US Patent: 26,572
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| Washing-machine
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Patent Dates:
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Dec. 27, 1859 |
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Jeff Joslin
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| An example is reported, with a stenciled label reading, "Dole's Patent Dec.27.1859".Dole was a part-owner of Silver, Dole & Deming, a woodworking machinery maker.The 21 January 1860 issue of Scientific American contained this tidbit: "Mr. Dole also obtained a patent, through the Scientific American Patent Agency, last week, on a simple and good washing machine. This washing machine produces, by one movement of the hands, a lateral squeezing action, and an up-an-down rubbing action on the clothes." |
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