Dishwashing machine was patented by Josephine Cochrane in 1886. Cochrane (sometimes spelled Cochran) received Patent Number 355,139. Her invention was the first successful, hand-powered dishwasher of the time. Children can view the patent at: Dishwashing Machine. She founded the Garis-Cochrane Manufacturing Company shortly after the patent was issued. The company was renamed Cochran’s Crescent Washing Machine Company in 1897. She focused on on selling the dishwasher to hotels and commercial businesses. After her death in 1913, the business was acquired by KitchenAid, now part of Whirlpool Corporation. Children could read Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochran’s Bright Invention Makes a Big Splash, written Kate Hannigan and illustrated by Sarah Green.
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