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1 CE
Early Civilization
Only way to dry clothes back then was hanging it outdoors due to early civilization -
16th century laundry
This is the process they had to go though to wash and dry their clothing. -
ventilators
large metal drums with ventilation holes, powered by hand cranks, and used over open fires -
Improvements
Basically a ventilator except it now had a rack and used heat from a stove, rather than an actual fire -
First electrical dryer.
Tired of hanging clothes outside in the cold winter he (J. Ross Moore) developed the idea of a automatic clothes dryer. Drum type model that worked .. developed both gas and electrical models. -
Improvements
Added controls to the front of drying machine, added a timer, temp. controls etc. -
more improvements
Dryness sensor was added to the model. -
More and more improvements
First clothes dryers with delayed start timers allowed users to run dryers in off-peak hours. -
early 2000s
Advanced technology. -
Dryers TODAY
Technology is so much more advanced todayyyy
