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207 relations: Abortion-rights movements, Admiral (electrical appliances), AEG, Agitator (device), Allergy, Allergy UK, Alliance Laundry Systems, Amana Corporation, Arçelik, Arctic S.A., Arrhenius equation, Asia, Assembly line, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Avco, Bacteria, Bauknecht (company), Beko, Bellows, Bendix Corporation, Bleach, Brandt (brand), Brushless DC electric motor, BSH Hausgeräte, Cam, Camille Paglia, Candy (company), Canterbury Shaker Village, Cantilever, Capillary action, Carbon dioxide, Centennial Exposition, Centrifugal force, Centrifugation, Centrifuge, Changing room, Chemical substance, Citric acid, Class action, Clothes dryer, Clutch, Color depth, Combined oral contraceptive pill, Combo washer dryer, Conveyor belt, Cup (unit), Currency detector, Daewoo, Detergent, Dhobi, ..., Dry cleaning, Drying cabinet, Dwarfism, Dyeing, Electric motor, Electrical efficiency, Electrolux, Energy factor, Energy Star, Engineering, Environmental issue, Enzyme, Epicyclic gearing, European Union energy label, Expense, Fabric softener, Fagor, Feces, Fisher & Paykel, Floor drain, Fort Worth, Texas, Frigidaire, G-force, Gasket, General Electric, Girbau, GoldStar, Gorenje, Gravity, Great Depression, Grundig, Haier, Hans Rosling, Hit-and-miss engine, Home appliance, Hotpoint, Housewife, Hydraulic cylinder, Impeller, Indesit Company, Induction motor, International Women's Day, Inventor, Ironing, Jacob Christian Schäffer, James Dyson, John E. Turnbull, John Inglis and Company, Kenmore (brand), Kitchen cabinet, Korean War, L'Increvable, L'Osservatore Romano, Laundry, Laundry detergent, Laundry symbol, Lavoir, LG Corporation, Line shaft, Lint (material), List of home appliances, Mabe (company), Magdalene asylum, Magic Chef, Magnetic stripe card, Major appliance, Mangle (machine), Market (economics), Materiel, Maytag, Microcontroller, Miele, Mildew, Mold, Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, New Hampshire, New Lebanon, New York, New Zealand, Nutation, Operating temperature, Panasonic, Paraplegia, Patent, Pillow, Pitsos, Planned obsolescence, Popular Science, Potentiometer, Precession, Pulley, Pump, Reason washing machine, Regulation, Revolutions per minute, Rolls Razor, Rutgers University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Samsung, Sanyo, Self-service laundry, Shakers, Sharp Corporation, Shock absorber, Silver Nano, Sleeping bag, Smeg (appliances), Social isolation, Solenoid, Solenoid valve, Speed Queen, Staber Industries, Standpipe (plumbing), Stone washing, Surface tension, Swimming pool, Swimsuit, Tap water, TCL Corporation, The Hoover Company, Timer, Torus, Toshiba, Total cost of ownership, Transmission (mechanics), Tunnel washer, Ultrasonic cleaning, Universal motor, Université de Montréal, University of Leeds, User interface, Variable-frequency drive, Veja (magazine), Vestel, Vestfrost, Videocon, Vinegar, Washboard (laundry), Washerwoman, Washstand, Waste, Water, Water efficiency, Water footprint, Water well, Watervliet Shaker Historic District, Watervliet, New York, Whirlpool Corporation, White-Westinghouse, Wig wag (washing machines), Winston L. Shelton, Women's rights, World War II, Write-off, Xeros Washing Machine, Zanussi, 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire, 1862 International Exhibition. Expand index (157 more) »
Abortion-rights movements
Abortion-rights movements, also referred to as pro-choice movements, advocate for legal access to induced abortion services.
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Admiral (electrical appliances)
Admiral is an American appliance brand that is currently manufactured by Whirlpool Corporation and sold exclusively at The Home Depot.
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AEG
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AG (AEG) (German: "General electricity company") was a German producer of electrical equipment founded as the Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität in 1883 in Berlin by Emil Rathenau.
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Agitator (device)
An agitator is a device or mechanism to put something into motion by shaking or stirring.
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Allergy
Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment.
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Allergy UK
Allergy UK is a British medical charity dedicated to helping adults and children with their allergies.
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Alliance Laundry Systems
Alliance Laundry Systems LLC is a provider of commercial laundry systems.
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Amana Corporation
The Amana Corporation is an American brand of household appliances.
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Arçelik
Arçelik A.Ş. is a household appliances manufacturer from Turkey.
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Arctic S.A.
Arctic S.A. is the largest Romanian household appliances producer and one of the largest refrigerators producer in Europe and it is located in Găești, Dâmbovița County.
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Arrhenius equation
The Arrhenius equation is a formula for the temperature dependence of reaction rates.
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Asia
Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.
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Assembly line
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.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
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Avco
Avco Corporation is a subsidiary of Textron which operates Textron Systems Corporation and Lycoming.
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Bacteria
Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.
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Bauknecht (company)
Bauknecht, formally Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH, was one of Germany's leading manufacturers of household appliances, and since 1989 has been a brand of Whirlpool Corporation.
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Beko
Beko (sometimes stylized as beko) is a Turkish domestic appliance and consumer electronics brand of Arçelik A.Ş. controlled by Koç Holding.
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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
The Bendix Corporation was an American manufacturing and engineering company which during various times in its 60-year existence (1924–1983) 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 which is used industrially and domestically to whiten clothes, lighten hair color and remove stains.
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Brandt (brand)
Brandt is a French brandname producing various home equipment, created in 1924 by Edgar Brandt as a part of Hotchkiss-Brandt.
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Brushless DC electric motor
Brushless DC electric motor (BLDC motors, BL motors) also known as electronically commutated motors (ECMs, EC motors), or synchronous DC motors, are synchronous motors powered by DC electricity via an inverter or switching power supply which produces an AC electric current to drive each phase of the motor via a closed loop controller.
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BSH Hausgeräte
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, (or BSH Home Appliances) is the largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe and one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide.
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Cam
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 and social critic.
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Candy (company)
Candy is a large family-owned Italian company based in Brugherio, near Milan, that manufactures domestic appliances.
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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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Cantilever
A cantilever is a rigid structural element, such as a beam or a plate, anchored at one end to a (usually vertical) support from which it protrudes; this connection could also be perpendicular to a flat, vertical surface such as a wall.
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Capillary action
Capillary action (sometimes capillarity, capillary motion, capillary effect, or wicking) is the ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, or even in opposition to, external forces like gravity.
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide (chemical formula) is a colorless gas with a density about 60% higher than that of dry air.
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Centennial Exposition
The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
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Centrifugal force
In Newtonian mechanics, the centrifugal force is an inertial force (also called a "fictitious" or "pseudo" force) directed away from the axis of rotation that appears to act on all objects when viewed in a rotating frame of reference.
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Centrifugation
Centrifugation is a technique which involves the application of centrifugal force to separate particles from a solution according to their size, shape, density, viscosity of the medium and rotor speed.
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Centrifuge
A centrifuge is a piece of equipment that puts an object in rotation around a fixed axis (spins it in a circle), applying a force perpendicular to the axis of spin (outward) that can be very strong.
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Changing room
A changing room, locker room, dressing 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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Chemical substance
A chemical substance, also known as a pure substance, is a form of matter that consists of molecules of the same composition and structure.
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Citric acid
Citric acid is a weak organic acid that has the chemical formula.
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Class action
A class action, 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 of that group.
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Clothes dryer
A clothes dryer, tumble dryer, drying machine or dryer is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually shortly after they are washed in a washing machine.
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Clutch
A clutch is a mechanical device which engages and disengages power transmission especially from driving shaft to driven shaft.
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Color depth
Color depth or colour depth (see spelling differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, in a bitmapped image or video frame buffer, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
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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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Combo 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.
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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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Cup (unit)
The cup is a United States unit of volume, most commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.
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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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Daewoo
Daewoo (literally "Great Woo", after the first name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-jung) or the Daewoo Group was a major South Korean conglomerate and car manufacturer.
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Detergent
A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleaning properties in dilute solutions.
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Dhobi
Dhobi ("washerman") is a caste group of India.
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Dry cleaning
Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a chemical solvent other than water.
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Drying cabinet
A drying cabinet is an electrical machine designed to expedite the drying of items - usually clothing - that are unsuitable for a traditional clothes dryer.
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Dwarfism
Dwarfism, also known as short stature, occurs when an organism is extremely small.
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Dyeing
Dyeing is the process of adding color to textile products like fibers, yarns, and fabrics.
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Electric motor
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
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Electrical efficiency
The efficiency of an entity (a device, component, or 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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Electrolux
Electrolux AB (commonly known as Electrolux) is a Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm.
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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 voluntary program launched by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and now managed by the EPA and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that helps businesses and individuals save money and protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
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Engineering
Engineering is the creative application of science, mathematical methods, and empirical evidence to the innovation, design, construction, operation and maintenance of structures, machines, materials, devices, systems, processes, and organizations.
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Environmental issue
Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activity on the biophysical environment.
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Enzyme
Enzymes are macromolecular biological catalysts.
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Epicyclic gearing
An epicyclic gear train (also known as planetary gear) consists of two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other.
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European Union energy label
EU Directive 92/75/EC established an energy consumption labelling scheme.
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Expense
In common usage, an expense or expenditure is an outflow of money to another person or group to pay for an item or service, or for a category of costs.
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Fabric softener
A fabric softener (or conditioner) is a conditioner that is typically applied to laundry during the rinse cycle in a washing machine.
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Fagor
Fagor Electrodomésticos is a large domestic and commercial appliance manufacturer based in the Basque Country, Spain and run by the Mondragon Corporation.
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Feces
Feces (or faeces) are the solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested in the small intestine.
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Fisher & Paykel
Fisher & Paykel is a major appliance manufacturing company based in East Tamaki, New Zealand.
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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 the 15th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas.
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Frigidaire
Frigidaire is the US consumer and commercial home appliances brand subsidiary of European parent company Electrolux.
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G-force
The gravitational force, or more commonly, g-force, is a measurement of the type of acceleration that causes a perception of weight.
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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) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Girbau
The Girbau Group is a company that manufactures equipment for laundries.
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GoldStar
GoldStar was a South Korean electronics company established in 1958.
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Gorenje
Gorenje, stylized as gorenje, is a Slovenian white goods manufacturer based in Velenje, Slovenia.
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Gravity
Gravity, or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
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Grundig
Grundig is a German manufacturer of consumer electronics, domestic appliances and personal care products.
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Haier
Haier Group Corporation is a Chinese collective multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong province, China.
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Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling (27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic, statistician, and public speaker.
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Hit-and-miss engine
A hit-and-miss engine is a type of four-stroke internal combustion engine that is controlled by a governor to operate a set speed.
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Home appliance
Home appliances are electrical/mechanical machines which accomplish some household functions, such as cooking, cleaning, or food preservation.
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Hotpoint
The Hotpoint Electric Heating Company (generally known simply as Hotpoint) is an American and European brand of domestic appliances.
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Housewife
A housewife (also known as a homekeeper) is a woman whose work is running or managing her family's home—caring for her children; buying, cooking, and storing food for the family; buying goods that the family needs in everyday life; housekeeping and maintaining the home; and making clothes for the family—and who is not employed outside the home.
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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 (also written as impellor or impellar) is a rotor used to increase (or decrease in case of turbines) the pressure and flow of a fluid.
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Indesit Company
Indesit Company is an Italian company based in Fabriano, Ancona province.
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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 needed to produce torque is obtained by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic field of the stator winding.
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International Women's Day
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year.
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Inventor
An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means that becomes known as an invention.
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Ironing
Ironing is the use of a heated tool (an iron) to remove wrinkles from fabric.
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Jacob Christian Schäffer
Jakob or Jacob Christian Schäffer (31 May 1718, Querfurt – 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 design engineer and founder of 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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John Inglis and Company
John Inglis and Company (now Whirlpool Canada) was a Canadian firm which made weapons for the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth military forces during the World War II era, then became a major appliance company.
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Kenmore (brand)
Kenmore is a brand of household appliances sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. The brand first appeared on a four-drawer drop feed sewing machine sold from 1913 to 1919.
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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 (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).
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L'Increvable
L'Increvable is the name given to the washing machine built to last 50 years and created by french designer Julien Phedyaeff.
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L'Osservatore Romano
L'Osservatore Romano (Italian for "The Roman Observer") is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which carries the Pope’s discourses and reports on the activities of the Holy See, reports on events taking place in the Church and the world, and many cultural articles.
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Laundry
Laundry refers to the washing of clothing and other textiles.
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Laundry detergent
Laundry detergent, or washing powder, is a type of detergent (cleaning agent) that is added for cleaning laundry.
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Laundry symbol
A laundry symbol, also called a care symbol, is a pictogram which represents a method of washing, for example drying, dry-cleaning and ironing clothing.
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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 Corporation
LG Corporation (Korean: 주식회사 LG), formerly Lucky-GoldStar (Korean: Leogki Geumseong 럭키금성/樂喜金星), is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation.
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Line shaft
A line shaft is a power driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century.
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Lint (material)
Lint is the common name for visible accumulations of textile fibers and other materials, usually found on and around clothing.
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List of home appliances
This is a list of home appliances.
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Mabe (company)
Mabe is a Mexican-owned, Mexican-based global company which designs, produces, and distributes appliances to more than 70 countries around the world.
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Magdalene asylum
Magdalene laundries, also known as Magdalene's asylums, were institutions from the 18th to the late 20th centuries ostensibly to house "fallen women", a term used to imply female sexual promiscuity or work in prostitution.
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Magic Chef
Magic Chef, Inc. (formerly the American Stove Company) is an appliance brand currently owned by CNA International Inc.
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Magnetic stripe card
A magnetic stripe card is a type of card capable of storing data by modifying the magnetism of tiny iron-based magnetic particles on a band of magnetic material on the card.
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Major appliance
A major appliance, or domestic appliance, is a large machine in home appliance used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cooking, washing laundry, or food preservation.
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Mangle (machine)
A mangle or wringer is a mechanical laundry aid consisting of two rollers in a sturdy frame, connected by cogs and, in its home version, powered by a hand crank or electricity.
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Market (economics)
A market is one of the many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange.
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Materiel
Materiel, more commonly matériel in US English and also listed as the only spelling in some UK dictionaries (both pronounced, from French matériel meaning equipment or hardware), refers to military technology and supplies in military and commercial supply chain management.
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Maytag
The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance brand owned by Whirlpool Corporation after the April 2006 acquisition of Maytag.
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Microcontroller
A microcontroller (MCU for microcontroller unit, or UC for μ-controller) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit.
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Miele
Miele is a German manufacturer of high-end domestic appliances and commercial equipment, headquartered in Gütersloh, Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany.
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Mildew
Mildew is a form of fungus.
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Mold
A mold or mould (is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae.
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Mount Lebanon Shaker Society
Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, also known as Old 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 a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nutation
Nutation (from Latin nūtātiō, "nodding, swaying") 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 behavior of a mechanism.
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Operating temperature
An operating temperature is the temperature at which an electrical or mechanical device operates.
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Panasonic
, formerly known as, is a Japanese multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.
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Paraplegia
Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities.
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Patent
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.
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Pillow
A pillow is a support of the body at rest for comfort, therapeutic, decoration or play.
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Pitsos
PITSOS A.E. (Πίτσος) was founded in Athens in 1865 and began as a company manufacturing small household appliances and oil heaters.
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Planned obsolescence
Planned obsolescence, or built-in obsolescence, in industrial design and economics is a policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life, so it will become obsolete (that is, unfashionable or no longer functional) after a certain period of time.
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Popular Science
Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is an American quarterly magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects.
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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 that is designed to support movement and change of direction of a taut cable or belt, or transfer of power between the shaft and cable or belt.
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Pump
A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action.
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Reason washing machine
The Reason washing machine is an eco friendly design of washing machine, with an emphasis on ease of use, invented by the architect Andrew Reason.
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Regulation
Regulation is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.
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Revolutions per minute
Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min) is the number of turns in one minute.
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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, The State University of New Jersey, commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and is the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey.
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Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John is the port city of the Bay of Fundy in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
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Samsung
Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul.
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Sanyo
is a Japanese major electronics company and formerly a member of the Fortune Global 500 whose headquarters was located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan.
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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, is a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded in the 18th century in England.
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Sharp Corporation
is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, headquartered in Sakai-ku, Sakai.
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Shock absorber
A shock absorber (in reality, a shock "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 ionic 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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Smeg (appliances)
Smeg is an Italian manufacturer of upmarket domestic appliances.
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Social isolation
Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society.
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Solenoid
A solenoid (/ˈsolə.nɔɪd/) (from the French solénoïde, derived in turn from the Greek solen ("pipe, channel") and eidos ("form, shape")) is a coil wound into a tightly packed helix.
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Solenoid valve
A solenoid valve is an electromechanical device in which the solenoid uses an electric current to generate a magnetic field and thereby operate a mechanism which regulates the opening of fluid flow in a valve.
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Speed Queen
Speed Queen is a laundry machine manufacturer headquartered in Ripon, Wisconsin, USA.
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Staber Industries
Staber Industries, Inc. is a manufacturer of residential laundry home appliances, with a headquarteres in Groveport, Ohio.
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Standpipe (plumbing)
In plumbing, a standpipe is a vertical vented pipe attached to a trap that permits rapid wastewater discharge without disrupting the water seal of nearby traps.
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Stone washing
Stone washing is a textile manufacturing process used to give a newly manufactured cloth garment a worn-in (or worn-out) appearance.
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Surface tension
Surface tension is the elastic tendency of a fluid surface which makes it acquire the least surface area possible.
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Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or paddling pool is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities.
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Swimsuit
Swimwear is 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 (running water, city water, town water, municipal water, etc.) is water supplied to a tap (valve).
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TCL Corporation
TCL Corporation (originally an abbreviation for Telephone Communication Limited) is a Chinese multinational electronics company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong Province.
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The Hoover Company
Hoover is a vacuum cleaner company founded in Ohio in the US.
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Timer
A timer is a specialized type of clock used for measuring specific time intervals.
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Torus
In geometry, a torus (plural tori) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space about an axis coplanar with the circle.
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Toshiba
, commonly known as Toshiba, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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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 system.
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Transmission (mechanics)
A transmission is a machine in a power transmission system, which provides controlled application of the power.
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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.
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Ultrasonic cleaning
Ultrasonic cleaning is a process that uses ultrasound (usually from 20–400 kHz) and an appropriate cleaning solvent (sometimes ordinary tap water) to clean items.
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Universal motor
The universal motor is a type of electric motor that can operate on either AC or DC power.
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Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal (UdeM) is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a Russell Group university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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User interface
The user interface (UI), in the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur.
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Variable-frequency drive
A variable-frequency drive (VFD; also termed adjustable-frequency drive, “variable-voltage/variable-frequency (VVVF) drive”, variable speed drive, AC drive, micro drive or inverter drive) is a type of adjustable-speed drive used in electro-mechanical drive systems to control AC motor speed and torque by varying motor input frequency and voltage.
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Veja (magazine)
Veja (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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Vestel
Vestel is a Turkish home and professional appliances manufacturing company consisting of 18 companies specialised in electronics, major appliances and information technology.
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Vestfrost
Vestfrost or Vestfrost Household is a manufacturer of major appliance.
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Videocon
Videocon Industries Limited is a large diversified Indian company headquartered in Mumbai.
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Vinegar
Vinegar is a liquid consisting of about 5–20% acetic acid (CH3COOH), water (H2O), and trace chemicals that may include flavorings.
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Washboard (laundry)
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing.
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Washerwoman
A washerwoman or laundress is a woman who takes in laundry.
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Washstand
A washstand or basin stand is a piece of furniture consisting of a small table or cabinet, usually supported on three or four legs, and most commonly made of mahogany, walnut, or rosewood, and made for holding a wash basin and water pitcher.
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Waste
Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials.
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Water
Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.
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Water efficiency
Water efficiency is reducing water wastage by measuring the amount of water required for a particular purpose and the amount of water used or delivered.
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Water footprint
The water footprint shows the extent of water use in relation to consumption by people.
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Water well
A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers.
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Watervliet Shaker Historic District
Watervliet Shaker Historic District, in Colonie, New York, is the site of the first Shaker community.
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Watervliet, New York
Watervliet is a city in Albany County in the U.S. state of New York.
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Whirlpool Corporation
The Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States, near Benton Harbor, Michigan.
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White-Westinghouse
White-Westinghouse is an American home appliance brand currently used under license by trademark owner CBS Corporation.
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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.
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Winston L. Shelton
Winston Laverne Shelton (born May 3, 1922) is an American inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur who has been 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, and formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the nineteenth century and feminist movement during the 20th century.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Write-off
A write-off is a reduction of the recognized value of something.
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Xeros Washing Machine
The Xeros Washing Machine is a new kind of clothes washing technology that cleans laundry using primary nylon polymer beads and very little water.
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Zanussi
Zanussi is an Italian producer of home appliances that was bought by Electrolux in 1984.
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1836 U.S. Patent Office fire
The December 15, 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire was the first of several disastrous fires the U.S. Patent Office has had in its history.
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1862 International Exhibition
The International of 1862, or Great London Exposition, was a world's fair.
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References
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