PO2/12/2017

[brucelucenta]

What a complicated looking machine. I can only imagine the problems people had with them. It would require very careful loading of the dishes and glasses, something many people did not and do not have much patience with. The second one pictured appears to be like or possibly made by D&M. I have seen one similar to that one, I think it was a Kenmore. Been a long time ago and I was really surprised to see an impeller machine with the spray arm under the circular top rack that rotated as it washed. I would imagine that one might have worked fairly well. The old impeller machines usually cleaned the bottom dishes pretty well, but not so much the top ones. This model took care of both. I was used to seeing the models made right after that, which were otherwise the same other than having the full size spray arm on the bottom.

 

[turquoisedude]

Yep, the electric version of the Preway was  a D & M.   One of these days I have to finish the restoration of my early 60s Kenmore front load dishwasher that has an impeller and the roto-rack....

 

[combo52]

Preway Gas Heated DWs

Were more complicated than most DWs but,  extra complication does not necessarily mean more problems, remember Hobart KA DWs, had a least 50% more parts than almost any other home DW and they still lasted at least 50% longer than most other DWs.

 

[jamiel]

I think these were from the final fruiting of the American Gas Association attempt to combat the Edison Electric Institute "Full Housepower" campaign. The AGA did a lot of work in the mid-50s through mid-60s to "normalize" gas appliances (starting with CP stoves with lots of features, then moving through gas drying and gas refrigeration (!) and finally this Rube Goldberg contraption along with a RCA Whirlpool cooktop design from the early 60s (blanket-of-flame or some such) which had a fan-forced gas cooktop (never have seen one up close and personal), before GE, Westinghouse and Frigidaire gave the back-of-the-hand to gas (the ultimate of a self-cleaning range--what modern woman would want anything less
)

 

[norgeway]

If I ever found one

You can bet I would hook it up!!! What a WILD machine!

 

[gyrafoam]

Hans, I think John left one at my place a few years ago and I took it down to Mark's place. It may still be down there. I don't ever recall using one of these.