Today's Patent of the Day

[Unimatic1140]

Now that's an interesting idea for a front loader, have a clothes chute extended outwards from the door to fill up with extra suds to try and prevent suds locks. I wonder if this would work? And would all those suds be blocking the door at the end of the cycle so the user would have to scoop them out by hand?

 

[gansky1]

I was thinking that larger items; blankets, jeans, etc. might have a tendency to flop out of the drum and possibly twist and tangle there. Now we have try it!

I could have used one of these chutes for that Westy Combo:

 

[mickeyd]

Hello Roberto

the possibilites are endless

foot soak
baby bath
pot n pan soak

AND............

GLADYS BATH :'))))))))) ;'DDDDDDD

 

[mickeyd]

not to mention: being able, finally, to watch the front loader wash, rinse, and spin with the door open the whole time. YAY

 

[gansky1]

I love all these patents!

I would think that the chute would fill up with suds, just like the drum and hinder washing action just as much as if they were locked into the drum by a standard door. Who knows?

To this day, the "fallacy" of the suds doing the cleaning persists. HE detergents and machines have probably helped some, but is the public so dumb that they cannot learn that a "sudsy wash" is completely unnecessary? OK, don't answer that...

 

[tomturbomatic]

It looks very difficult to unload.

 

[brisnat81]

They did make it into Production

However mine is still out with a guy who is trying to rebuild the bearing box. Its amazing what 50 years and soap can do to aluminium.

In the early days it removed all chance of a leak. On the one in the picture, the tub and chute are one integral part, and it is the back that is removable with a flat seal between the two.

 

[easyspindry]

Coin-Op laundries

I've seen machines like this in coin-operated laundries, but for the life of me, I cannot remember the brand name of the machine.

More memories.

Jerry Gay

 

[Unimatic1140]

If I still had a straight front Westinghouse or White-Westinghouse front loader from the 80's or 90's it would be fun to try this. It would be very simple to build with some Plexiglas, rubber and close cell foam. Who knows, maybe it really works? We can't say anything for sure until we see it in action.

 

[peterh770]

The Launderama was the coin-op machine. I have seen them once years ago, and supposedly there is a laundry near Athens GA that still has a couple.

 

[retro-man]

I think Robert has a bee in his bonnet. I can hear the wheels turning from NH. I bet he is thinking or already has thought out how he is going to construct this. I shall be waiting for the pics of how this goes. I bet he gets this also interfaced with his computer for customized cycles. Funny while typing this the weather channel is having a short info-mercial on washing machines and how front loaders use so much less water. How appopriate.
Jon

 

[hilovane]

It's interesting to note that the patent(s) dated 1968, and 1970. I remember seeing these machines in launderettes as early as 1963.

 

[pulsator]

Perhaps this will be a feature of Robert's Super Frontloader?