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In April 2015, it was reported that Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan was planning to sell Alliance Laundry or issue an IPO, valuing the business at $1.8 billion. [21] [22] Later in 2015, a majority stake was sold to BDT Capital Partners. The Pension Plan retained a minority stake in the company. [1]
Henry is the brand name given to a cylinder vacuum cleaner made and sold by Numatic International, and is the only mass-produced consumer vacuum cleaner still made in the United Kingdom. [1] It is most notable for its cartoon eyes and mouth on the body of the vacuum cleaner , making a face, with the hose connector or hose as its nose.
A 14th-century lavabo as a niche recessed into the side wall of a sanctuary in Amblie, Normandy. A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands. It consists normally of a ewer or container of some kind to pour water, and a bowl to catch the water as it falls off the hands.
Laundry symbols for Handwashing Clothes. If you see a hand reaching into the washtub, that means your garment should be hand-washed only. Do not put it in the washing machine.
As of 2009, the oldest bowl found is 18,000 years old. [2] In examining bowls found during an archaeological dig in North America, the anthropologist Vincas Steponaitis defines a bowl by its dimensions, writing that a bowl's diameter rarely falls under half its height and that historic bowls can be classified by their edge, or lip, and shape.
Dishwashing, washing the dishes, doing the dishes, or (in Great Britain) washing up, is the process of cleaning cooking utensils, dishes, cutlery and other food-soiled items to promote hygiene and health by preventing foodborne illness. [1]
A simple marble-topped washstand. A washstand or basin stand is a piece of furniture consisting of a small table or cabinet, usually supported on three or four legs, and most commonly made of mahogany, walnut, or rosewood, and made for holding a wash basin and water pitcher.
In Europe, a slop bowl, slop basin or waste bowl is one of the components of a traditional tea set. It was used to empty the cold tea and dregs in tea cups before refilling with hot tea, as there were often tea leaves in the bottom of the cups. [1] [2] [3] As with the rest of the tea set, most slop bowls were in pottery, but some in silver.