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  2. Thor washing machine - Wikipedia

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    A company called Nineteen Hundred Washing Machine Company of Binghamton, NY, claims to have produced the first electric washer in 1906; a year before Thor's release. [4] Additionally, it has been stated in various articles on the Internet that a Ford Motor Company employee invented the electric washer in late 19th century or early 20th century ...

  3. Washing machine - Wikipedia

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    Alva J. Fisher has been incorrectly credited with the invention of the electric washer. The US Patent Office shows at least one patent issued before Fisher's US patent number 966677 [15] (e.g. Woodrow's US patent number 921195). [16] The first inventor of the electric washing machine remains unknown. [citation needed]

  4. Winston L. Shelton - Wikipedia

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    His patent for the modern "Washing Machine" (US 3257830 A), [2] licensed in 1965 to General Electric has been referenced in over 40 subsequent patents. Shelton also invented new ways to cook and hold food, including the Collectramatic, the first pressurized fryer that did not require interrupting production to frequently filter shortening while ...

  5. 50 Inventions From The Past That Were Amazingly Innovative - AOL

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    #22 Housewife Doing Laundry Using The First Electric Washing Machine - Eatonville Wa C. 1910. ... #48 Washing-Machine With A Pump, Invented By E. Koers. The Netherlands, 'T Joppe, Gorsel, 1951 ...

  6. Clothes dryer - Wikipedia

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    An American style clothes dryer with a rear control panel A European style clothes dryer with a front control panel. A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, or simply dryer) is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in the washing machine.

  7. Home appliance - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1900s, electric and gas appliances included washing machines, water heaters, refrigerators, kettles and sewing machines. The invention of Earl Richardson's small electric clothes iron in 1903 gave a small initial boost to the home appliance industry.

  8. Louis Upton - Wikipedia

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    In 1915, washing machine sales were only $18,000, while the rifle business totalled $62,000 in sales. [18] Things finally turned around for the washing machine business when in April 1916, Louis got a meeting at the Sears, Roebuck and Company, which at that point had sold only hand washers, mistrusting the electric contrivances. But at his ...

  9. Washer-dryer - Wikipedia

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    This Miele washer-dryer has a complex control panel and display to handle various options (2012). A combo washer dryer (also known more simply as a washer-dryer in the UK) is a combination in a single cabinet of a washing machine and a clothes dryer. It should not be confused with a "stackable" combination of a separate washing machine and a ...