Something like a drywash, dishwasher or car washer, the clothes go through a cycle of washing and drying so the clothes are already hanging!

In an industrial environment this would mean no folding. People bring in their clothes in a box already hanging. The clothes enter the machine, and are washed and dried automatically one by one.

In, pay, wash, out...

That's it.

A special small closet could be used for underwear.

The drying could be done using the air from the air-conditioner (to save energy), or microwave.

I could see vending machines for a ONE SHIRT CLEAN, and it comes out cleaned and ironed! Put one at the entrance to every "Pay Shower" at the mall, and after a hot day, with the kids yelling and all, you get a clean set of clothes, and possibly a clean set of kids.
-- pashute, Sep 30 2002

Ironing Wardrobe http://www.halfbake.../Ironing_20Wardrobe
Companion appliance. Semi-baked. [Wes, Sep 30 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]

Washing wardrobe washing_20wardrobe
seems someone thought of it. Why have we never met before? [pashute, Jan 28 2009]

And now its commercial!!! http://www.askousa....ry/drying_cabinets/
[pashute, Dec 05 2013]

Integrate air condi...r and clothes dryer Bungston's idea 9 years later [pashute, Dec 05 2013]

Maybe NOW it's commercial?? https://helloeffie.com/
[pashute, Jan 06 2021]

This would be great if it came in a compact home version.
-- baron555, Sep 30 2002


I have the ironing companion appliance in the oven. [See link].
-- Wes, Sep 30 2002


> Why do you need this?

Because it would make the laundromat much cheaper and faster.

It would make the home clothes cleaning process much faster and easier.
-- pashute, Oct 01 2002


Fixed (it said hangared instead of hangered).

I don't know why you doubt it, I asked a laundromat, and several people, and they all say it's a great idea. No more folding clothes.
-- pashute, Oct 02 2002


I had this same idea in my head for a while. It's crazy that we still have to wash clothes in the 21st century. Why can't I just put them back in my closet and take them out the next day perfectly clean. This machine would also dramatically reduce the amount of clothes I need to own. Maybe that's why this doesn't exist already. Do I smell a conspiracy? ...or is it this shirt I've been wearing for 3 days?
-- bneal27, Mar 17 2008


C Link. So, here's a halfbaked idea, half baked 10 years after conception. Let's bake the other half! Can't any of us do it? (Maybe together?)
-- pashute, Dec 05 2013



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