Laundry Shop
Chapter 1
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
History of Laundry During the Roman Times, laundry was not done at home. It was done at the public “fulleries” by workers called “fullones”. The “fulleries” consist of a big hall with very large basins in the floor. In these basins, clothes were soaked and cleaned. Materials were further cleaned by workers who “jumped” or “danced” on clothes while they lean on small walls on either side. On the other hand, Ancient Greeks used only water without soap to laundry. As the years go by, there have been improvements on how people wash their clothes. Before, people do their laundry on streams. With the advent of washing machines, people started to do it at home. It’s far more convenient than doing it outside. As people’s lifestyles ameliorate, many of them haven’t had the time to do their laundry since it takes so much of their time which is already pre-occupied by their careers.
Revolution of Laundry Industry The Industrial Revolution completely transformed laundry technology. The mangle (wringer US) was developed in the 19th century – two long rollers in a frame and a crank to revolve them. A laundry-worker took sopping wet clothing and cranked it through the mangle, compressing the cloth and expelling the excess water. The Mangle was much quicker than hand twisting. It was a variation on the box mangled used primarily for pressing and smoothing cloth. Meanwhile 19th century investors further mechanized the laundry process with various hand-operated washing machines. Most involved turning a handle to move paddles inside a tub. Then some early 20th century machines used an electrically powered agitator to replace tedious hand rubbing against a washboard. Many of these were simply a tub on legs, with a hand-operated mangle on top. Later the mangle too was electrically powered, then replaced by a perforated double tub, which spun out the excess water in a spin cycle. Laundry drying was also mechanized, with clothes dryers. Dryers were also
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
History of Laundry During the Roman Times, laundry was not done at home. It was done at the public “fulleries” by workers called “fullones”. The “fulleries” consist of a big hall with very large basins in the floor. In these basins, clothes were soaked and cleaned. Materials were further cleaned by workers who “jumped” or “danced” on clothes while they lean on small walls on either side. On the other hand, Ancient Greeks used only water without soap to laundry. As the years go by, there have been improvements on how people wash their clothes. Before, people do their laundry on streams. With the advent of washing machines, people started to do it at home. It’s far more convenient than doing it outside. As people’s lifestyles ameliorate, many of them haven’t had the time to do their laundry since it takes so much of their time which is already pre-occupied by their careers.
Revolution of Laundry Industry The Industrial Revolution completely transformed laundry technology. The mangle (wringer US) was developed in the 19th century – two long rollers in a frame and a crank to revolve them. A laundry-worker took sopping wet clothing and cranked it through the mangle, compressing the cloth and expelling the excess water. The Mangle was much quicker than hand twisting. It was a variation on the box mangled used primarily for pressing and smoothing cloth. Meanwhile 19th century investors further mechanized the laundry process with various hand-operated washing machines. Most involved turning a handle to move paddles inside a tub. Then some early 20th century machines used an electrically powered agitator to replace tedious hand rubbing against a washboard. Many of these were simply a tub on legs, with a hand-operated mangle on top. Later the mangle too was electrically powered, then replaced by a perforated double tub, which spun out the excess water in a spin cycle. Laundry drying was also mechanized, with clothes dryers. Dryers were also