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Thread Number: 47570
POD 1960 GE Washer With Bleach Storage |
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Post# 690881 , Reply# 3 7/21/2013 at 06:55 (3,930 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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 I don't know if I understood you correctly, but as far as I know, the only solid-tub FF with a bleach dispenser was the TOL 1960 model in question. That was a pump/reservoir type.
The pump-style dispenser was used on the TOL's until 1962 then it was replaced by another dispenser, still mounted on the front of the cabinet, but I have no idea whether it was a "one-shot" or a reservoir type. It didn't have a visible pump lever on the outside of the dispenser; if anyone has one of these, I'd love to know how it worked. This dispenser was used from late 1962 until 1964. In 1965 the TOL's did feature a "one-shot" bleach dispenser that was operated by solenoid and timed to release the bleach late in the wash cycle. These worked very well. Lesser models had what GE dubbed a bleach "funnel" which was the like the ones in the '61 - 900 series machines. It was just a plastic funnel in the side of the lid well that diverted liquid bleach down the side of the outer tub where it would begin to mix with the wash water until agitation started. 
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Post# 691100 , Reply# 4 7/22/2013 at 06:10 (3,929 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Thanks for the pictures. Interesting how the dispenser trim kept up with the color scheme of the control panel. Our GE had the bleach funnel. You are right that the ones without the pump were of the single use type. | ||
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Post# 691133 , Reply# 5 7/22/2013 at 09:50 (3,929 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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GE Bleach Dispensers Great photos Ken, the pump-up reservoir type dispensers were all timed type dispensers, the single shot front mounted dispensers were also timed I believe. The top mounted [ lid well ] bleach D were all single shot and mostly direct dump affairs although a few were real timed D on a few TOL models in the late 1960s into the early 1970s. | ||
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Post# 691159 , Reply# 6 7/22/2013 at 12:30 (3,929 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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I like the idea of a bleach dispenser mounted on the front of the cabinet. Seems to make sense to keep that whole operation as far away from dry laundry as possible. If those last ones were, in fact, single shot timed dispensers, they would have been the best they offered.
Curious how GE didn't offer bleach dispensers on any solid-tub models until their last year, and then when they switched to perforated tub models, they forgot about rinse-agent dispensers until several years later. I vaguely remember the advent of fabric softener products in the very early sixties; seems there was Sta-Puf and Nu-Soft, one pink, one blue, but they didn't appear on lots of shelves until the mid-sixties. My Maternal Grandmother, who was always ahead of the curve, used to squeeze lemon juice into the rinse; I guess she knew about laundry "sours" from an unknown source. 
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