The Reason Washing Machine - more info now available!

[askomiele]

OMG that's an olympia! The best belgian washer ever made! These are workhorses!!! How did you get those pictures? These machines are not build anymore. The founders son didn't want to sell the company and its knowhow of this model! He said that none of the candidates could garantee the same quality as he build. The last day, they got 500 orders for the 300 washers they could build. In many belgian households (mostly our province and the eastern province) olympia's are still washing away... I love olympia because it was so well build! My life started with olympias and hopefully one day we would have new well build olympias

 

[rolls_rapide]

Then go back and read the patent information and view the dr

Really? Which drawings?

There do not appear to be any "mosaics" of any drive system in the patent application!

 

[chestermikeuk]

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here is a link to the article that dascot linked above!!

click on Description, Claims & Drawings, look at the Drawings pages 54 possibly two motors, 55 & 56 drum open closes linkages...wow thats some complex mechanism!!!

Also when you read the breakdown of parts and how it works, its very technical....in an age when we have perfected an inner / outer drum with motor underneath all worked by electronics....this seems more like a commercial machine!!!

have a read and let us know what you think!!!

Cheers, Mike

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[vivalalavatrice]

have a read and let us know what you think!!!

Maybe I'm wrong... but IS THERE ANY REVERSE WASHING ACTION?!?!
It seems the drum rotates only one side to stay closed and otherside to open...

I was wondering about a shaft that goes "in and out", instead there's a more complicated system (easier to went broken!??!) of trasmission... Lee Maxwell machines seems to have less levers,gears,shafts, pulleys...

>this seems more like a commercial machine!!!
And a lot merchandized indeed!!

Diomede

 

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Chestermike

Ta very much for the link to the in-depth info. I had a quick look; I agree that it does look complex. I'll look closer in a day or two...

(Major crisis tonight, the fridge-freezer packed up! A Hoover model from 1998: Candy crap in disguise! My 'Other' had only the other day bought lots of goodies for Christmas. Bloomin' typical!!!)

 

[chestermikeuk]

"Lee Maxwell machines seems to have less levers,gears,s

Hi Diomede, what a line...LOL....but true, It does seem very complex, I just hope it works!!! Interesting feature on the ballast tanks, could be "multiples" I would have three, one for clean water fill & rinses, one for re-usable wash water SudzSave, and the third for hot fill from solar powered or energy efficient water heating!!!

The Olympia machine looks a cross between a Miele & Asko, best of both worlds..IMHO. I`m sure it would do a reverse tumble, cant imagine 10kg of wet laundry going one way, would make for a very tangled mess on some loads!!!

 

[rolls_rapide]

Pretty odd mechanicals.

It looks as though there is a lot to go wrong in that drive linkage.

Notice too, the castor wheel method that allows the machine to sit firmly upon the floor when the ballast tanks are loaded with water. Could this be Dyson simplifying their 'trolley-jack' system as used on the Contrarotator?

 

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And now it has a comparison video!

Here:

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[dj-gabriele]

Simple cr*p!

And if that is a 10 kg machine why did they load it with only 5kg of towels? because they couldn't put anymore stuff in! That's false and misleading! I put more clothes in my front loader without reaching 5 kg that what the guy put in either of the washing machines in the video!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hhhmmm

It gets more interesting!!!I wonder what Bosch will think of it!!! although an older model, (euro model perhaps) or even a mock up!!!

I like the point of talking over 7 yrs to diverse groups, universities, detergent manufacturers and such...!!! I do hope they worked with the end use, i.e. paying customers!!! have been asking around and either everyone is keeping schtum or no one I`ve asked knows anything about it!!!