Bendix Economat Rubber Tub Automatic Washer Extract Cycle

1953 Bendix Rubber Tub washer. Instead of spinning clothes damp dry, it has a collapsible rubber tub and air pump that evacuates both water and air from the tub. Under vacuum pressure the tub collapses squeezing the clothes against the perforated agitator which wrings out the water.

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Science & Technology

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• Bendix
• Washer
• Economat
• Vacuum

[71234g]

Can you show the wash cycle

[pbenna]

Please do a wash cycle vidio

[drewt3]

Textile abuse or extreme clothsdependency?

[NewsLynne]

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

[JSneaker]

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

[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-

[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!