I've always remembered GE's filter on their filter-flo's being made of plastic. This looks like the beginning design, which was made of stamped metal. Although the plastic filter probably works a little better because there's not way it will leak between the agitator and the filter, the shiny metal one definitely looks cool!
metal filter on today's POD
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Filter-flo pans
GE Filter-flo pans were copper-patinaed aluminum until 1960 when the first plastic filters were introduced. They started with a metal "cap" and then went to all plastic. You can date some of the GE's by the color of the plastic:
Turquoise: 1960
Light Blue: 1961
White: 1962-1966
Jade:1967-
GE Filter-flo pans were copper-patinaed aluminum until 1960 when the first plastic filters were introduced. They started with a metal "cap" and then went to all plastic. You can date some of the GE's by the color of the plastic:
Turquoise: 1960
Light Blue: 1961
White: 1962-1966
Jade:1967-
Just my opinion----I always found the rubber flange the copper filter-pan sat on to have a pretty good seal as far as water slipping between it and the agitator.
Gansky---how 'bout it? You use one all the time----whats your opinion?
Gansky---how 'bout it? You use one all the time----whats your opinion?
Mine isn't the metal-pan type, the 1960 FF washer had the blue plastic pan by then. The 56 FF washer I used for a while (now being ignored and neglected by Jon in favor of that shiny Bendix ;-) had the rubber mount and metal pan. The nubs on the rubber filter-mount tended to wear down after a while and the pan would droop, not moving with the agitator and the FF stream splashed out.
Ken, "jade" sure is a flattering term for the washed-out green plastic of the filter pans.
Greg is right, once the rubber nubs wore down, there was a great loss of stimulation, I mean gripping, yes that's the word, of the filter pan and when the FilterFlo water poured into the pan from the spout at the 12 o'clock position, the pan tipped backward, letting some of the water run out over the side wall. There were also a couple of metal filter pan designs. The earlier and more basic design just had straight side walls. The more deluxe had side walls that terminated in a flat rim that read General Electric FilterFlo.
Abandoned filter pans can be cleaned up and used as carousel-type organizers in cabinets and on the work bench. The plastic turns easily on wood and laminate surfaces. One size I use easily accommodates Bigelow tea boxes and some seasoning containers of varying sizes and the side wall keeps things from falling when the pan is lifted for cleaning.
Greg is right, once the rubber nubs wore down, there was a great loss of stimulation, I mean gripping, yes that's the word, of the filter pan and when the FilterFlo water poured into the pan from the spout at the 12 o'clock position, the pan tipped backward, letting some of the water run out over the side wall. There were also a couple of metal filter pan designs. The earlier and more basic design just had straight side walls. The more deluxe had side walls that terminated in a flat rim that read General Electric FilterFlo.
Abandoned filter pans can be cleaned up and used as carousel-type organizers in cabinets and on the work bench. The plastic turns easily on wood and laminate surfaces. One size I use easily accommodates Bigelow tea boxes and some seasoning containers of varying sizes and the side wall keeps things from falling when the pan is lifted for cleaning.
