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  2. Washing machine - Wikipedia

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    An additional precaution is to install a washing machine inside a shallow metal or plastic pan, which can collect minor leakage and divert the water to a nearby drain, or to the outside of a building. Drain pans can also divert water released by other problems, such as a jammed solenoid valve in a washing machine. A serious limitation of drain ...

  3. Washer-dryer - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Wig wag (washing machines) - Wikipedia

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    A vertical-axis washing machine has two mechanisms: a central agitator for washing and a drum for spinning, both driven by the same motor and controlled independently by clutches to the belt drive. The wig-wag is mounted atop the washing machine's transmission, where it oscillates back and forth like a railroad signaling wigwag (hence the name ...

  5. Kubota - Wikipedia

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    Kubota Corporation (株式会社クボタ, Kabushiki-kaisha Kubota) is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka.It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, pipe, valves, cast metal, pumps, and equipment for water purification, sewage treatment and air ...

  6. Laundry-folding machine - Wikipedia

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    An industrial laundry folding machine with manual feeding. A laundry-folding machine or laundry-folding robot is a machine or domestic robot which folds apparel such that they can be stored compactly and orderly. A laundry folding machine can be a part of or integrated with a washing machine, clothes dryer, ironing machine and/or wardrobe. Some ...

  7. 15 Things Americans Don’t Realize Are Luxuries - AOL

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    Plus propane for the water heater, so hot water wasn’t a guaranteed thing. Been living in ‘real’ houses for the last 15 years and every time I turn on a hot shower, I’m still thankful ...

  8. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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    A 1923 electric Miele washing machine with a built-in mangle. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first use of the word mangle in English from 1598, quoting John Florio who, in his 1598 dictionary, A World of Words, described "a kind of press to press buckram, fustian, or dyed linen cloth, to make it have a luster or gloss".

  9. Juergen Dormann - Pay Pals - The Huffington Post

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    From January 2008 to April 2008, if you bought shares in companies when Juergen Dormann joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 12.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -5.3 percent return from the S&P 500.