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Clothes were scrubbed with sand, pounded with rock and the rinsed the stream water.
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Clothes were layed upon a board to be scrubbed.
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American James King invented the firsy hand powered washing machine. This was the first washing amchine of its kind to use a drum.
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Hamilton Smith invented the rotary washing machine. Although the machien was still hand poewered, it made washing clothes much less strenuous.
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The first clothe wringer was added to the rotary washing machine.
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A mand named William Blackstone of Indiana built the first hand-driven wooden washining machine that was convenient for homes. He had built a birhday present for his wife, which was a washing machine that removed and washed away dirt from clothes. Today his company still produces and sells washing machines in New York.
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Maytag corporation began to manufacture wooden-tub washing machines that consisted of a flywheel to wring the clothes of water. However, the machine was still manually operated with a rotary handle.
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Alva J. Fisher inveneted the first electric washing machine.
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Upton Machine Co founded in St. Joseph Michigan begins to produce motor driven wringer washing machines. Today Upton Machine Co is known as Whirlpool Corporation.
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The washing machine revolutionized to be equipped to wash , rinse and extract extra water from clothes in a single operation. This was founded by John W. Chamberlin of Benedix Aviation.
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Whirlpool Corporation introduces the first automatic washing machines and dryers.
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The first automatic wahsing machines are made and distributed in Europe. The first computer-controlled automatic washing machines begin to appear.
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The first automatic wahsing machines are made and distributed in Europe. The first computer-controlled automatic washing machines begin to appear.
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The first and only top loading, horizontal-axis system 200 washer machine was manufactured in the US by Staber imdustries. This device ihas hexagonal tubs that spin like a front loading washing machines, but uses only a third of the water used by conventional top loadong washing machine.
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Bythe late 1990s, the British inventor James Dyson designed a washing machine with two cylinders that rotate in opposite directions. This was significant because it would reduce the number of washes times by having cleaner results.
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Whirlpool Corporation introduced the first vertical-axis high efficiency washing machine that was top loadedcalled the Calypso. They wanted to remind people of its tradition in producing innovative, high-quality washing machines. However, this product still needed to be worked on, as it ahd numerous defects.
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Sanyo introduced the first drum type washing machine that had an “Air Wash” function, which reduced the use of water to 50 liters in the recycle mode.
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The University of Leeds built a washing machine that used only 1 cup (280ml) of water to perform one wash. This machine aslo eaves clothes practically dry and uses less than 2 per cent of the water and energy used by a conventional washing machine.
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Today, washing machines have dials and button to chose specific settings for a wash. The machines are so simple that with the push of a button clothes are cleaned and ready for drying within 30 minutes.
