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  2. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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    A hand-cranked mangle appeared on top after 1843 when John E. Turnbull of Saint John, New Brunswick patented a "Clothes Washer With Wringer Rolls". [5] The first geared wringer mangle in the UK is thought to date to about 1850, when one was invented by Robert Tasker of Lancashire. [6] It was a smaller, upright version of the box mangle.

  3. Ellen Eglin - Wikipedia

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    Example of a clothes wringer that was used during the 19th century. In 1888, Eglin invented a special type of clothes-wringer, which was a machine that had two wooden rollers attached to a crank; after being washed and rinsed, wet clothes were fed between these rollers and an immense amount of water was squeezed out.

  4. Ellen Elgin - Wikipedia

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    Elgin's inventions was a clothes wringer, no details are recorded. In 1888, Elgin sold the invention to an agent, for $18. According to Charlotte Smith of The Woman Inventor [notes 1], when questioned why she decided to sell her invention she replied “You know I am black and if it was known that a Negro woman patented the invention, white ladies would not buy the wringer; I was afraid to be ...

  5. Laundry - Wikipedia

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    The mangle (or "wringer" in American English) was developed in the 19th century — two long rollers in a frame and a crank to revolve them. A laundry-worker took sopping wet clothing and cranked it through the mangle, compressing the cloth and expelling the excess water. The mangle was much quicker than hand twisting.

  6. John E. Turnbull - Wikipedia

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    PureWow's editors and writers have spent more than a decade shopping online, digging through sales and putting our home goods, beauty finds, wellness picks and more through the wringer—all to ...

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