Top loading clothes dryer

[freewestinghous]

When I was a teen working at a used appliance store there were several top loading dryers that came in and were sold. They were made by a water heater company that was in the city I lived which was named Fowler. The dryers carried that name.

 

[tolivac]

Any pictures or info on these dryers-sounds like a local brand.

 

[coldspot]

Found this from 1954

Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search

 

[jetcone]

Gawd there

is something "new" under the sun everyday! You think you have seen all the appliances by now and this cool thing comes along!

Great post!

 

 

[goatfarmer]

Fischer/Paykel makes one these days.

 

HMMMMM....the ad says they have 2 used washers for a buck a piece.....

 

[tolivac]

That top load dryer sounds unusual.Guess the forerunner to the FP?

 

[qualin]

How can that even work? Is it kind of like an H-Axis Washing machine, where you load the clothing through a hole at the top of the drum and then it closes with a pair of interlocking doors?

Another question, why didn't these become more popular?

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>How can that even work? Is it kind of like an H-Axis Washing machine, where you load the clothing through a hole at the top of the drum and then it closes with a pair of interlocking doors?</blockquote>Can't say about the Fowler unit. F&P's toploader works thusly ...

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[iheartmaytag]

A few years ago a co-worker bought a new F&P top loader.  She was so excited, it was all we heard about until it was delivered; then the love affair was over.  After the third one arrived, and didn't work either she bought a used Whirlpool dryer and has lived happily ever after.

 

Yes, how they work is you drop the clothes through a trap door at the top of the drum and then it snapps shut when the cycle starts.  Problem(s) are.  The drum has to be perfectly clear of anything to close properly.  And the side to side air flow is different. and there isn't much tumble room, and it was noisy, and it took forever, and . . .Like I said she sent it back. I, however, didn't know that the top loader had been tried before.

 

 

 

 

[foraloysius]

Overhere in Europe topload dryers are a bit more common I think. There were some models on the market like Siemens (and Bosch?) that had topload dryers. Here's a picture of a Siemens Flauschtrockner Toplader. There was also a compact model. I know the compact model was made by Blomberg. Not sure about this one. This model is from 1974.

 

[foraloysius]

Here is a picture of both models on one page. The regular sized model is countertop high. The lower one about 65cm high.

 

[foraloysius]

At the moment there are still topload dryers available on the European market. Brands that have one are Candy and Brandt.

Here's a picture of a modern Brandt topload dryer.

 

[dj-gabriele]

The Brandt model is available in Italy as "Sangiorgio" and Candy has a water condensing model too

 

[tolivac]

Saw a sad looking FP dryer like the TL one sitting forlornly and unwanted in the appliance dumpster at the dump-transfer station out my way.Guesss----it got crushed and recycled.the poor thing looked fairly new.And in the want ad magazine here-a seller is trying to sell a FP washer--the ad says---"needs motor control board"The ad has beeen running for almost 2 yrs.why doesn't HE get the board and fix the machine?He wants something like $75 for the machine.