Why was the dishwasher invented?

Question

I know it was not just because doing the dishes easier..

Answer 1

maybe to wash dishes?

Answer 2

The first reports of a mechanical dishwashing device are of an 1850 patent by Joel Houghton of a hand-powered device.

Modern dishwashers are descended from the 1886 invention of Josephine Cochrane, also hand-powered, which she unveiled at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Cochrane was quite wealthy and was the granddaughter of John Fitch, the inventor of the steamboat. She never washed dishes herself and only invented the dishwasher as her servants were chipping her fine china.

Models installed with permanent plumbing arrived in the 1920s. In 1924, William Howard Livens invented a small dishwasher suitable for use in a domestic setting. It had all the features of a modern dishwasher, including a front door for loading, a wire rack to hold crockery and a rotating sprayer.[2] Electric drying elements were added in 1940.

Adoption was greatest at first in commercial environments, but by the 1970s dishwashers had become commonplace in domestic residences in the US.

Answer 3

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say..... to wash dishes??

Answer 4

Josephine Garis Cochrane invented the dishwasher because her servants always broke the china when they washed it.  She had to wash the china by hand after parties, a chore which she despised with all of her heart.  This was in 1880.  It didn't become popular for quite some time because people insisted that it women's work, and that "what else would they do?"  It was eventually adopted by the army, because when they saw how quickly it could wash dishes, they wanted in on it.

Answer 5

Because selling them is profitable.

Answer 6

I would bet it was invented by a husband who got tired of his wife complaining about the amount of dishes she had to do each day. Which would also answer your question of WHY it was invented!  :)

Answer 7

they wernt invented they were born......i am married to one

Answer 8

easier and more convienent

Answer 9

Could there be an economic factor--like saving labor costs, one worker could get many more dishes processed?  Efficiency, and all that.   Then, after that, they modified it for home use--and I think they also said the dishers were cleaner & more hygenic.