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2. Agitator vs. Impeller: Which washer type is best? - AOL

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   A washing machine with an agitator feature one or two central posts which move around or back and forth, rubbing against clothes to break up stains. A washing machine with an impeller rotates the ...

3. Agitator (device) - Wikipedia

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   The Dual-action is a two-part agitator that has bottom washer fins that move back and forth and a spiral top that rotates clockwise to help guide the clothes to the bottom washer fins. The modern agitator, which is dual-action, was first made in Kenmore Appliances washing machines in the 1980s to present. These agitators are known by the ...

4. Wig wag (washing machines) - Wikipedia

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   A vertical-axis washing machine has two mechanisms: a central agitator for washing and a drum for spinning, both driven by the same motor and controlled independently by clutches to the belt drive. The wig-wag is mounted atop the washing machine's transmission, where it oscillates back and forth like a railroad signaling wigwag (hence the name ...

5. Washing machine - Wikipedia

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   Since the agitator and the drum are separate and distinct in a top-loading washing machine, the mechanism of a top-loader is inherently more complicated than a front-loading machine. Manufacturers have devised several ways to control the motion of the agitator during the wash and rinse separately from the high-speed rotation of the drum ...

6. How to Clean a Washing Machine [Video] - AOL

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   If you've ever caught whiff of a stale, musty smell in your clothing or washer's drum while loading your machine or transferring your laundry to your dryer, we've got some news: a dirty washing ...

7. Laundry - Wikipedia

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   Meanwhile, 19th-century inventors further mechanized the laundry process with various hand-operated washing machines to replace tedious hand rubbing against a washboard. Most involved turning a handle to move paddles inside a tub. Then some early-20th-century machines used an electrically powered agitator. Many of these washing machines were ...

8. Thor washing machine - Wikipedia

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   1920 advertisement for the Thor electric washing machine. The Thor washing machine was the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in the United States. Produced by the Chicago-based Hurley Electric Laundry Equipment Company, the 1907 Thor is believed to be the first electrically powered washer ever manufactured, crediting Hurley as the inventor of the first automatic washing machine.

9. Industrial agitator - Wikipedia

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   An agitator is composed of a drive device ( motor, gear reducer, belts…), a guiding system of the shaft (lantern fitted with bearings), a shaft and impellers . If the operating conditions are under high pressure or high temperature, the agitator must be equipped with a sealing system to keep tightened the inside of the tank when the shaft is ...