When did the "good" Kitchen aid dishwashers stop being made?

[gadgetgary]

China Guard and metal upper wash arm

Here's an Insinkerator.

 

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Being installed

Ready to run its maiden load....

 

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Dishwasher installed

2006 MIB

 

[machinehead]

The very first dishwasher, invented by who?

Here's a question maybe somebody has an answer to: i remember the story about somebody, can't remember her name, but she was the first person to design an actual dishwashing machine, and it was her company that was or became KitchenAid. Sounds like it wasn't originally Hobart, so who was it, if that story i told is accurate, and does anybody have a picture, diagram, something of one of those very, very first patents or something for the first dishwasher ever made? That would be beyond cool... I know there was no timer, i think it was the late late 1800's, may have been a wood and copper contraption. Anybody know?

And yowza! that is a STELLAR pict of the Insinkerator-- MAN, thats what i hope i can get my KD-17A to be when it grows up... any possiblity of a console Pict for that baby?? Martha Stewart would be proud-- showroom quality, well done!

 

[gadgetgary]

Console

Left

 

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Control panel

Right

 

[gadgetgary]

Like I said....

BNIB

 

[toggleswitch]

Inventor of DW. Here ya go

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldishwasher.htm

 

[gadgetgary]

Strange happenings

Why is there a camera icon in the right hand side of my picture?
Can anyone explain???

 

[peteski50]

Insinkerator!

Gary,
That is one Gem of a Dishwasher. I wish they still made them.
Peter

 

[easyspindry]

Emerson or Edison???

Here's my In-Sink-Erator Classic Supreme dishwasher. It's sure been a workhorse since 1987 when it was installed.

I don't know for sure whether Hobart was owned by Edison or Emerson, but my Maytag/Kitchen Aid dealer told me that when Whirlpool bought KA, they could not buy Hobart for some legal reason, so Emerson (Edison) bought the dishwasher division of KA. Just going by what I was told by the dealer.

Jerry Gay (more pics to follow)

 

[easyspindry]

More pics

Here's a closer view of the controls.

Jerry Gay

 

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And here's the innards . . .

Jerry Gay

 

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More innards . . . Lower rack.

Jerry Gay

 

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Upper rack . . .

Jerry Gay

 

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Here's the under side of the top rack showing the metal wash arm and what I believe to be a china guard, thought I never heard it called that.

Such a shame this kind of quality product is not still made.

Jerry Gay

 

[peteski50]

In-Sink-Erator

Jerry,
What a awsome dishwasher. Best Of Luck with it.
Peter

 

[gadgetgary]

ISE

Classic Series Dishwashers

The handle that Stevet referred to:

 

[gadgetgary]

Cycle Chart

And model selections

 

[rp2813]

Gary, that beautiful NIB ISE looks exactly like my 1990 KA with the same timer dial and cycle buttons. I learned something today. Thanks!