Translations:Die Geschichte der Marke Constructa/4/en
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The situation was quiet in terms of developments on the washing machine market in Germany until the post-war era. If machines were used at all for washing, they were usually still semi-automatic wringer washers. Development was slightly more advanced at this time in the U.S.[1], with Bendix Home Appliances developing the world's first automatic washing machine there in 1937. There was a round glass door on the front for loading the appliance[2] – the porthole as it was known and which later became the trademark of Constructa.[3] The Bendix washing machine already had practically all of the features of a modern washing machine, through there was no built-in option to heat the water, which is why a hot water connection was needed.[4]
- ↑ See Constructa Werke GmbH, 1965 in: Document collection folder (general) 1951-1958 Constructa, company history, BSH Corporate Archives, page 7.
- ↑ See "Here's how I do my week's wash now, Thanks to Bendix! (advert) in Life, November 22, 1937, page 131.
- ↑ See inform, magazine for employees of Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, 1996/2, page 26.
- ↑ See inform, 82/4, page 14.