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A Hills Hoist is a height-adjustable rotary clothes line, designed to permit the compact hanging of wet clothes so that their maximum area can be exposed for wind drying by rotation. They are considered one of Australia's most recognisable icons , and are used frequently by artists as a metaphor for Australian suburbia in the 1950s and 1960s.
Longer washing lines often have props holding up the mid-section so the weight of the clothing does not pull the clothesline down to the ground. More elaborate rotary washing lines save space and are typically retractable and square or triangular in shape, with multiple lines being used (such as the Hills Hoist from Australia). Some can be ...
Gilbert Toyne's final patented rotary clothes hoist design was in 1945 "Improvements relating to hydraulic clothes hoists" (Australian Patent No. 128009) [8] Hydraulic clothes hoists used fluid as a means of raising and lowering the clothes line frame. At least seven hydraulic clothes hoists had been patented in Australia prior to Toyne's design.
Vileda is a brand of mechanical and power cleaning products, owned by the Freudenberg Group. The name derives from the German wie leder, which means like leather. An early product was the Vileda Window Cloth, launched in 1948. Vileda GmbH was established in 1962. [1] Vileda is distributed across Europe, Oceana, Asia, South America, and Canada.
Patent Model - Clothes-Pounder, 1878, [3] Hagley Museum and Library Of Colvin's four laundry improvements, her first one was the most important. It was for an improvement upon washing-machines and consisted of a rotating hollow cylinder inside a boiler which could clean a variety of fabrics including carpets and laces without rubbing and damaging them.
Frostline Kits was a Colorado-based company that produced sew-it-yourself kits for outdoor gear including clothing and tents. While it operated, it provided a cost-effective alternative to manufactured gear.
In 1862, a patented "compound rotary washing machine, with rollers for wringing or mangling" by Richard Lansdale of Pendleton, Manchester, was shown at the 1862 London Exhibition. [6] The first United States Patent, titled "Clothes Washing", was granted to Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire in 1797.
In 1914, P&H introduced the world's first gasoline engine powered dragline. In 1988, Page was acquired by Harnischfeger which makes the P&H line of shovels, draglines, and cranes. P&H's largest dragline is the 9030C with a 160-yard bucket and up to a 425-foot boom. Marion 111-M Dragline in action. (30 seconds)