people don't know its a mystery to all.
now we can hang our clothes up on a line
Australia
The Hills Hoist clothes drier was invented in 1945.
Ask any Australian what a Hills Hoist is and they will tell you immediately. Manufactured since 1945 in Melbourne, South Australia, a Hills Hoist refers to a height-adjustable mechanical clothes-line. It looks similar to the umbrella clothes dryers we use in Canada.
Some links to Hills Hoist below.
A Hills Hoist is an Australian height-adjustable rotary clothes line. It was very popular in Australia in the 50's-60's.
Lance Hill invented the Hills Hoist in 1945.
The Hills Hoist was invented in 1945 by Lance Hill. But Lance Hill wasn't the first to invent the Hills Hoist, in about 1912 Gilbert Toyne, design a rotary Clothes line.
The Hills Hoist would be one.
Lance Hill.
Hills Hoist is a height-adjustable rotary clothes line, invented in Adelaide, Australia by Lance Hill in 1945. However, Lance Hill finally patented his rotary clothes line on March 22, 1956.It is distinguished from other rotary clothes lines by a crown and pinion winding mechanism allowing the clothesline to be lowered and raised. Hills Hoist and similar derivatives remain a common fixture in many backyards in Australia and New Zealand. It is considered one of Australia's most recognisableicons, and is used frequently by artists as a metaphor for Australian suburbia in the 1950s and '60s.
hanging your brother on the line
How do you restring a hills hoist