1. Anyone have pictures or descriptions of a 1950's era dishwasher called "Ling Tempo?" I believe they had a glass door where you could see all the action.
2. There was a built in dishwasher with two doors! One that opened into the kitchen and one that opened onto the outside/patio? Who made these, what years? Any photos?
3. What was the first year Kitchen Aid made home built-in dishwashers? Any pictures?

4. My grandmother had a 1945 to 1949 all electric Hotpoint kitchen with Hotpoint dishwasher. Any pictures, brochures operating instructions on this early dishwasher? What year were they first made?

These dishwashers evolved from the 18 inch wide James with the glass top. The same company made both brands.
The Ling Temcos used the same wash action and could be ordered in 3 sizes based on the number of place settings. The rinsing started when the dishwasher began slowly replacing and diluting the wash water with a slow fresh water fill causing the wash water in the tank to drain through an overflow, ending up with just fresh water. The final rinse was a steam bath. Water was heated in a steam chamber. The steam was introduced to the wash chamber over a period of time and condensed on the dishes, heating them so that they would dry fast and essentially providing a distilled water rinse for no spots. We have two of them in the collection. One is missing its window and was a curb-side foundling. The other one stopped working and was removed from a boat at the Washington Marina near the Tidal Basin. The timers are spring wound that are turned all the way clockwise from the OFF position and they tick all the way back to OFF.

Hey Zippyjet, it's interesting that you mention this. When I was a kid (about 40 years ago 1960's) my aunt had a very large counter top dishwasher that was actually plumbed in. It was about 4 feet wide and 2.5 feet high and very deep and had a full glass door. (Kinda like a giant microwave). There was a control panel on the right side with a selector knob and a progress dial and I remember a red pilot light. I was facinated with it and remember the glass as slightly opaque and rippled so you could just make out the water jets spraying on the glass and some of the dishes inside.

I don't remember the name of the machine (but Modern Maid comes to mind - just a best guess).

This was the neatest appliance I've ever seen to date and would love to find one!

made it's debut in 1949.


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