On Wed 17 Aug 2005 07:25:44p, Edwin Pawlowski wrote in alt.home.repair:


"david" wrote in message
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we've had the kenmore stackable front loaders for near a year now..
I'll never go back to a top loader. the washer and dryer both are
much more efficient. Of course, we make sure there are no kids inside
when we use them.. geesh!!


When did the first front loaders come out? I recall my mother replacing
the old wringer washer with a Bendix front load about 1950 or so.

Bendix held patents for front loaders at least as early as the mid-1930s,
but production was virtually non-existent during WWII. It wasn't until
after the war that production and sales of automatic home laundry equipment
grew dramatically. The Westinghouse Laudromat was a major competitor
beginning in the mid-1940s.

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four,
unless there are three other people.