spiralactivator
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Isn't this a great ad? Stylish, efficient, and quiet enough not to disturb your fluffy Persian cat!
Tappan DW POD
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That bottom rack sure looks peculiar. Why is that?
If the machine didn't have an impeller or propeller or even a motor-did it work on water pressure only?How ell did it work?I always thought of Tappan for cooking appliances.
Rex, it did have a motor. Arthur, this was the one with the paddle wheel type of impeller (actually a "tube" witht eh paddles at the back that when rotated fast, caused the water to be beaten up into its showering effect. And Luigi, that "tube" is what caused the bottom rack to have that "hump" going down it's middle.
Thanks for the answer--I was given the impression from the ad that the machine didn't have a motor.Sounds like it used a "hybrid" of a spray arm with paddles to give additional action to the water.
Yes Bob, thank you, your knowledge is amazing again.
kenmore1978
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Tappan wash systems
Tappan certainly tried some "unique" ideas. They also had that system with the reversing wash arms where the water pressure sprying arm would rotate the arm one way against a spring, then when the spring was fully wound, would make the wash arm rotate in reverse until the energy of spring was spent, and the arm would once again start to turn in the opposite direction, winding up the spring.
And who was it that had the little "auxiliary" spray arms mounted on the ends of the main wash arm?
Tappan certainly tried some "unique" ideas. They also had that system with the reversing wash arms where the water pressure sprying arm would rotate the arm one way against a spring, then when the spring was fully wound, would make the wash arm rotate in reverse until the energy of spring was spent, and the arm would once again start to turn in the opposite direction, winding up the spring.
And who was it that had the little "auxiliary" spray arms mounted on the ends of the main wash arm?
Didn't GE have a model with the spray arms mounted on the end of the main wash arm? Also, didn't GE have a model with separate small spray arms under the silverware basket?
Frigidaire also had a small spray arm at the end of a large one in their dishwasher that were from the 1974-1978 period. Was by far the best performing Frigidaire dishwasher produced.
Does anyone have a picture of this unique Tappan design? I guess I missed the POD. I remember our neighbors had the Tappan model with the reversing spray arm, and I always wondered how it worked. I always thought it must have been motorized in some way and the motor reversed the spray arm.
