Lance Hill And his brother in-law Harold Ling
Lance Hill invented the Hills Hoist in 1945.
There is no record of a patent for the rotary clothesline (rope, two pulleys). A multiple-line and frame clothesline, the Hills Hoist, was invented in 1945 by Lance Hill and his brother-in-law Harold Ling. (see the related link below)
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.
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A Rotary Clothes line called the "Hills Hoist"
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.
Lance Hill invented the clothesline in 1945
Lancelot (Lance) Leonard Hill (1902-1986) and the Hill's Hoist The Hills' Hoist was not the first rotary hoist of its kind. Around 1912, an inventor in Geelong, called Gilbert Toyne, designed a rotary clothes hoist. By the early 1920s, Toyne's 'All-Metal Rotary Clothes Hoist' was being manufactured and advertised in Australia - about 25 years before the first 'Hills Hoist'. Lance Hill was the first to attach a handle to raise and lower the hoist and patented a new way of attaching the the lines to the central post. Lance Hill was a motor mechanic and he made the first Hill's Hoist for his wife whose washing kept falling off the prop washing line. The year was 1945. The place was Adelaide, South Australia. His line was a single steel pole with metal ribs spreading out from the centre pole. Between the ribs he strung rust-proof wire from which the clothes would hang. Lance Hill then invented a way of winding up the top part of the centre pole. The clothes could be raised high to dry in the wind.The line was so successful that soon all the Hill's neighbours wanted one too. Lance Hill was happy to build them. At first he built them in his backyard workshop.
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