17 Facts About Washing machine

Washing machine is a home appliance used to wash laundry.

One of the first innovations in washing machine technology was the use of enclosed containers or basins that had grooves, fingers, or paddles to help with the scrubbing and rubbing of the clothes.

The invention of a washing machine is attributed to Watervliet Shaker Village, as a patent was issued to an Amos Larcom of Watervliet, New York, in 1829, but it is not certain that Larcom was a Shaker.

The hexagonal tub spins like a front-loading Washing machine, using only about one third as much water as conventional top-loaders.

The Washing machine proved to be good at cleaning, but gained a bad reputation due to frequent breakdowns and destruction of laundry.

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Instead of an agitator, the Washing machine had two washplates, perpendicular to each other and at a 45-degree angle from the bottom of the tub.

The Washing machine would fill with only a small amount of water and the two washplates would spin, tumbling the load within it, mimicking the action of a front-loading washer in a vertical-axis design.

Clothes are loaded through the top of the Washing machine, which is usually but not always covered with a hinged door.

The action of a front-loading washing machine is better suited to a motor capable of reversing direction with every reversal of the wash basket; a universal motor is noisier, less efficient, does not last as long, but is better suited to the task of reversing direction every few seconds.

The drum bearing eventually wears out and usually requires the extensive dismantling of the Washing machine to replace, which often results in the Washing machine being written off due to the failure of a relatively inexpensive component that is labor-intensive to renew.

The first injection of water goes into the sump so the Washing machine can be allowed to fill for about 30 seconds before adding cleaning substances.

Commercial washing machine is intended for more frequent use than a consumer washing machine.

The spread of the washing machine has been seen to be a force behind the improvement of women's position in society.

In 2009 the Italian newspaper L'Osservatore Romano published a Playboy article on International Women's Day arguing that the washing machine had done more for the liberation of women than the contraceptive pill and abortion rights.

The following year, Swedish statistician Hans Rosling suggested that the positive effect the washing machine had on the liberation of women makes it "the greatest invention of the industrial revolution".

Camille Paglia and others argue that the washing machine led to a type of social isolation of women, as a communal activity became a solitary one.

Different washing machine models vary widely in their use of water, detergent, and energy.