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Strange vintage portable washer
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Monitor.
I had one but have since gifted it away.. It has a belt driven impeller on the side. It certainly moved water. Google vintage monitor washing machine for some more pics
I had one but have since gifted it away.. It has a belt driven impeller on the side. It certainly moved water. Google vintage monitor washing machine for some more pics
Monitor washer
Search archives, we've had tons of discussions on the Monitor washer previously.
Monitor lifted their design from Hoover's 0308. There were a few other European washers back in day of similar design.
Basically you've got half a twin tub washer. Impeller either mounted on side or bottom of tub to create agitation. When wash in finished you fetch things through the mangle.
Search archives, we've had tons of discussions on the Monitor washer previously.
Monitor lifted their design from Hoover's 0308. There were a few other European washers back in day of similar design.
Basically you've got half a twin tub washer. Impeller either mounted on side or bottom of tub to create agitation. When wash in finished you fetch things through the mangle.
I had a Hoover version of this style of washer but it now belongs to a fellow AWO member in NY - the first washer I remember seeing at my Grandma's house in the UK was also a Hoover like this!
Now, what I'd love to see was the Monitor dryer that went with this washer... it was supposed to blow heated air fast enough to propel clothes around the square drum....
Now, what I'd love to see was the Monitor dryer that went with this washer... it was supposed to blow heated air fast enough to propel clothes around the square drum....
All sale pics. The impeller is seen on side of the tub in 8, 9, and 10.
We had a Monitor just like that one at our camp when I was a kid. Impeller on the rear and it circulated loads quickly. Hand crank wringer and gravity drain. Motor died and to the dump it went.
impeller
That is a very strange impeller. It seems to have ridges on one half and flatter on the other half. Or does it have a shroud that covers half the impeller? What is that all about??
That is a very strange impeller. It seems to have ridges on one half and flatter on the other half. Or does it have a shroud that covers half the impeller? What is that all about??
Monitor lifted their design from Hoover's 0308
Far be it from me to contradict Laundress but it is much more likely the opposite.
There has been a story that Charles Colston (who set up and ran Hoover UK) got the design of the 307 from Eastern Europe designs post WW2 but another says that he saw the design when attending a Hoover conference around 1936 and that it was the Monitor. If one looks critically at the 307 it is fairly obvious that it is a design from the 1930s rather than 1940s. There were plans developed in the late 1930s to extend the Perivale site to accommodate the production of washing machines - WW2 prevented these plans moving forward and the washing machine factory was eventually sited in South Wales.
AFAIK the Hoover 308 was never sold "officially" in USA but rather in Canada.
Far be it from me to contradict Laundress but it is much more likely the opposite.
There has been a story that Charles Colston (who set up and ran Hoover UK) got the design of the 307 from Eastern Europe designs post WW2 but another says that he saw the design when attending a Hoover conference around 1936 and that it was the Monitor. If one looks critically at the 307 it is fairly obvious that it is a design from the 1930s rather than 1940s. There were plans developed in the late 1930s to extend the Perivale site to accommodate the production of washing machines - WW2 prevented these plans moving forward and the washing machine factory was eventually sited in South Wales.
AFAIK the Hoover 308 was never sold "officially" in USA but rather in Canada.
Hmmm,
May have had wrong end of stick! Thanks for correction VacBear.
Always heard or at least assumed the Monitor/Gibson got their idea from Hoover. Indeed at one point Monitor had laundry twins resembled Hoover's "Spin A Rinse" set.
https://www.automatice.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi?showdoc~799~~
www.automaticwasher.org
May have had wrong end of stick! Thanks for correction VacBear.
Always heard or at least assumed the Monitor/Gibson got their idea from Hoover. Indeed at one point Monitor had laundry twins resembled Hoover's "Spin A Rinse" set.
https://www.automatice.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi?showdoc~799~~
Odd and old Gibson "Monitor Aerator" wringer washer free
If you look at the link, you'll see that it has a three-position lever: Wash, Neutral, Pump. And from the pic you'll see that the Stainles wash tub is probably the main reason why this thing is still around... lol... Wonder if it really aerates the laundry...
www.automaticwasher.org
