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  It is a simple tub and ridged board used to scrub the clothes.
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  James King made the first hand powered washing machine with a drum.
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  William Blackstone invented the first house hold washing machine.
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  The inventor of the electric washing machine was Alva J. Fisher.
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  The first electric washing machine made the "Whirlpool Corporations".
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  The laundry mat was opened in Texas and Fort Worth.
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  The Bendix Corporation releases the first house hold automatic washer.
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  Buttons are introduced to the washing machine that include rinse temperature, wash temperature, spin speed, and agitation speed.
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  British inventer, James Dyson came up with two rotationg cylinders as a new design for the washing machine.
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  In 2007, Sanyo introduced the first drum tyme washing machine with "air wash". This model reduced the amount of water to 50l and wasmore efficient.
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  Samsung released the QDrive, a front loading washer similar to the Dyson ContraRotator but instead of 2 counterrotating drums, the QDrive has a single drum with a counterrotating impeller mounted on the back of the drum.