Bendix Economat Rubber Tub Automatic Washer Extract Cycle

[drewt3]

Textile abuse or extreme clothsdependency?

[NewsLynne]

Holy mother of mercy! I like it but can understand why it never took off.

[Muhlineks]

It was rated at consumers report. thy says that residul moisture is 112% of the weight of the dry clothes which where put in. modern washers spin at 1000rpm have 60% so this machine equals the front load Bendix which spun at about 300rpm.

[kyjimbo511]

My Grandmother had one of these and I remember her pounding the rubber tub back into place with her fist at the end of the cycle!

[johnrk556]

Bizarre, but great! Not that I'd have bought one new-

[pbenna]

Please do a wash cycle vidio

[Gaygarious]

My mother had one of these, could not open the lid till it let you!!! Then you had to peel the clothes off the agitator!

I always wondered what it looked like squeezing the clothes dry!

[Gaygarious]

My mother had one of these, could not open the lid till it let you!!! Then you had to peel the clothes off the agitator!

[Shakiralover4ever]

Thats the weirdest thing ive ever seen!!!! i actually dont like it and find it kinda freaky hahahaha. it looks like its going to eat someone up!

[02chevyguy]

Now, THAT WAS WEIRD (but interesting). It's kinda odd there was not any sort of spin cycle...not even a short one. If I remember correctly, isn't an ad for this washer one of the occasional Pics Of The Day?

[kirbyyasha]

Wow, that's an amazing machine! I also agree for more videos on this washer.

[71234g]

Can you show the wash cycle

[deview123]

That was awesome. I've never seen a washer like that before. How long did they stay in production for? and were they sold in the US?

[Merker33]

i really never saw such an amazing thing done by a washer :-) very interesting :-) would be nice to see more vids.

[dualactionsurgilator]

Probably the most unique way of extracting water from clothes I've seen. Amazing.

[JSneaker]

@dualactionsurgilator Of course the squeezing of the clothes was not very effective. We could wring pounds of water from them!

[BrentAudi]

Very cool!

[JSneaker]

This is the machine we had in 1954!

[DeanJB74]

That is the most unique thing I have ever seen! Thanks for posting.

[BigTerKC]

That is pretty cool! I see how that would be great for woolen's or delicates, but I can see all sorts of issues with the rubber disintegrating and since it uses vacuum pressure, I'm sure the seals would eventually be an issue.

Thanks for the video

[chestermikeuk]

Wow.....great video, now we get to see "How it Works", neat idea but I assume you can wring water out of the clothes still?? how good does it extract?? I wonder how much more the Unimatic 1140 would extract?? Nice one Robert...

[JSneaker]

@chestermikeuk The "extract effect" was terrible if you used a dryer. We used to wring the clothes out anyway before we got our 1956 Frigidaire Condenser Dryer. Where's the little tan rubber "grille" in the agitator top?

[vivendonolimete]

and the wash cycle?