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Josephine Cochran (later Cochrane; née Garis; March 8, 1839 – August 3, 1913) was an American inventor [1] who invented the first successful hand-powered dishwasher, which she designed and then constructed with the assistance of mechanic George Butters, who became one of her first employees.
A dishwasher containing clean dishes. A dishwasher is a machine that is used to clean dishware, cookware, and cutlery automatically. Unlike manual dishwashing, which relies on physical scrubbing to remove soiling, the mechanical dishwasher cleans by spraying hot water, typically between 45 and 75 °C (110 and 170 °F), at the dishes, with lower temperatures of water used for delicate items.
The first dishwasher was a wooden one whereby a person would turn a handle to splash water on the dishware. It was invented in 1850 by Joel Houghton of Ogden, New York. The device was a failure. [109] Houghton received U.S. patent #7,365 on May 14, 1850. [110] The first successful and practical dishwasher was invented in 1886 by Josephine Cochrane.
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Wilcox invented the car heater. [2] She also patented a combination of a clothes washer and dishwasher machines. This invention at the time were filed under her husband's name, as it was illegal for women to file patents under their own name at the time. [1]
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The first machine with the KitchenAid name is the ten-quart C-10 model, introduced in 1918 and built at Hobart's Troy Metal Products subsidiary in Springfield, Ohio. [2] Prototype models were given to the wives of factory executives, and the product was named when one stated "I don't care what you call it, but I know it's the best kitchen aid I ...