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Post# 772977   7/25/2014 at 01:46 (3,562 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        

ANCIENT...and looks pretty good!

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Post# 773079 , Reply# 1   7/25/2014 at 17:12 (3,561 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

This is a machine made before the detergent dispenser so it is a one wash operation.

Post# 773275 , Reply# 2   7/26/2014 at 19:14 (3,560 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)        
Ancient??????? I beg your pardon . . .

 . . . That's the first dishwasher I ever saw. This would have been in the early 1950's. This sink and Hot Point dishwasher is identical to the one my neighbor had when I was six years old. This one, the upper rack lifts out and is set on the drainboard while the bottom rack is loaded. Then the upper rack is placed back on top of the bottom rack.

In about 20 minutes, the washing was done and it went into the dry cycle. My neighbor would stop the machine and open the door for air-dry in order to save electricity.

It was a good machine.

And I don't consider myself ancient.

Jerry Gay

Post# 773302 , Reply# 3   7/26/2014 at 21:53 (3,560 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
LOL!!!

 Hell Jerry...Im ancient !!! will be 49 3 days before you will be......Sep 3 !!I believe you are the 6th..

Post# 773313 , Reply# 4   7/26/2014 at 22:38 (3,560 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Geez Louise, watch that persecution complex

 Jerry Gay, you might not be ancient, but that dishwasher is a hell of a lot older than 1950. It dates from Befo' th' Woh as is said in the South, only in this case we are talking WWII. If she stopped the cycle at the start of dry, how did she advance the timer to the end? There is no exposed dial. I wonder if after she air dried the load and unloaded the machine, it went on through the heated dry empty after she shut the door.

Post# 773358 , Reply# 5   7/27/2014 at 06:16 (3,559 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)        
Hey John . . .

. . . I've often wondered that myself. As I remember, once you "mash" that button, the motor would start running turning the impeller and would continue running throughout the entire wash, rinse, and dry cycles. When she stopped the dry cycle, the next time she started it, it would run like 3 minutes before anything else happened -- and then you could hear water entering through the "faucet" in the center roof of the dishwasher and it would continue on through the entire wash, rinse, rinse and then back to dry.

If she did not stop it during dry and allowed it to complete the dry cycle, the next time she used it, there would be a 30 second or 1 minute run before any water entered.

Even then, I often wondered how it knew to continue through all the cycles if it was stopped early.

This lady also had a Bendix DeLuxe in the basement that emptied into a sump with a noisy pump. That pump would pump the water out into the back yard keeping me running up and down the basements steps so I could watch the sump empty and the water run out in the back yard.

She also had an Electrolux vacuum that would open when the bag was filled and eject the bag out into the room -- a gentle reminder that it was time for a new bag.

Beside the Bendix was a GE dryer with a square door and a small square glass window allowing a view of what was going on inside the machine. The heating element was in the upper left and would basically broil the clothes in the machine. The only thing that got put in the dryer was towels. Can you imagine drying nothing but towels that came out of a Bendix??? The timer would always be set on 60 minutes, the maximum amount of time.

She also had a Sunbeam mixer . . . an Ironrite ironer . . . I spent more time at their house than I did my own.

If I ever get to Beltsville and into your museum, I may need a sleeping bag for napping as I examine each and every jot and tiddle you've got in there.

CANNOT WAIT to see the Norge Combo. I never knew they were made until on AW website. I saw Greg's Maytag combo when the convention was held at his house in 2005. Hans and I, having known each other only a couple weeks, drove to Omaha together. I was amazed and mystified.

Jerry Gay

PS Please excuse my prater. I don't seem to be able to stop when I talk about washing machines.


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