enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. These Washing Machines Cost Under $1,000 and Don’t ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/best-cheap-washing-machines-budget...

   The top-load design has a 4.2-cubic-foot capacity that can hold up to 11 large bath towels per load, and it features a single-action agitator for thorough cleaning.

3. Washing machine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machine

   Spin-dry effectiveness: Front-loaders (and European horizontal-axis top-loaders and some front-loaders) offer much higher maximum spin speeds of up to 2000 RPM, although home machines tend to be in the 1000 to 1400 RPM range, while top-loaders (with agitators) do not exceed 1140 RPM. High-efficiency top-loaders with a wash plate (instead of an ...

4. Wig wag (washing machines) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wig_wag_(washing_machines)

   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. Agitator (device) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitator_(device)

   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 ...

6. Antidumping case about washing machines - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidumping_case_about...

   The U.S International Trade Commission ruled 6–0 in favor of Whirlpool, finding that the U.S washing machine industry was threatened by imports of residential washers from South Korea. Also, the commission stated South Korean producers, Daewoo, LG, and Samsung were dumping washing machines far below their market value. Investigation into the ...

7. Maytag - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maytag

   Maytag's second plant was opened in Newton, Iowa. This facility manufactured Maytag's first automatic washers, the "AMP", introduced that year. This was the start of a new age in washing machines for Maytag. 1951: The Korean War was underway, and Maytag built parts for tanks and other military equipment alongside the washing machines. 1953

8. Thor washing machine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_washing_machine

   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. Whirlpool Corporation - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Corporation

   Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States. [2] In 2023, the Fortune 500 company had an annual revenue of approximately $19 billion in sales, around 59,000 employees, and more than 55 manufacturing and technology research centers globally.