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2. Hook-and-eye closure - Wikipedia

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   This was a raised elevation or "hump" in the wire hook that prevented the eye from slipping out of the hook, "except at the will of the wearer". [ 5 ] In 1893, Marie Tucek patented the "Breast Supporter" – the first garment similar to the modern-day bra, which used separate pockets for the breasts and straps that went over the shoulder and ...

3. Overhead clothes airer - Wikipedia

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   Modern hanging clothes horse with pulley system. An overhead clothes airer, also known variously as a ceiling clothes airer, laundry airer, pulley airer, laundry rack, or laundry pulley, is a ceiling-mounted mechanism to dry clothes. It is also known as, in the North of England, a creel and in Scotland, a pulley.

4. Clothes hanger - Wikipedia

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   A clothes hanger, coat hanger, or coathanger, or simply a hanger, is a hanging device in the shape/contour of: Human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat , jacket , sweater , shirt , blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles , with a lower bar for the hanging of trousers or skirts .

5. Clothes line - Wikipedia

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   A clothes line, also spelled clothesline, also known as a wash line, is a device for hanging clothes on for the purpose of drying or airing out the articles. It is made of any type of rope , cord, wire, or twine that has been stretched between two points (e.g. two posts), outdoors or indoors, above ground level.

6. Clothes valet - Wikipedia

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   Clothes valet, also called men's valet, valet stand and suit stand, is a piece of furniture to hang clothes on. Clothes are hung that are worn multiple times before laundering, such as a men's suit. Clothes are hung that are worn multiple times before laundering, such as a men's suit.

7. Magnetic levitation - Wikipedia

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   Magnetic levitation can be stabilised using different techniques; here rotation (spin) is used. Magnetic levitation (maglev) or magnetic suspension is a method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields. Magnetic force is used to counteract the effects of the gravitational force and any other forces. [2]