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  2. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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    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] The first geared wringer mangle in the UK is thought to date to about 1850, when one was invented by Robert Tasker of Lancashire. [6] It was a smaller, upright version of the box mangle.

  3. Altorfer Bros. Company - Wikipedia

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    In August 1931, Altorfer signed a contract with Westinghouse Electric to produce three models of washing machines. [13] In the mid-1930s, ABC introduced a spin dryer model which eliminated the wringer and added a spin dryer to the conventional washing model. [14] ABC filed patents for a swinging wringer.

  4. Ellen Eglin - Wikipedia

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    In 1888, Eglin invented a special type of clothes-wringer, which was a machine that had two wooden rollers attached to a crank; after being washed and rinsed, wet clothes were fed between these rollers and an immense amount of water was squeezed out. The clothes were then hung to dry, a process which took significantly less time due to the wringer.

  5. Ellen Elgin - Wikipedia

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    Elgin's inventions was a clothes wringer, no details are recorded. In 1888, Elgin sold the invention to an agent, for $18. According to Charlotte Smith of The Woman Inventor [notes 1], when questioned why she decided to sell her invention she replied “You know I am black and if it was known that a Negro woman patented the invention, white ladies would not buy the wringer; I was afraid to be ...

  6. Pope Products - Wikipedia

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    Pope Products Ltd. was an Australian manufacturer, based in Beverley, South Australia, best remembered for washing machines and refrigerators. The company was founded in 1935 by Sidney Barton Pope (18 February 1905 – 2 September 1983) (generally referred to as "Barton" or "S. Barton Pope" and from 1959 "Sir Barton") and his brother Harley Clifford Pope (6 April 1908 – ) to manufacture ...

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    A Maryland man was arrested after authorities allege he admitted to killing his girlfriend, who had been missing. On Sunday, Jan. 19, police investigating the disappearance of 29-year-old Alexis ...