Daily Doctrine Dispenser 1964 Waste King

[appnut]

Guys, I hate to be a bit of a wet blanket.  But, I question as to this being a 1964 brochure.  The machine on the front cover is exactly what we had that was purchased in late 1960 or early 1961 and moved with us to the new house in September, 1961.  Post number 2798 Robert was contacted by someone in San Antonio that had a 1964 Waste King available, said it was installed in the house when it was built in 1964.  Although the control panels are appearing identical there are subtle differences.  Notice the graphics on the panel where the buttons and knob are.  Also, notice there is significant differene between the knob on the machine in the picture below vs. what's in the DDD brochure.  Also, the one below has a little red light indicating sani-heat I am sure, the brochure (and ours) didn't have that.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Thanks Bob, 1964 was my best guess, so I'll change it to 1961 under your recommendation.

As a collective community our knowledge is powerful

 

[appnut]

Aww, shucks Robert, thaks. 

  I cannot tell you how excited I was to see this.   The above-pictured machine is about as close as I've come to seeing one like ours.  I've seen one or two that were the custom model and several of the earlier model with the big script font on the front. 

 

[appnut]

Other "interesting" tidbits

The machine picture on front page is slightly different than the one on page 4.  Page one has the two-tone waste king universal logo that were prety much two shades of acquas (this also lit up when the machine was on).  also, the dial was a similar two-tone acqua/teal theme.  The photo on page 4 has the red Waste King Universal logo like the one pictured above.  Also the image on page 4 has the words "Automatic Dishwasher" in a script font. There is nothing like that on page 1.   Ours didn't have that script font on it either.   Also, the  knob on page 4 is a two-tone grey theme.  Somehow, our original knob broke (maybe from pulling on it so hard, it was somewhat difficult to pull out to start the machine) and this was the replacement knob.  I wasn't happy because it didn't have the original color scheme.   Pardon for all my excitement as this was my early childhood dishwasher and I've never seen any type of literature on it other than the POD ad. 

 

[bigalsf]

My childhood dishwasher, too!

Bob, you are absolutely right! My parents remodeled our kitchen in 1961 and they bought this dishwasher (the UC-3D) instead of a KitchenAid. My mother really loved it (it was her first) and her only real disappointment was when the tub rusted out in the sump area (where the pump met the tub) in 1975. This was common with WasteKing dishwashers that had the Plastisol tub; there was no repair for it so she (finally) got her KitchenAid KDI 17. The WasteKing was a good dishwasher and cleaned very well (and lasted a long time...it was used everyday). It was really quick, too.

The next generation of dishwashers from WasteKing were the series like the one pictured above. These machines featured the two arm H-axis wash system. Alas, this series had a very poorly made pump, and bearing failure was very common. By the time they went to a phenolic pump they're reputation was not very good!

Bob, I have the operating guide for this machine if you'd like a copy. Let me know & I can scan it to you. Robert I can also send it to you with another which I believe is out of copyright protection. Let me know where to mail them. And thanks for posting this....brings back many warm memories.