Wringer-Flo?

[historyman]

Here's my idea for a "Wringer-Flo":

Take a wringer washer with a pump.
Place a nylon mesh material (pantyhose) over the drain hose end.
Place hose so water is redirected back into the tub.

Now, will this work?

Would the pump motor be damaged/destroyed as it's not designed to run like this?
Will the transmission even allow for the pump and the agitator to be running at the same time?

Thoughts?

 

[scott55405]

Actually some Sears wringer washers were set up just this way. There was a little brush that looked almost like a toilet brush in a plastic container in the lid. There was a hole in the lid in which you put the end of the drain hose, and you would run the pump and the water would flow through this brush and supposedly filter the water. Perhaps not much fun for those who like to see the washing action since it required using the lid, but that's what they offered!

 

[tomturbomatic]

There was also a Whirlpool lint filter for use in both automatic and wringer washers that mounted on the agitator and scouped up water to dump into the perforated filter pan. The design worked well for wringer washers which were almost always operated at a full water level. One of the selling points suggested to service personnel was that a customer's older machine without a recirculating type lint filter could be modernized with the addition of the inexpensive filtering device, giving the benefits of lint-free washing.

There were actually enough wringer washers with a hole in the lid instead of a handle, Norge and Philco come to mind, and with drain pumps that some sort of generic recirculating filtering device was probably available for them also.