The justly famous Hoover Rinse-O-Matic !

[unclejohn]

Hey everyone!

There it is: My own 'Rinse-O-Matic' (Model # 0632) once made by Hoover.

On quite a few occasions it provided a cool and fun washday experience.

I took a ton of photos of that one so here are a few of those to share:

 

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0632, before ...

 

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... and after ...

 

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0632 i.d.

Identification sticker with Serial Nr, etc.

 

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0632, back view

 

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0632, back view with original table top formica

One will notice the missing plastic handle (table top) and the broken plastic cord clip (power cord and drain hose retainer). I had designed by someone the small Hoover logo (peel and apply color sticker) that says 'Hey, I'm a genuine Hoover washing machine!' There were some masking tape pieces here and there at that moment to keep things in place because I had to move the machine around.

 

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0632, top view

 

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0632, top view with open lid (spin compartment)

 

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0632, spin basket and controls

 

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0632, under the machine

 

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0632, spray paint ...inside a living room !

Yeah, that is insane...

 

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0632, pump base, hoses, belts and spinner pulley

 

[twintubber]

Hmmm.....Now WHERE Have I Seen Somthing Like This Before???

Hey unclejohn! Great pics!
And thanks for those. Others can now get a glimpse of that really great machine-one of Hoovers' best I feel.
Any chance you have some vids of it in action to add?

Another pic of mine, for ya!

 

[vacbear58]

Close but no cigar

When I first saw this machine I was surprised how much it looked like the 3312/3314 Hoovematics made over here - from the top. Much more so that the later model HMs. However looking at the pictures from underneath I am surprised to see how different the pumping arrangements are.

It appears that this machine is still using a pump driven off the motor pully although it also seems to have a spin dryer pump too. So did this machine require the impellor to be running whilst emptying the wash tub? In Uk models of this vintage there was a single pump connected to the spinner which was also used to empty the wash tub - the control on the top deck having a mechanical linkage almost to the bottom of the machine to set a valve for one or the other.

Can anyone confirm?

Al

 

[barcoboy]

I don't believe vacbear58 that the wash motor has to be running in order to empty the wash tub. The belt driven pump connected to the spin motor is the same as my Hoover 0519, including the pinch valve between the pump and the wash tub. Opening this pinch valve allows the spin pump to empty the wash tub. But my washer does not have the Y after that valve, the extra hoses, nor the wash motor driven pump, so I'm thinking it is for some sort of recirculation/filtration feature of this model.

unclejohn, can you snap some more pictures of this pump and hoses, and clarify what this extra stuff is for?

 

[twintubber]

If unclejohn Doesn't mind.....

I'll jump in here and answer that for both of you.
The reason unclejohn and I LOVE this model of Hoover is that it does indeed have a recirculating filter in the wash tub.
The pump that is driven by the wash motor sends water up into a spout in the top left corner of the wash tub-see the pic of my yellow machine above and you can see the little rubber spout.
That flows into the filter you see attached to the lid of mine and thus you get a "Filter-Flo" style of true recirculating lint filtration.
The drain pump is typical in that it runs off the spin motor to drain both wash and spin tubs.
I hope that helps and unclejohn will have more to add for us.

Pic featuring my three showing the lint filter on the Hoover.

 

[unclejohn]

Scott, sorry no vids --but thanks for the comments!

Barcoboy and Alistair, thank you as well for your comments. Much appreciated.

Here are a couple of extra photos which, I hope, should add a little bit.

Barcoboy wrote ''I'm thinking it is for some sort of recirculation/filtration feature''. Yes, that's right. No real 'lint filtering' as such but some sort of a basic filtration device (flow) which is, after all, better than nothing.

TwinTubber (Scott) gives an exactly right explanation concerning that one-of-a-kind machine. Indeed, to empty wash tub and spin can the pump is driven by the spin motor in 'standard' twin-tub fashion.

Here's a pic showing the small rubber spout of the recirculating gizmo about which Scott refers to.

 

[unclejohn]

additional pics

Hoover 0632

 

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This one