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| Baldrocker:
Practical or not Multi Purpose Washer or MulWash Sitting watching re-runs of the New Inventors last night when it struck me. Why not a Dual purpose Dish/Clothes washer? Most of us have a clothes washing machine and a dish washing machine which seems to me a prime piece of redundancy. With the addition of a simple circular dish rack which would slide down the agitator post of a washing machine until it rested on the top of the paddles one would make dish washing machines redundant. Most washing machines have a multitude of cycles so it would be simple to find one suitable for dishes. Take the idea one step further, with a suitably designed shield between the circular dish rack and the top of the paddles one could wash both dishes and clothes AT THE SAME TIME! Savings of both electricity and water an time should be substantial, leading to both economical and ecological benefits to the World in general and households alike. My idea at present is applicable to top loaders only but I am sure that with further R&D it could be extended to front loaders (if unsure of the difference please refer to yours wives partners et al). :worthless: Sadly I am crap at CAD or even CrapoCad so I am throwing the idea open to members, surely someone out there in Mad Modderland could come up with some drawings. Perhaps taking an idea from that other place, a team design/build project is in order. While I would retain control of the Copywright/Patents all profits eventuating from the idea would be donated to the furthering of our excellent forum. br PS Sorry if this seems disjointed but I felt I had to share this before some Multi National Corporation claimed the idea. My aluminium foil hat is still transparent to some forms of mind reading rays. :borg: |
| rleete:
Uh, no. You really need to learn more about the cycles each one has and why. Dishwashers must sterilize, or at least sanitize. Heating clothes to those temperatures would ruin most of them, and severely shorten the lifespan of the others. And do you really want to eat off a plate washed with juniors soiled pants from before he was potty trained? |
| dsquire:
Baldrocker It does sound like a good idea. I think that it would be very difficult to wash both at the same time because of the temperature differences required. I'm not sure that the appliance manufacturers would be too thrilled about it as they would only be able to sell 1 machine per household instead of 2. This is how great discoveries are made. You take a crazy idea and make it work then everybody thinks you are a genius. --- Quote from: rleete on August 27, 2012, 09:35:39 PM ---Uh, no. You really need to learn more about the cycles each one has and why. Dishwashers must sterilize, or at least sanitize. Heating clothes to those temperatures would ruin most of them, and severely shorten the lifespan of the others. And do you really want to eat off a plate washed with juniors soiled pants from before he was potty trained? --- End quote --- rleete No disrespect to you and this is not aimed at you. Some people are funny. My ex (this is part of the reason that she is an ex) would not eat off of a plate if it had been set down for the dog or cat to eat off. When the dog was finished licking it was clean. Now you wash it with hot water and soap and its really clean. She would mark it to save for the dog and cat or throw it in the garbage. She would not eat off that dish ever again....if she knew it. She would have been very surprised at what went on when she wasn't home. Imagine what she would have do if my dirty stinking socks got washed with the dinner dishes. Cheers :beer: Don |
| tumutbound:
As a bachelor, I love the idea! Just have to make sure I have enough clothes and dishes to last the week and do a weekly wash. It would also solve the problem of inviting people over for dinner, just make sure they knew all about your new labour saving device before hand. :thumbup: [A place I rented many years ago as a young bloke came with a washing machine. It also had a chrome rack which was meant to be used to hold dishes. Not sure how the crockery would stand up to a spin cycle. I never had the nerve to try it] |
| Stilldrillin:
I am the dish washer, at this house......... David D |
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