Josephine Cochrane - Inventor of the Dishwasher
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| Audience/Grade: | 6 - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Design General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology Women Inventors |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
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Organization:Lemelson-MIT Program |
| Description: | Josephine Cochrane received the patent for the first commercially successful dishwasher. A mechanical device, turning a crank could provide a continuous flow of either soap suds or hot water to a rack of dishes. Previous dishwashing machines only sprayed water onto dishes. Her company later became Kitchenaid. |
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| Publication Date: | November 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/cochrane.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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