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A hand-cranked clothes dryer was created in 1800 by M. Pochon from France. [31] Henry W. Altorfer invented and patented an electric clothes dryer in 1937. [32] J. Ross Moore, an inventor from North Dakota, developed designs for automatic clothes dryers and published his design for an electrically operated dryer in 1938. [33]
A combo washer dryer (also known more simply as a washer-dryer in the UK) is a combination in a single cabinet of a washing machine and a clothes dryer. It should not be confused with a "stackable" combination of a separate washing machine and a separate clothes dryer. The main advantage of washer dryer combination units is their compactness.
Laundry is hung to dry above an Italian street. A self-service laundry in Paris Laundry in the river in Abidjan, 2006. Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, [1] and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 November 2024. Machine that washes clothes For other uses, see Washing machine (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Dishwasher. LG washing machine (c. 2010) A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a machine designed to launder clothing. The term is mostly ...
Hand dryers have been popular with industries for their apparent economies. According to manufacturers, hand dryers can cut costs by as much as 99.5% (for example a company may spend $2340.00 per year on paper towels, where as the hand dryer expenditure would be as low as $14.00 per year—this will vary according to the cost of paper towels and electricity).
1920 advertisement for the Thor electric washing machine. The Thor washing machine was the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in the United States. Produced by the Chicago-based Hurley Electric Laundry Equipment Company, the 1907 Thor is believed to be the first electrically powered washer ever manufactured, crediting Hurley as the inventor of the first automatic washing machine.
Forget expensive salon blowouts or the hassle of maneuvering a round brush while balancing a heavy hairdryer. The easy-to-use Revlon One-Step Volumizing Hair Dryer is a total game changer and a ...
Woman on an Israeli kibbutz using a washboard to do laundry. A washboard or a scrubbing-board [1] is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. With mechanized cleaning of clothing becoming more common by the end of the 20th century, the washboard has become better known for its secondary use as a musical instrument.