The Tappan dishwasher made it to the museum

[steved]

Owner's Manual

Hope this is satisfactory. Robert, feel free to delete the previous pics in reply #11 as they are included here

 

[appnut]

Steve, thank you for posting the manual.  "Fascinating".  

 

[peteski50]

Tappan!

Steve thanks for posting the manual!

 

[combo52]

The Tappan Dishwasher

A big thank-you Steve for posting the Manuel for these unusual DWs

 

At some point soon we will hook this DW up and actually wash some dirty dishes in it, I expect to be very disappointed.

 

30 years ago my Brother and I removed an unused one of these DWs from a house in Bethesda Md. I though it was so cool that we hooked it up and tried it out as I had just purchased a house in W. Va. and though in would be a perfect DW for the formal dinning are because it was quiet and would only be used for dishes.

 

Well the cleaning results were so terrible that I scrapped the DW, at the time I did not know that I would start collecting unusual DWs, Now I have just paid over $400 for the same thing, LOL

 

John L.

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow! Thanks for posting the whole manual, Steve! I had no idea that liquid detergent for a dishwasher was available back then. I wonder who made "Clean" and "Bright"??

Now this really has whet my appetite. Next time one of these surfaces.... look out...LOL [this post was last edited: 9/19/2019-08:21]

 

[swestoyz]

Ok - this is awesome. Thank you John for saving this Rube Goldberg of a dishwasher.

In the publicity shot, it looks like there is a Tappan Microwave oven next to the dishwasher, also with its door open.

Ben

 

[kb0nes]

Can you show a load of dirty dishes before and after?

I loved the wording of this comment, it implies that the dishes will be dirty both before and after

 

[frigilux]

And judging by comments that have been made about this machine in the past--including your brother John's assessment from his experience--I was going to be a smart aleck and say, "You might not notice a huge difference."

 

[appnut]

Let's just say I consider this to be the worst dishwasher I've come across all my life. Worst than spintube, youngstown jet tower,or 1 arm KA. I was around this from age 9 to 12 at least. [this post was last edited: 9/19/2019-11:14]

 

[turquoisedude]

We could start a thread: "you know the Tappan dishwasher is bad when..."

 

[norgeway]

Basically This was an experiment

That didn't work, The Spin Tube worked just not great on anything but dishes loaded very carefully, The IDEA behind this was good ,but seems to me a normal impeller dishwasher such as a Hotpoint, GE or Westinghouse would outwash it 10 to one, My opinion is still NOTHING will outwash the early Kitchen Aids,

 

[neptunebob]

How long did Tappan sell this machine?  Did they then go to D and M machines later on?

 

[appnut]

I would say until 1963 or 1964.  then came Tappan's Revers-a-Jet dishwasher was the successor.  .  

 

[jetcone]

Wow that looks like the weirdest system ever

It looks as bad as Unimatic1140’s “attempt-a-wash” spin tube Frigidaire with Oragami Packing instructions LOLOL! Can’t wait to see the poor results! Lets start drying some egg on a dish! Nice to have it in the collection though, a real dinosaur.

 

[clcs]

Kenwood Electric Dishmaster Dishwasher

Hello all, Ive posted on another thread but havent had much luck in getting a reply... I have the attached Dishmaster machine at home. Im not sure on its history but is anyone able to shed some light? Im not really interested in selling (unless it can fund my retirement) as it makes a good microwave holder and has basically had the kitchen built around it as it is so heavy.