Easy Copper Chrome Model R Washing Machine Patent

On December 28, 1886, Josephine Thousand. Cochrane was granted the patent for "Dish Washing Machine", U.S. Patent No. 355,139.

Josephine K. Cochrane was born on March viii, 1839, in Ashtabula County, Ohio. She lived with her father who was a supervisor at a manufactory as a hydraulic engineer. After graduating loftier schoolhouse, Josephine married William Cochran at the historic period of nineteen. Josephine took her husband's proper name but put an "east" on the end of it as she was known for her independent nature.  The Cochrans hosted many dinner parties equally William became an affluent, dry goods merchant, investor, and political leader who started to rise in the ranks of the Democratic Party.

Cochrane inherited heirloom prc that purportedly dated back to the 1600s. After dinner parties, the couple had servants that cleaned up and washed the dishes. After a party, one of the servants accidentally chipped some of the dishes. Angry, Cochrane refused to permit the servants handle the china and she washed the dishes instead. Cochrane abhorred this job and idea there had to be an easier way to practise this, at that place are machines for all sorts of things, why non one for dishes.  She began to think of a car that could launder the dishes for her. She said, "If nobody else is going to invent a dishwashing machine, I'll do it myself."

In 1883, William Cochran died and left Josephine with a large sum of debt and just $1,535 to her proper name. Her invention was no longer just a dream but a fashion to survive financially. She worked relentlessly on her dishwater and the final production had wire compartments in the shape of a wheel where dishes such every bit silverware, plates, cups, and saucers were placed. A motor turned the wheel and covered the dishes with hot soap from the bottom of a copper banality.

Cochrane began to share her design and sought the advice of men who, during the late 1800s, had more than experience with mechanics than women. Cochrane said, "[t]hey knew I knew nix, academically, about mechanics, and they insisted on having their ain style with my invention until they convinced themselves my manner was the better, no matter how I had arrived at it."

After being steadfast with her invention, Cochrane took her dishwasher to hotels selling the first one to the Palmer House hotel in Chicago. Pleased with her starting time sale, she knew she would need to sell more only the thought of selling to prominent businessmen was intimidating. When interviewed by a reporter Cochrane said,

You lot asked me what was the hardest part of getting into business, I call up, crossing the great lobby of the Sherman House lone. You cannot imagine what it was similar in those days … for a woman to cross a hotel foyer alone. I had never been anywhere without my husband or father —the anteroom seemed a mile wide. I thought I should faint at every step, but I didn't—and I got an $800 order as my advantage.

She continued to sell her dishwashers, maneuvering her fashion into restaurants, hospitals, and colleges. Her success allowed her to open her own factory, the Garis-Cochran Manufacturing Company, in an abandoned schoolhouse. She continued to personally sell her dishwashers until her expiry in 1913. Her company was bought by Hobart which, was later purchased past KitchenAid®, who owns the registrations to Cochrane's patents and trademarks. KitchenAid was bought out and is now the Whirlpool Corporation.

The automatic dishwasher is now a staple in homes across the country. Every time you load the dishwasher and don't have to hand launder dingy dishes you can thank Josephine Cochrane.

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