings I see in "Consumer Reports".)
By the way, I've seen Roper at a number of local stores in the Las Vegas area, including Lowes, Best Buy and R.C. Wiley.
Dead? Not by a longshot!

 

[geodon2000]

and now for my 2 cents...

Hey kidz...
I haven't contributed in years, but now that I have some free time, thought I would shed some light...
I used to work for the original Roper Appliance Corp. back in the late 80's...Roper's focus was cooking appliances, and was the primary supplier for Kenmore...formerly headquartered in Kankakee, Illinois, they moved the manufacturing and operations to LaFayette, Georgia, primarily for cheaper labor...the plant in LaFayette was considered state-of-the-art, and thus made Roper very attractive to both GE and Whirlpool...
After all the dust settled, GE basically got the plant, which then was manufacturing Roper, Kenmore, and now GE, and Whirlpool got the name...I suspect, however, that today's Roper range is merely a re-badged Whirlpool, and not a true Roper, although I may be incorrect...
See y'all soon...
Geodon

 

[goatfarmer]

I think that's the same Roper that made lawn and garden tractors,some with the Sears name.

kennyGF

 

[foraloysius]

Hey George,

Welcome back! Great to see you here again! Do you have plans to come to Omaha for the convention?

Steve,

Hush!! You're not supposed to reveal all my secrets here! LOL

Louis

 

[jasonl]

Victor became JVC

Then Victor split off and became JVC and RCA became... RCA with the new logo that we still see today. Even the RCA Victor record label changed from the drabby orange or puke green to the classic black Nipper label with RCA in the new logo next to it.

JVC gave us big heavy VCRs and cool audio equipment.

 

[agiflow]

Victor became Japan Victory Company?

 

[DADoES]

My parents have a 1972 Roper cooktop and double wall oven, avocado.

 

[kenmore1978]

JVC

Japan Victor Corp was the Japanese arm of RCA, and it simply became independent

 

[zzzzz]

Also, Victor Talking Machine/RCA Victor was in no way related to Victor Animatograph Corporation, later Kalart-Victor Corporation, now-defunct makers of well-built 16mm sound movie projectors and other audio-visual equipment.

 

[appnut]

GEEEEOOOOOORRRRGGGGEEEE!!!! I'm so glad you surfaced. It had reached almost my limit of time that I was gonna email ya. Please tell me you're coming to Omaha!!

And Luigi, you can give Steve a big slap when ya see him in Omaha, although me may just like it LOL.

 

[Designgeek]

ee-yow!, movie projectors! I remember units like that when I was in elementary school.

Are those things used for anything nowadays, or has it all gone over to video tape or computer disc storage?

 

[petek]

Speaking of projectors in school.. wasn't it great when you walked into a class and saw the projector there all set up. Our school always used the big boxy green Bell & Howell projectors.

 

[spiralactivator]

Schools still use movie projectors a bit. When I was in high school (late '90s-2001) the history teacher used one but somehow forgot to thread the take-up reel. The result was a few dozen feet of film in a big pile on the floor.

 

[tolivac]

Wow!!!16MM projectors--have a small collection of them.Yes remember those from schooldays-and when the projector was set up when you went to class-less lecture time.Love it when teachers try to be "projectionists"Some passed it on to the classroom "audio-visual" geek-I was one of those.Ran them on occasion.Most were B-H.Saw only one Kodak.they played some interesting films in those days.I can't remember offhand what it was-there is a website dedicated to 16MM film and projector collectors-also have many titles for sale-including those you watched in class!I have one film-came from my workplace-a real old WW2 vintage one on first aid.I have one BH projector,a Kodak,and a military Devry Model.The BH,and Devry still work.Got the Kodak from the trash dump area I go to.Its missing the Speaker and cables.

 

[kenmore1978]

movie projectors

In my last year of high school (1971) my last "class" of the day was audio-visual, and I was the person who maintained the projectors and wheeled them to classes to show films. The Los Angeles City Unified School District was partial to Victor projectors. Victor has an exclusive feature where if either the upper or lower film loop going into and out of the gate was lost, it would trip and stop the projector before the sprocket holes could get chewed up. The Bell & Howell projectors didn't have this feature. The Victors also had great sound since the LARGE speaker was in a separate case from the projector.

 

[tolivac]

Great feature on the Victor machine-it had a "failsafe"as you say if the loops were lost it would shut down protecting the film and the projector.Failsafes are used in cinema projectors.
also used "failsafes" in remote AM,FM and TV transmitter plants.They would shut down the transmitter if the remote control line was lost or if program was lost for more than several minutes.I forgot the value-haven't done that in many years.I am sure the FCC rules on those have long changed from when I worked in that feild.
also for the theater machines-the "failsafes" from the platter to the projector are appreciated by the projectionst(but maybe not by the audience)The projector would be stopped if either the supply platter or take up one stopped turning.would save the projectionist the pile of film on the floor-and the theater being billed by scrathes or dirt on the film.The film distributers will do that.-Bill your theater for the print if it is damaged at your plant.

 

[zzzzz]

I've created a monster...

Wow...I never expected that much of a reaction to the Victor post. With PowerPoint and DVDs now the norm, today's students will never have the same fond (?) memories of audio-visual equipment in general as those raised in the 16mm era.

Kenmore1978: As an LAUSD student from circa 1968-1972 and 1975-1980, I've seen almost all makes of 16mm projectors...older and newer Bell and Howells (no autoshredders until the late 1970s), Kalart-Victors (my favorite), Graflexes, and RCA/Viewlex 1600s (yes, RCA made 16mm projectors). I guess they bought whatever the could get a good quantity deal on.

To steer this thread back in the direction of RCA washers, a longtime friend had a 1961 RCA Whirlpool washer in his house during our childhood, just like this one...

http://www.automaticwasher.org/MUSEUM/Whirlpool/Robert-Brooklyn-1961-Whirlpool-Washer/Robert-Brooklyn-1961-Whirlpool-Outside.jpg

 

[tolivac]

At one of the agencies I used to work for they had a Brenkart(they made some projectors for RCA-esp their cinema supply division)16MM projectors.they also had a pair of 35MM Brenkarts-and RCA sound equipment to go with them.The equipment was simply put into a storereoom-never to be used again .Somebody was even storing their lunch in the abandoned projector lamphouse-yes these had carbon arcs.The carbons were still in them.these came from the building auditorium-remember the US gov't made more movies than Hollywood!!!also Brenkart built projectors(16MM,35MM) for television broadcast use.I have an RCA 1948 broadcast supply catalog that shows them.
WOW!! the picture of the '61 RCA Whirlpool washer is SO COOL!!!

 

[westytoploader]

I think it's time for this thread to move to the "Super" forum...