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Post# 69764   6/10/2005 at 04:41 (6,866 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        

"Dual Drench"? I assume that's that weird system they had for a while in their dishwashers. Sure would like to see how that worked.

I wonder how far they were from Westinghouse in Mansfield OH?





Post# 69768 , Reply# 1   6/10/2005 at 06:09 (6,866 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Now is this one a D&M? I'm guessing not.

What year is this approx. peeps?


Post# 69781 , Reply# 2   6/10/2005 at 08:08 (6,866 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
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Does anyone in the club have one? I'd sure like to see pics of the inside and see how it worked.

Post# 69782 , Reply# 3   6/10/2005 at 08:15 (6,866 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)        
Inquiring minds...

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Is this the one that used ordinary dishwashing liquid?

veg


Post# 69793 , Reply# 4   6/10/2005 at 11:39 (6,866 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
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The Tappan had a 6"(?) diameter drum on the bottom of the DW (notice the 'hump' in the middle of the rack where the dishes are. The bottom fills with water and the drum spins, sloshing water over the dishes.

My grandparents had a BOL model with just the single timer knob.


Post# 69795 , Reply# 5   6/10/2005 at 12:31 (6,866 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        
dual drench drum

the drum had no baffles on it,but was a smooth cylinder that spun one way,throwing water like a tire would splash a puddle,then reversed and did the same.The door would hold a 60 day supply of SUDSING liquid detergent in the door.Only lightly soiled dishes could get clean with this system.

Post# 69814 , Reply# 6   6/10/2005 at 17:24 (6,866 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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This one sounds truly unique..and useless

Post# 69815 , Reply# 7   6/10/2005 at 17:32 (6,865 days old) by kevinpreston3 ()        
Bizarre!

"This one sounds truly unique..and useless"

Useless....and cool! Would love to see one work.


Post# 69829 , Reply# 8   6/10/2005 at 22:54 (6,865 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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My Godfather moved into a house in 1963 that had a BOL like this. I can still hear it starting up each time b4 it filled. And it did sound just like tires rolling down the wet freeway. Got to play with this a lot, when the WO65-2 wasn't running LOL. I vaguely remember there were very small blades at the back of the "tube" (kinda like spinners that were found on "sporty" cars at the time). It helped "kick up" the water. It would "wash" in one direction for a couple of increments, pause for another increment, and start up again in reverse. The tube also spun during dry for "forced-air" drying.

Come to think of it, my parents new house we bought in 1961 had the same dishwasher, but O'Keefe & Merrit brand. It got removed to our house we were selling so that the 1959 Waste King could go in the spot.


Post# 69831 , Reply# 9   6/10/2005 at 22:58 (6,865 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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I loved Waste King, but the DW I had seen (circa mid 70's) was also badged Universal "WasteKing /Universal." One of the first SS that I had ever seen.


Tell us more abot the POD machine and the '59 waste King! They sound AWESOME!


Post# 69833 , Reply# 10   6/10/2005 at 23:12 (6,865 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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As for the POD Tappan, the timer dial for the BOL had Rinse & Hold that aws a totally separate cycle that you started and it stopped on an "off". Then therew was the regular cycle, a short wash, a rinse & dry, and then plate warmer. Someone in the club sent me a photocopy of a brochure with the panel for the POD. I'll see if I can dig it out.

Our Waste King also had the Universal part of the name on it. This design arrived on the market in 1957 or 1958. Was was a KitchenAid "knock off"--a two arm spray arm. They rusted as I've found out here. Plates loaded facing toward the center on four sides. Dinner plates wre down the center like on KA and to an extent the two sides. As you got toward the center point, the manual instructed to put smaller plates aned such so they could fit on all 4 perpindecular sides. Silverware baskets went across the front of the rack. In the back two corners were slighly different sized dish loops to take care of cereal bowls. The top rack aws shaped similarly to KA. I remember there were two sets of oblong rectangular "rails" to steadily hold glasses that were removable. I do remember one of them was removed. Mom did that so she'd have flexibility in loading various width glasses and mugs.

Three cycle buttons (Full WAsh--with a Sanitizing rinse automatically); Pots/Pans which stopped after the first rinse; and Pre-Wash--a 1st wash.

Cycle sequence was pre-wash, wash, a suds-kill to bring hot water back to machine; two rinses; and dry. Timer moved every 30 seconds, wasn't snapping timer, but moved by increments. And naturally, everything was scrubbed before loading. Which was good since the mom would put pots in the bottom rack.


Post# 69881 , Reply# 11   6/11/2005 at 08:53 (6,865 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
Tappan

seemed to always be trying something "unique". The design that followed was the "spring-loaded reversing spray arm" technique

Post# 70003 , Reply# 12   6/12/2005 at 14:06 (6,864 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        

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Spring-laoded reversing spray arm? That sounds interesting! How's that work?


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