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Ventilator
The first dryer invented was a large metal drums with ventilation holes, powered by hand cranks, and used over open fires. It was made in England and France in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. -
First Patented Clothes Dryer
American inventor, George T. Sampson came up with a better ventilator-type dryer. It had a rack and used heat from a stove, rather than an open fire. -
First Electric Dryer
Inventor J. Ross Moore installed a stove and hung the clothes there to dry. -
Improvements to the Dryer
Hamilton Manufacturing and other companies like GE started selling over 60,000 gas and electric dryers annually. -
More Dryer Improvements
Dryer manufacturers moved controls to the front of the dryer, added a timer, an exhaust for moist air, temperature controls and a cool-down cycle. -
Advancing the Dryer
Manufacturers put electric starters on gas dryer and then microelectronic controls were put on dryers to time drying cycles. -
Today's Clothes Dryer
The dryer today is way more advanced than it was then. Now you can time your clothes and there are sensors and many more advanced things.
