Lady Kenmore dishwasher
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JohnL I think has that exact dishwasher. It's not pre-rotorack design, it's rotorack with impeller washing. I had that exact, even color, LK portable washer as my first, bought used in 1977.
mrcleanjeans
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It is about 1965 with a spray arm and upper tube
But, but, but...
That dishwasher has a wash arm.
That dishwasher has a wash arm.
stevet
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Incredible engineering!
You really have to hand it to the D&M engineers to come up with the roto rack design and then modify it to work in a top loading portable machine! The rack actually folds in half to access the bottom rack and is supported by the bottom rack. I know I was fascinated by the rotorack my cousin had back in the late 70's early 80's. Amazing concept and the stuff came out clean for a machine without filters and the top rack powered by the drain impeller pumping water up to that arm under the rack. They even had it adjustable to accomodate taller objects.
Just another example of what American ingenuity can come up with when it has to!
I forget what happened to her machine but I gave her a KDI 16 to replace it and she said it outcleaned the Kenmore by a mile!
You really have to hand it to the D&M engineers to come up with the roto rack design and then modify it to work in a top loading portable machine! The rack actually folds in half to access the bottom rack and is supported by the bottom rack. I know I was fascinated by the rotorack my cousin had back in the late 70's early 80's. Amazing concept and the stuff came out clean for a machine without filters and the top rack powered by the drain impeller pumping water up to that arm under the rack. They even had it adjustable to accomodate taller objects.
Just another example of what American ingenuity can come up with when it has to!
I forget what happened to her machine but I gave her a KDI 16 to replace it and she said it outcleaned the Kenmore by a mile!
Thanks guy, the near-sighted eyes didn't see the wash arm in there.
Oooh!
Pretty! Grab it. Good dishwasher, and the top-loading portables were so pretty.
Steve, that's amazing--I never even thought about the mods necessary to put the Roto-Rack in a machine without slide rails. Duh! How fun!
My Roto-Rack did an awesome job of washing--even with scary loads like rice bits--but if the load was particularly food-laden, the food bits would end up not all over the dishes, but instead, plastered to the door (or, in the case of the top-loader, probably end up plastered to the sides of the tank around the Roto-Rack), since that area has very little water action. The bottom wash-arm with the mondo holes in it did not seem to generate a lot of pressure to reach high up.
Still, fun!
Pretty! Grab it. Good dishwasher, and the top-loading portables were so pretty.
Steve, that's amazing--I never even thought about the mods necessary to put the Roto-Rack in a machine without slide rails. Duh! How fun!
My Roto-Rack did an awesome job of washing--even with scary loads like rice bits--but if the load was particularly food-laden, the food bits would end up not all over the dishes, but instead, plastered to the door (or, in the case of the top-loader, probably end up plastered to the sides of the tank around the Roto-Rack), since that area has very little water action. The bottom wash-arm with the mondo holes in it did not seem to generate a lot of pressure to reach high up.
Still, fun!
turquoisedude
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Dan, if you can pick up the LK dishwasher with that fold-up rack, do it! I had a chance at one years ago and passed it up... I've been regretting it ever since. It is definitely a classic and worth saving.
This is one of those 'why does it have to be on the other side of the country' dilemmas for me... SIGH!
This is one of those 'why does it have to be on the other side of the country' dilemmas for me... SIGH!
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