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A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a machine designed to launder clothing.^[1]

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Abortion-rights movements

Abortion-rights movements are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including elective abortion.

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Agitator (device)

An agitator is a device or mechanism to put something into motion by shaking or stirring. Washing machine and agitator (device) are laundry washing equipment.

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Allergy

Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are various conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment.

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Allergy UK

Allergy UK, formally The British Allergy Foundation, is a British medical charity dedicated to helping adults and children with allergies.

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Arrhenius equation

In physical chemistry, the Arrhenius equation is a formula for the temperature dependence of reaction rates.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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An assembly line is a manufacturing process (often called a progressive assembly) in which parts (usually interchangeable parts) are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced. Washing machine and assembly line are American inventions.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

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Autumn Stanley

Autumn Stanley (1933–2018) researched inventions by women and patents obtained by women in the United States.

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Avco

Avco Corporation is a subsidiary of Textron, which operates Textron Systems Corporation and Lycoming.

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Backflow

Backflow is a term in plumbing for an unwanted flow of water in the reverse direction.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

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Ball valve

A ball valve is a flow control device which uses a hollow, perforated, and pivoting ball to control fluid flowing through it.

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Bellows

A bellows or pair of bellows is a device constructed to furnish a strong blast of air.

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Bendix Corporation

Bendix Corporation is an American manufacturing and engineering company which, during various times in its existence, made automotive brake shoes and systems, vacuum tubes, aircraft brakes, aeronautical hydraulics and electric power systems, avionics, aircraft and automobile fuel control systems, radios, televisions and computers.

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Bleach

Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove colour (whitening) from fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning.

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Brushless DC electric motor

A brushless DC electric motor (BLDC), also known as an electronically commutated motor, is a synchronous motor using a direct current (DC) electric power supply.

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Calcium chloride

Calcium chloride is an inorganic compound, a salt with the chemical formula.

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Cam (mechanism)

A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion.

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Camille Paglia

Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947) is an American academic, social critic and feminist.

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Canterbury Shaker Village

Canterbury Shaker Village is a historic site and museum in Canterbury, New Hampshire, United States.

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Capillary action

Capillary action (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a narrow space in opposition to or at least without the assistance of any external forces like gravity.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Centennial Exposition

The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876.

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Centrifugation

Centrifugation is a mechanical process which involves the use of the centrifugal force to separate particles from a solution according to their size, shape, density, medium viscosity and rotor speed.

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Centrifuge

A centrifuge is a device that uses centrifugal force to subject a specimen to a specified constant force, for example to separate various components of a fluid. Washing machine and centrifuge are centrifuges.

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Changing room

A changing room, locker room (usually in a sports, theater, or staff context), or changeroom (regional use) is a room or area designated for changing one's clothes.

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Citric acid

Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

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Class action

A class action, also known as a class action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group.

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Clothes dryer

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 a washing machine. Washing machine and clothes dryer are 19th-century inventions and home appliances.

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Clutch

A clutch is a mechanical device that allows the output shaft to be disconnected from the rotating input shaft.

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Combined oral contraceptive pill

The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by women.

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Conservation movement

The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.

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Conveyor belt

A conveyor belt is the carrying medium of a belt conveyor system (often shortened to belt conveyor).

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Corrosion

Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide.

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The cubic foot (symbol ft3 or cu ft),,. is an imperial and US customary (non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Currency detector

A currency detector or currency validator is a device that determines whether notes or coins are genuine or counterfeit.

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Detergent

A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions.

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Detergent enzymes

Detergent enzymes are biological enzymes that are used with detergents.

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Dhobi

Dhobi known in some places as Dhoba, Rajaka, a Scheduled caste in India and the greater Indian subcontinent whose traditional occupations are washing, ironing, and agricultural labour.

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Digital card

The term digital card can refer to a physical item, such as a memory card on a camera, or, increasingly since 2017, to the digital content hosted as a virtual card or cloud card, as a digital virtual representation of a physical card. Washing machine and digital card are American inventions.

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Dry cleaning

Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a solvent other than water.

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Drying cabinet

A drying cabinet is today usually an electrical machine designed to expedite the drying of items - usually clothing - that are unsuitable for a mechanical clothes dryer.

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Dyeing

Dyeing is the application of dyes or pigments on textile materials such as fibers, yarns, and fabrics with the goal of achieving color with desired color fastness.

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Electrical efficiency

The efficiency of a system in electronics and electrical engineering is defined as useful power output divided by the total electrical power consumed (a fractional expression), typically denoted by the Greek small letter eta (η – ήτα).

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Energy factor

An energy factor is a metric used in the United States to compare the energy conversion efficiency of residential appliances and equipment.

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Energy Star

Energy Star (trademarked ENERGY STAR) is a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that promotes energy efficiency.

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Engineering

Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.

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Enzyme

Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.

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Epicyclic gearing

An epicyclic gear train (also known as a planetary gearset) is a gear reduction assembly consisting of two gears mounted so that the center of one gear (the "planet") revolves around the center of the other (the "sun").

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European Union energy label

EU Directive 92/75/EC (1992) established an energy consumption labelling scheme.

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Figure of merit

A figure of merit (FOM) is a performance metric that characterizes the performance of a device, system, or method, relative to its alternatives.

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Fisher & Paykel

Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Limited is a major appliance manufacturer founded in 1934.

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Floor drain

A floor drain is a plumbing fixture that is installed in the floor of a structure, mainly designed to remove any standing water near it.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Fulling

Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelled waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate (lanolin) oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it shrink by friction and pressure.

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G-force

The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (symbol g or g0, not to be confused with "g", the symbol for grams).

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Gasket

gasket A gasket is a mechanical seal which fills the space between two or more mating surfaces, generally to prevent leakage from or into the joined objects while under compression.

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General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.

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Globe valve

A globe valve, different from ball valve, is a type of valve used for regulating flow in a pipeline, consisting of a movable plug or disc element and a stationary ring seat in a generally spherical body.

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Gravity

In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things that have mass.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.

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Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling (27July 19487February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic and public speaker.

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Home appliance

A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, is a machine which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation. Washing machine and home appliance are home appliances.

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Hotpoint

Hotpoint is a brand of domestic appliances.

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Hydraulic cylinder

A hydraulic cylinder (also called a linear hydraulic motor) is a mechanical actuator that is used to give a unidirectional force through a unidirectional stroke.

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Impeller

An impeller, or impellor, is a driven rotor used to increase the pressure and flow of a fluid.

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Induction motor

An induction motor or asynchronous motor is an AC electric motor in which the electric current in the rotor that produces torque is obtained by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic field of the stator winding. Washing machine and induction motor are 19th-century inventions.

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Interlock (engineering)

An interlock is a feature that makes the state of two mechanisms or functions mutually dependent.

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International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IWD) is a holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement.

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Invention

An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process.

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Ironing

Ironing is the use of an iron, usually heated, to remove wrinkles and unwanted creases from fabric. Washing machine and Ironing are home appliances.

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Jacob Christian Schäffer

Jacob Christian Schäffer, alternatively Jakob, (31 May 1718 – 5 January 1790) was a German dean, professor, botanist, mycologist, entomologist, ornithologist and inventor.

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James Dyson

Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company.

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John E. Turnbull

John E. Turnbull was a Canadian inventor who lived in Saint John, New Brunswick in the 19th century.

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Kitchen cabinet

Kitchen cabinets are the built-in furniture installed in many kitchens for storage of food, cooking equipment, and often silverware and dishes for table service.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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L'Increvable

is the name given to the washing machine built to last 50 years and created by French designer Julien Phedyaeff. Washing machine and L'Increvable are laundry washing equipment.

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L'Osservatore Romano

L'Osservatore Romano ('The Roman Observer') is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which reports on the activities of the Holy See and events taking place in the Catholic Church and the world.

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Laundry

Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well.

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Laundry detergent

Laundry detergent is a type of detergent (cleaning agent) used for cleaning dirty laundry (clothes).

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Laundry symbol

A laundry symbol, also called a care symbol, is a pictogram indicating the manufacturer's suggestions as to methods of washing, drying, dry-cleaning and ironing clothing.

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Laundry-folding machine

A laundry-folding machine or laundry-folding robot is a machine or domestic robot which folds apparel such that they can be stored compactly and orderly.

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Lavoir

A lavoir (wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes.

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LG Electronics

LG Electronics Inc. is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea.

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Lint (material)

Lint is the common name for visible accumulations of textile fibers, hair and other materials, usually found on and around clothing.

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Magdalene asylum

Magdalene asylums, also known as Magdalene laundries, were initially Protestant but later mostly Roman Catholic institutions that operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries, ostensibly to house "fallen women".

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Major appliance

A major appliance, also known as a large domestic appliance or large electric appliance or simply a large appliance, large domestic, or large electric, is a non-portable or semi-portable machine used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cooking, washing laundry, or food preservation. Washing machine and major appliance are home appliances.

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Margaret P. Colvin

Margaret Plunkett Richardson Colvin (October 9, 1820 – August 2, 1894) was a 19th-century inventor.

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Market (economics)

In economics, a market is a composition of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations or infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange.

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Mary Frances McDonald

Mary Frances McDonald (aka Mamo McDonald, 1929 – 17 June 2021) was an Irish feminist.

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Materiel

Materiel is supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context.

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Maytag

The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company.

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Microcontroller

A microcontroller (MC, UC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit.

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Mold

A mold or mould is one of the structures that certain fungi can form.

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Mount Lebanon Shaker Society

Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, also known as New Lebanon Shaker Society, was a communal settlement of Shakers in New Lebanon, New York.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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New Lebanon, New York

New Lebanon is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States, southeast of Albany.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nutation

Nutation is a rocking, swaying, or nodding motion in the axis of rotation of a largely axially symmetric object, such as a gyroscope, planet, or bullet in flight, or as an intended behaviour of a mechanism.

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Operating temperature

An operating temperature is the allowable temperature range of the local ambient environment at which an electrical or mechanical device operates.

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Ozone

Ozone (or trioxygen) is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula.

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Paraplegia

Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities.

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Patent

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.

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Pillow

A pillow is a support of the body at rest for comfort, therapy, or decoration.

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Planned obsolescence

In economics and industrial design, planned obsolescence (also called built-in obsolescence or premature obsolescence) is the concept of policies planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life or a purposely frail design, so that it becomes obsolete after a certain predetermined period of time upon which it decrementally functions or suddenly ceases to function, or might be perceived as unfashionable.

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Potentiometer

A potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider.

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Precession

Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body.

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Pulley

A pulley is a wheel on an axle or shaft enabling a taut cable or belt passing over the wheel to move and change direction, or transfer power between itself and a shaft.

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Pump

A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy.

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Refrigerator

A refrigerator, colloquially fridge, is a commercial and home appliance consisting of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump (mechanical, electronic or chemical) that transfers heat from its inside to its external environment so that its inside is cooled to a temperature below the room temperature. Washing machine and refrigerator are home appliances and home automation.

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Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or r⋅min−1) is a unit of rotational speed (or rotational frequency) for rotating machines.

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Rolls Razor

Rolls Razor Limited was a British company known first for its manufacture of a sophisticated safety-razor and later, under new ownership, an "affordable" twin-tub washing machine.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey.

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Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John is a seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

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Sanyo

is a Japanese electronics manufacturer founded in 1947 by Toshio Iue, the brother-in-law of Kōnosuke Matsushita, the founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial, now known as Panasonic.

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Self-service laundry

A self-service laundry, coin laundry, or coin wash, is a facility where clothes are washed and dried without much personalized professional help.

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Shakers

The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded in England and then organized in the United States in the 1780s.

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Shock absorber

A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses.

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Silver Nano

Silver Nano (Silver Nano Health System) is a trademark name of an antibacterial technology which uses silver nanoparticles in washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, air purifiers and vacuum cleaners introduced by Samsung in April 2003.

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Sleeping bag

A sleeping bag is an insulated covering for a person, essentially a lightweight quilt that can be closed with a zipper or similar means to form a tube, which functions as lightweight, portable bedding in situations where a person is sleeping outdoors (e.g. when camping, hiking, hill walking or climbing).

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Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society.

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Solenoid

An illustration of a solenoid Magnetic field created by a seven-loop solenoid (cross-sectional view) described using field lines A solenoid is a type of electromagnet formed by a helical coil of wire whose length is substantially greater than its diameter, which generates a controlled magnetic field.

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Solenoid valve

A solenoid valve is an electromechanically operated valve.

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Spring (hydrology)

A spring is a natural exit point at which groundwater emerges from the aquifer and flows onto the top of the Earth's crust (pedosphere) to become surface water.

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Staber Industries

Staber Industries, Inc. is a manufacturer of residential laundry home appliances, with headquarters in Groveport, Ohio.

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Stone washing

Stone washing is a textile manufacturing process used to give a newly manufactured cloth garment a worn appearance.

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Surface tension

Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible.

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Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities.

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Swimsuit

A swimsuit is an item of clothing designed to be worn by people engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, diving and surfing, or sun-orientated activities, such as sun bathing.

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Tap water

Tap water (also known as running water, piped water or municipal water) is water supplied through a tap, a water dispenser valve.

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The Hoover Company

The Hoover Company is a home appliance company founded in Ohio, United States, in 1915.

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Thor washing machine

The Thor washing machine was the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in the United States. Washing machine and Thor washing machine are cleaning tools, home appliances and laundry washing equipment.

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Timer

A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops when reaching 00:00. Washing machine and timer are home automation.

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Torus

In geometry, a torus (tori or toruses) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space one full revolution about an axis that is coplanar with the circle.

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Total cost of ownership

Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate intended to help buyers and owners determine the direct and indirect costs of a product or service.

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Transmission (mechanical device)

A transmission (also called a gearbox) is a mechanical device which uses a gear set—two or more gears working together—to change the speed, direction of rotation, or torque multiplication/reduction in a machine.

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Trap (plumbing)

In plumbing, a trap is a U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow; most notably sewer gases from entering buildings while allowing waste materials to pass through.

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Tunnel washer

A tunnel washer, also called a continuous batch washer, is an industrial washing machine designed specifically to handle heavy loads of laundry. Washing machine and tunnel washer are laundry washing equipment.

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Ultrasonic cleaning

Ultrasonic cleaning is a process that uses ultrasound (usually from 20 to 40 kHz) to agitate a fluid, with a cleaning effect.

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States.

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Universal motor

The universal motor is a type of electric motor that can operate on either AC or DC power and uses an electromagnet as its stator to create its magnetic field.

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Université de Montréal

The (UdeM;; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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University of Hertfordshire

The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a public university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Variable-frequency drive

A variable-frequency drive (VFD, or adjustable-frequency drive, adjustable-speed drive, variable-speed drive, AC drive, micro drive, inverter drive, or drive) is a type of AC motor drive (system incorporating a motor) that controls speed and torque by varying the frequency of the input electricity.

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Veja (magazine)

(English: see, look) is a Brazilian weekly news magazine published in São Paulo and distributed throughout the country by media conglomerate Grupo Abril.

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Vending machine

A vending machine is an automated machine that dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or otherwise made.

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Vinegar

Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid and trace compounds that may include flavorings.

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Washer-dryer

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. Washing machine and washer-dryer are home appliances and laundry washing equipment.

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Water detector

A water detector is an electronic device that is designed to detect the presence of water for purposes such as to provide an alert in time to allow the prevention of water leakage.

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Water efficiency

Water efficiency is the practice of reducing water consumption by measuring the amount of water required for a particular purpose and is proportionate to the amount of essential water used.

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A water footprint shows the extent of water use in relation to consumption by people.

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Water heating

Water heating is a heat transfer process that uses an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature.

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Watervliet Shaker Historic District

Watervliet Shaker Historic District, in Colonie, New York, is the site of the first Shaker community, established in 1776.

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Watervliet, New York

Watervliet is a city in northeastern Albany County, New York, United States.

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Well

A well is an excavation or structure created in the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water.

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Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States.

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Wig wag (washing machines)

The wig-wag is the common name for the unusual solenoid mechanism used in belt-drive washing machines made by Whirlpool, Kenmore (manufactured by Whirlpool) and many others, from approximately 1950 to 1987 in the United States. Washing machine and wig wag (washing machines) are laundry washing equipment.

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Winston L. Shelton

Winston Laverne Shelton (May 3, 1922 – April 15, 2019) was an American inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur who was awarded 76 US patents as an individual or as part of a team, as well as many corresponding patents.

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Women's rights

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide.

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Women's work

Women's work is a field of labour assumed to be solely the realm of women and associated with specific stereotypical jobs considered as uniquely feminine or domestic duties throughout history.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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1836 U.S. Patent Office fire

The 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire was the first of two major fires the U.S. Patent Office has had in its history.

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1862 International Exhibition

The International Exhibition of 1862, officially the London International Exhibition of Industry and Art, also known as the Great London Exposition, was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machine

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