h a l f b a k e r yI didn't say you were on to something, I said you were on something.
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I took a second look at the bicycle. The back wheel was big, too big... way too big. It must have been a good foot wide.
Then I realised there was a clear panel where there should have been spokes. Behind the clear panel I could see a couple of white shirts and what looked like a towel.
This
was actually a front-loading washing machine, inside a bicycle wheel. The extra wide rear tyre made the bike more stable and your wash got done during the commute to work.
I guessed the clothes could soak all day and then the spin cycle would come on the way home.
Spinning Lettuce Bike
http://www.halfbake...ng_20Lettuce_20Bike
another two-wheeled appliance [FarmerJohn, Oct 05 2004]
Traveling Washing Machine
http://totallyabsur...lwashingmachine.htm
Seems it was patented [Klaatu, Oct 05 2004]
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Thats so stupid I love it. Everyone will see your smalls though... + |
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I see the patent for attachment to a vehicle's existing wheel, [Klaatu]. |
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This idea is significantly novel, insofar as the device forms the wheel assembly, and does not require fitment and removal, as does that invention. I thought of adding a level of complexity, by running an eccentric gear to agitate the inner assembly back and forth, but the effect on a cycle would be far too destabilising. |
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