and finally to the pump housing, to add air to the system........and it WORKS! With the dishwasher running, you can actually hear and FEEL less water being thrown about during the cycle.
GE also featured, in this model, a vent for when the dishes were in the dry cycle. The "vent" is normally closed during the wash cycle.....and only opens when the heating element is energized........This is the vent in "closed" position.....
Vent in "open" position. The vent and detergent cups are operated on a "cam" in conjuntion with the mechanical timer.....as the timer advances the cam moves levers and arms to open the 2 detergent cups and then open the vent and also close it at the end of the cycle.........
I don't know about the other features, but I do know that GE used those stabilizers for quite a few years on all their various models. They were a rather ingenius thought IMO.
STOP TIM! Im not done yet! ha. Now lets look at the cycles this model has..........Its guided by a system of "DOTS", so that we could nickname this model "DOTTIE"!!
There are open dots, closed dots, and a "asterisk"......
Now, we are ready for its first load, in many many years........I found this at the local thrift store and it was just covered with dust. I dont think it ever had much use, and had not been used in a looonnnngg time.........