This feature, which stored a month's supply of chlorine bleach, led to terrible rusting of the cabinet, if used. This is why it was replaced with a simple one shot dispenser in the same place on the TOL machine much like the one on the GE combo. The solid tub design made the dispenser effective since it kept the bleach away from the wash water until activation began, much like the Maytag delayed bleach injection system. The under the lid bleach "dispenser" in the perforated tub GEs merely channeled the liquid chlorine bleach into the outer tub. In this case, it was good that the outer tub of the GE was so large that fabrics were not damaged when the partially diluted bleach came into contact with the stationary load in the lower parts of the wash basket as the machine filled.
POD 1960 GE Washer With Bleach Storage
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Bleach Dispenser
You would think by now engineers would have come up with a better way of preventing bleach splotching (ruining clothes) Insufficiently diluted bleach damages and prematurely ages fabrics. Guess the material used in creating the bleach dispenser would corrosion resistant and a "closed system."
Had a disabled cousin that bought top of the line appliances in his house built in late 1959, his wife had the GE washer with bleach dispenser and matching dryer, her kitchen was done in sunny canary yellow, black and white. Gas Modern maid oven and cooktop, GE fridge and impeller dishwasher in yellow, yellow Mixmaster and Westinghouse toaster. The had a breeze way patio between the double car garage and the house. hardwood floors polished like glass and glossy tile in the kitchen and bathroom she used Glo Coat and stiched to Future she said "it takes two coats to get this shine." The woman really had a spotless house. Johnson paste wax was applied to the hardwood floors. There were "floor protector" cups under all the furniture legs too!
You would think by now engineers would have come up with a better way of preventing bleach splotching (ruining clothes) Insufficiently diluted bleach damages and prematurely ages fabrics. Guess the material used in creating the bleach dispenser would corrosion resistant and a "closed system."
Had a disabled cousin that bought top of the line appliances in his house built in late 1959, his wife had the GE washer with bleach dispenser and matching dryer, her kitchen was done in sunny canary yellow, black and white. Gas Modern maid oven and cooktop, GE fridge and impeller dishwasher in yellow, yellow Mixmaster and Westinghouse toaster. The had a breeze way patio between the double car garage and the house. hardwood floors polished like glass and glossy tile in the kitchen and bathroom she used Glo Coat and stiched to Future she said "it takes two coats to get this shine." The woman really had a spotless house. Johnson paste wax was applied to the hardwood floors. There were "floor protector" cups under all the furniture legs too!
mixguy
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Bleach Dispenser
You would think by now engineers would have come up with a better way of preventing bleach splotching (ruining clothes) Insufficiently diluted bleach damages and prematurely ages fabrics. Guess the material used in creating the bleach dispenser would corrosion resistant and a "closed system."
Had a disabled cousin that bought top of the line appliances in his house built in late 1959, his wife had the GE washer with bleach dispenser and matching dryer, her kitchen was done in sunny canary yellow, black and white. Gas Modern maid oven and cooktop, GE fridge and impeller dishwasher in yellow, yellow Mixmaster and Westinghouse toaster. The had a breeze way patio between the double car garage and the house. hardwood floors polished like glass and glossy tile in the kitchen and bathroom she used Glo Coat and stiched to Future she said "it takes two coats to get this shine." The woman really had a spotless house. Johnson paste wax was applied to the hardwood floors. There were "floor protector" cups under all the furniture legs too!
You would think by now engineers would have come up with a better way of preventing bleach splotching (ruining clothes) Insufficiently diluted bleach damages and prematurely ages fabrics. Guess the material used in creating the bleach dispenser would corrosion resistant and a "closed system."
Had a disabled cousin that bought top of the line appliances in his house built in late 1959, his wife had the GE washer with bleach dispenser and matching dryer, her kitchen was done in sunny canary yellow, black and white. Gas Modern maid oven and cooktop, GE fridge and impeller dishwasher in yellow, yellow Mixmaster and Westinghouse toaster. The had a breeze way patio between the double car garage and the house. hardwood floors polished like glass and glossy tile in the kitchen and bathroom she used Glo Coat and stiched to Future she said "it takes two coats to get this shine." The woman really had a spotless house. Johnson paste wax was applied to the hardwood floors. There were "floor protector" cups under all the furniture legs too!
I don't know if I understood you correctly, but as far as I know, the only solid-tub FF with a bleach dispenser was the TOL 1960 model in question. That was a pump/reservoir type.
The pump-style dispenser was used on the TOL's until 1962 then it was replaced by another dispenser, still mounted on the front of the cabinet, but I have no idea whether it was a "one-shot" or a reservoir type. It didn't have a visible pump lever on the outside of the dispenser; if anyone has one of these, I'd love to know how it worked. This dispenser was used from late 1962 until 1964. In 1965 the TOL's did feature a "one-shot" bleach dispenser that was operated by solenoid and timed to release the bleach late in the wash cycle. These worked very well. Lesser models had what GE dubbed a bleach "funnel" which was the like the ones in the '61 - 900 series machines. It was just a plastic funnel in the side of the lid well that diverted liquid bleach down the side of the outer tub where it would begin to mix with the wash water until agitation started.
The pump-style dispenser was used on the TOL's until 1962 then it was replaced by another dispenser, still mounted on the front of the cabinet, but I have no idea whether it was a "one-shot" or a reservoir type. It didn't have a visible pump lever on the outside of the dispenser; if anyone has one of these, I'd love to know how it worked. This dispenser was used from late 1962 until 1964. In 1965 the TOL's did feature a "one-shot" bleach dispenser that was operated by solenoid and timed to release the bleach late in the wash cycle. These worked very well. Lesser models had what GE dubbed a bleach "funnel" which was the like the ones in the '61 - 900 series machines. It was just a plastic funnel in the side of the lid well that diverted liquid bleach down the side of the outer tub where it would begin to mix with the wash water until agitation started.
Thanks for the pictures. Interesting how the dispenser trim kept up with the color scheme of the control panel. Our GE had the bleach funnel. You are right that the ones without the pump were of the single use type.
GE Bleach Dispensers
Great photos Ken, the pump-up reservoir type dispensers were all timed type dispensers, the single shot front mounted dispensers were also timed I believe. The top mounted [ lid well ] bleach D were all single shot and mostly direct dump affairs although a few were real timed D on a few TOL models in the late 1960s into the early 1970s.
Great photos Ken, the pump-up reservoir type dispensers were all timed type dispensers, the single shot front mounted dispensers were also timed I believe. The top mounted [ lid well ] bleach D were all single shot and mostly direct dump affairs although a few were real timed D on a few TOL models in the late 1960s into the early 1970s.
I like the idea of a bleach dispenser mounted on the front of the cabinet. Seems to make sense to keep that whole operation as far away from dry laundry as possible. If those last ones were, in fact, single shot timed dispensers, they would have been the best they offered.
Curious how GE didn't offer bleach dispensers on any solid-tub models until their last year, and then when they switched to perforated tub models, they forgot about rinse-agent dispensers until several years later. I vaguely remember the advent of fabric softener products in the very early sixties; seems there was Sta-Puf and Nu-Soft, one pink, one blue, but they didn't appear on lots of shelves until the mid-sixties. My Maternal Grandmother, who was always ahead of the curve, used to squeeze lemon juice into the rinse; I guess she knew about laundry "sours" from an unknown source.
Curious how GE didn't offer bleach dispensers on any solid-tub models until their last year, and then when they switched to perforated tub models, they forgot about rinse-agent dispensers until several years later. I vaguely remember the advent of fabric softener products in the very early sixties; seems there was Sta-Puf and Nu-Soft, one pink, one blue, but they didn't appear on lots of shelves until the mid-sixties. My Maternal Grandmother, who was always ahead of the curve, used to squeeze lemon juice into the rinse; I guess she knew about laundry "sours" from an unknown source.
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