Unimac Carwash Washer
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Such Fun!
If only they made home versions of that washer.
If only they made home versions of that washer.
A twin-tub on steroids! Fun!
westyslantfront
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Every time I go to a car wash and see those, I wish I could do a load of towels. It looks like a fun machine.
Ross
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I have taken a look at these in the past. The agitator looks very Speed Queen.
Brent
Brent
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Makers of Speed Queen laundry appliances also has the Unimac brand of laundry appliances, amoung others.
Still say that design beats hands down most domestic twin tub machines, past or present. Just look at that nice big wash tub, and super agitator action. What they also did was do away with the cover over the extractor leaving the outer tub visable.
Just so people know, posted links to the specs and owner's manual to these machines several times. The units are completely designed for world wide use. That includes 50hz or 60hz power, and even the direction of the extractor tub (clock wise, or counter clock wise), can be set upon installation. About the only thing these units do not offer is a built in heater.
L.
L.
Makers of Speed Queen laundry appliances also has the Unimac brand of laundry appliances, amoung others.
Still say that design beats hands down most domestic twin tub machines, past or present. Just look at that nice big wash tub, and super agitator action. What they also did was do away with the cover over the extractor leaving the outer tub visable.
Just so people know, posted links to the specs and owner's manual to these machines several times. The units are completely designed for world wide use. That includes 50hz or 60hz power, and even the direction of the extractor tub (clock wise, or counter clock wise), can be set upon installation. About the only thing these units do not offer is a built in heater.
L.
L.
IMPOSTER ALERT!!!
I don't know if it's just the exhaustion talking (why am I still on the computer at 4:00 a.m.?), but I'm harboring suspicions that the above post was not penned by our beloved Launderess.
Exhibit A: "amoung"
While our Launderess is a well-known Brit-head, this blatant example of Jumping The Shark (Anglophile Division) is certainly suspect.
Exhibit B: Notice the sign-off; TWO L's? Hmmmmm. I've never known our girl to do that, even after the third glass of white zin.
I rest my case, luvs.
;-)
I don't know if it's just the exhaustion talking (why am I still on the computer at 4:00 a.m.?), but I'm harboring suspicions that the above post was not penned by our beloved Launderess.
Exhibit A: "amoung"
While our Launderess is a well-known Brit-head, this blatant example of Jumping The Shark (Anglophile Division) is certainly suspect.
Exhibit B: Notice the sign-off; TWO L's? Hmmmmm. I've never known our girl to do that, even after the third glass of white zin.
I rest my case, luvs.
;-)
whirlcool
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I thought our Laundress was a Francophile..... French laundry, etc.
Variation or older model in Charlotte
Many of the local AutoBell car washes in Charlote have a machine that looks very similar, however they have Whirlpool surgilator agitators in black (I suspect the drive-block version). Some of them have SpeedQueen agitator caps, others have the old black Whirlpool "finger indent" cap. When I saw them I figured the manufacturer bought some new-old-stock parts (NOS) from Whirlpool or a parts house to make those machines.
I always try to get a view of them if I happen to be at a car-wash.
Interesting post...thanks!
Many of the local AutoBell car washes in Charlote have a machine that looks very similar, however they have Whirlpool surgilator agitators in black (I suspect the drive-block version). Some of them have SpeedQueen agitator caps, others have the old black Whirlpool "finger indent" cap. When I saw them I figured the manufacturer bought some new-old-stock parts (NOS) from Whirlpool or a parts house to make those machines.
I always try to get a view of them if I happen to be at a car-wash.
Interesting post...thanks!
cvillewasherbo
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I have always wanted to watch one of these in action. Saw one in use at a hotel but it was filling up and the maids couldn't understand why I was looking. Do you wash in one side and rinse in the other, or does the spinner also do the rinsing? Do car washes dry the towels or leave them wet?
Courtney in Waynesboro VA
Courtney in Waynesboro VA
I still think it is she, not an imposter.....
~and even the direction of the extractor tub (clock-wise, or counter-clockwise), can be set upon intallation?
I dont know Eugene, I thought she'd say "anti-clockwise" as the Brits do.
Why is this important?
~and even the direction of the extractor tub (clock-wise, or counter-clockwise), can be set upon intallation?
I dont know Eugene, I thought she'd say "anti-clockwise" as the Brits do.
Why is this important?
The oldest Unimacs used the Maytag Gyrator in them, then they used the Whirlpool Surgilator. Each washer tub uses a wringer washer transmission. I think it would be a fun way to wash.
At the 1939 World's Fair, each of the big appliance manufacturers had a Home of Tomorrow. The Westinghouse home had a laundry that did not anticipate automatic washers, but was pretty neat. It had a triangular cabinet with three agitator tubs and a spinner basket in the middle. Essentially it was a more mechanized wringer washer configuration; washing in one tub, extracting, agitated first rinse, extracting, agitated second rinse and final extraction. It was probably fast, but would take a whole lot of work on the user's part. I don't know how easy it would be to be pulling dripping clothes out of the tubs and sliding them to the spinner then lifting them out of the spinner back into the agitator tubs. Unless you let things wash (or put them in to rub as my grandmother would say) for a long time, I do not see how one person could both wash and put the laundry on the line, load by load. I would not want to think about hanging several loads all at once. It would kill the shoulders.
At the 1939 World's Fair, each of the big appliance manufacturers had a Home of Tomorrow. The Westinghouse home had a laundry that did not anticipate automatic washers, but was pretty neat. It had a triangular cabinet with three agitator tubs and a spinner basket in the middle. Essentially it was a more mechanized wringer washer configuration; washing in one tub, extracting, agitated first rinse, extracting, agitated second rinse and final extraction. It was probably fast, but would take a whole lot of work on the user's part. I don't know how easy it would be to be pulling dripping clothes out of the tubs and sliding them to the spinner then lifting them out of the spinner back into the agitator tubs. Unless you let things wash (or put them in to rub as my grandmother would say) for a long time, I do not see how one person could both wash and put the laundry on the line, load by load. I would not want to think about hanging several loads all at once. It would kill the shoulders.
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maids
They were called "maids". They did all the work, here in the south. Remeber Miss Daisy?
They were called "maids". They did all the work, here in the south. Remeber Miss Daisy?
cvillewasherbo
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last question
You guys have not answered my last questions, please do not direct me to other threads, I do not understand how the whole thing works, but I do have experience and opinions, just not brain power anymore. Again, how did these washers get used?
Courtney in Waynesboro VA
You guys have not answered my last questions, please do not direct me to other threads, I do not understand how the whole thing works, but I do have experience and opinions, just not brain power anymore. Again, how did these washers get used?
Courtney in Waynesboro VA
These units are the same as Hoover twin tubs. One washes in the wash tub, or tubs with agitator, then transfer the laundry to the spin/rinse tub for rinsing and spinning.
The spin tub rinses by spraying a fine mist (through the center post), onto the laundry as the tub spins slowly. This causes a saturation of laundry, then the tub will stop spraying and spin out the "rinse water". This is repeated enough times to rinse the laundry, then the spinner will spin dry laundry. The whole thing is nothing but a fancy spin rinse.
The spin tub rinses by spraying a fine mist (through the center post), onto the laundry as the tub spins slowly. This causes a saturation of laundry, then the tub will stop spraying and spin out the "rinse water". This is repeated enough times to rinse the laundry, then the spinner will spin dry laundry. The whole thing is nothing but a fancy spin rinse.
cvillewasherbo
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thank you so much!!
Courtney
Courtney
Final spin in these units leaves items pretty dry,so they would hang dry quickly. However would assume car washes bung the lot of towels into a dryer to fluff them up/dry before folding.
Hotels, restaurants, beauty salons, and many other business that generate lots of small items for laundry use these units. While would imagine one can do any sort of laundry in these twin or triple tubs, they are great for whizzing through large numbers of napkins and small table cloths. Have heard even some shirt laundries use them as well, but one would think the spin rinse would be kind of hard on shirts.
L.
Hotels, restaurants, beauty salons, and many other business that generate lots of small items for laundry use these units. While would imagine one can do any sort of laundry in these twin or triple tubs, they are great for whizzing through large numbers of napkins and small table cloths. Have heard even some shirt laundries use them as well, but one would think the spin rinse would be kind of hard on shirts.
L.
Of course in car washes, many of the cleaning, polishing and drying cloths are used damp anyway so right out of the spinner and into the barrel of clean cloths ready for use.
