Washing devices for clothes

By carmonl
  • 1787

    1787
    Hamilton Smith invented the first washing device called the washing board,that freed people from scrubbing their clothes on the board and keep doing that until the clothes were clean.
  • 1797

    1797
    Jacob Christian Schaffer was he inventor of the first ever washing machine. The way you use it is by pouring hot water into a tank,then turning a lever to wash the clothes and then wringing them between two rollers.
  • 1851

    1851
    When James King upgraded the washing device making the washing device be able to use a drum.
  • 1858-1868

    1858-1868
    Hamilton Smith patented a rotary version of the washing device. While another person named Thomas Bradford created a commercially successful machine for the washing device.
  • 1907

    1907
    Alva John Fisher was the first person who had invented the electric washing machine and that is what he is known for.
  • 1910

    1910
    Early washing machines either heated the water or had hot water poured in or delivered through a pipe, and then had a mechanical system which rotated and agitated the washer to clean it.
  • 1920-1950

    1920-1950
    An American engineer Alva John Fisher is generally considered to be the inventor of the first electric machine.
  • 1985-1990

    1985-1990
    They created (upgraded) the washing device that was electric and added something to spin the clothes around. Its called the Whirlpool washing device.
  • 2010

    2010
    The inventions of the washing machine drastically changed chore time for the better. Washing clothes faster made more room for other chores in the day.
  • 2020-2021

    2020-2021
    Back then when people used their hands to wash their clothes some still do but until this day the washing devices was made into a better creation and very helpful.