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  2. Washing machine - Wikipedia

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    A Beko washing machine; modern household washing machines start at 1 kg (2 lb) capacity, designed for smaller households, and span to 24 kg (53 lb) load capacity. In 2003, Maytag introduced their top-loading Neptune TL FAV6800A and TL FAV9800A washers. Instead of an agitator, the machine had two washplates, perpendicular to each other and at a ...

  3. Winston L. Shelton - Wikipedia

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    His patent for the modern "Washing Machine" (US 3257830 A), [2] licensed in 1965 to General Electric has been referenced in over 40 subsequent patents. Shelton also invented new ways to cook and hold food, including the Collectramatic, the first pressurized fryer that did not require interrupting production to frequently filter shortening while ...

  4. Josephine Cochrane - Wikipedia

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    Cochran's Crescent Washing Machine Company became part of KitchenAid through acquisition by Hobart Manufacturing Company several years after Cochran's death in 1913. [5] Cochran was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006 for patent 355,139 issued on December 28, 1886, for her invention of the dishwasher. [6]

  5. Maytag - Wikipedia

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    The war ended and washing machine manufacturing was geared back up in Newton, IA. Maytag began selling ranges and refrigerators. 1948: Maytag's second plant was opened in Newton, Iowa. This facility manufactured Maytag's first automatic washers, the "AMP", introduced that year. This was the start of a new age in washing machines for Maytag. 1951

  6. 50 Inventions From The Past That Were Amazingly Innovative - AOL

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    Yep, people back then would insert a coin and receive just the right amount of holy water from temples in Egypt.While the vending machine might seem like a fairly modern invention, it’s actually ...

  7. Margaret P. Colvin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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    When home washing machines were first invented, they were just for washing: a tub on legs or wheels. 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]

  9. Who invented the modern tractor, key to Iowa agriculture? - AOL

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