ClipArt ETC

The Appliances ClipArt gallery offers 41 illustrations of early refrigerators, hot water heaters, stoves, washing machines, and sewing machines.

Most boilers consist of a rotating drum called a tumbler through which heated air is circulated to evaporate the moisture from the load. The tumbler is rotated relatively fast in order to maintain space between the articles in the load.

Clothes Boiler

Most boilers consist of a rotating drum called a tumbler through which heated air is circulated to evaporate…

An electrical appliance that cleans surfaces by suction.

Vacuum Cleaner

An electrical appliance that cleans surfaces by suction.

A machine or substance used in cleaning.

Vacuum Cleaner

A machine or substance used in cleaning.

designed to handle heavy dust loads, a dust collector system consists of a blower, dust filter, a filter-cleaning system, and a dust receptacle or

Dust Collector

designed to handle heavy dust loads, a dust collector system consists of a blower, dust filter, a filter-cleaning…

in systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a device or unit used to condense a substance from its gaseous to its liquid state, typically by cooling it. In so doing, the latent heat is given up by the substance, and will transfer to the condenser coolant.

Furnace Condenser

in systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a device or unit used to condense a substance from…

Pressure cooking is a method of cooking in a sealed vessel that does not permit air or liquids to escape below a preset pressure. Because the boiling point of water increases as the pressure increases, the pressure built up inside the cooker allows the liquid in the pot to rise to a higher temperature before boiling.

Steam and Water Cooker

Pressure cooking is a method of cooking in a sealed vessel that does not permit air or liquids to escape…

A slow cooker consists of a lidded round or oval cooking pot made of glazed ceramic or porcelain, surrounded by a housing, usually metal, containing a thermostatically controlled electric heating element. The lid is often transparent glass and is seated in a groove in the pot edge; condensed vapor collects in that groove and provides a low-pressure seal to the atmosphere.

Steam Cooking Vessel

A slow cooker consists of a lidded round or oval cooking pot made of glazed ceramic or porcelain, surrounded…

A refrigerator for cooling liquids

Aerated Cooler

A refrigerator for cooling liquids

In this dish washing machine a cylindrical shaped tube formed by two plates featuring a frame folding door and a crank handle used to rotate the dish ware inside the tube.

Cylindrical Shaped Dish Cleaner

In this dish washing machine a cylindrical shaped tube formed by two plates featuring a frame folding…

A device equipped with a nozzle that when activated provides a stream of drinking water for public use.

Drinking Fountain

A device equipped with a nozzle that when activated provides a stream of drinking water for public use.

A cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it

Curling Iron

A cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it

The work of using a heated tool, or iron to remove wrinkles from fabric. Heating is commonly done to a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius. Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibers of the material.

Sad Iron

The work of using a heated tool, or iron to remove wrinkles from fabric. Heating is commonly done to…

Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibers of the material.

Sad Iron

Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibers of the material.

Works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibers of the material.

Sad Iron

Works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibers of the material.

A machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.

Ice Machine

A machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low temperature through the sudden…

A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric or other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies.

Sewing Machine

A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric or other material together with thread.…

A textile machine used as a home appliance for sewing

Sewing Machine

A textile machine used as a home appliance for sewing

A usually automatic machine for washing clothes and linens.

Washing Machine

A usually automatic machine for washing clothes and linens.

An illustration of an oven.

Oven

An illustration of an oven.

Machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

Record Phonograph

Machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically…

A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling.

Fan Propeller

A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling.

A heating device consisting of a series of connected pipes, typically inside an upright metal structure, through which steam or hot water is circulated so as to radiate heat into the surrounding space.

Device Radiator

A heating device consisting of a series of connected pipes, typically inside an upright metal structure,…

Radiators are heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. The majority of radiators are constructed to function in automobiles, buildings, and electronics.

Heat Exchanging Radiator

Radiators are heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose…

An appliance to keep its contents a little above freezing.

Refrigerator

An appliance to keep its contents a little above freezing.

A machine or apparatus employed to reduce temperature by chemical or mechanical means.

Domestic Refrigerator

A machine or apparatus employed to reduce temperature by chemical or mechanical means.

This is a cooling appliance with a thermal insulated compartment and heat pump. Refrigerators are extensively used to store foods which spoil from bacterial growth if not refrigerated.

Early Model Refrigerator

This is a cooling appliance with a thermal insulated compartment and heat pump. Refrigerators are extensively…

Pitters and seeders were an inventor's dream. This ingenious little machine was used to take seeds out of raisins. Today most of the grapes and raisins variants are grown seedless, but only a few decades ago this was not the case. In the 19th and very early 20th century, raisins came with seeds. To extract them you needed a seeder, which was used in the home. The instructions embossed on metal frame of this seeder are "wet the raisins." The seeder is meant to clamp onto the edge of a table. Then the raisin was placed in the "cup" on top, the handle was turned to move two wheels that moved in opposite directions. One wheel has small spike-like extrusions and is of metal, the other is made of what looks like a hard rubber.

Agricultural Raisin Seeder

Pitters and seeders were an inventor's dream. This ingenious little machine was used to take seeds out…

A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water. Although the definitions are somewhat flexible, it can be said that older steam generators were commonly termed boilers and worked at low to medium pressure.

Steam Boiler

A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water. Although…

This is an appliance which is mostly filled with a cleaning agent that sterilizes used or new razors.

Razor Sterilizer

This is an appliance which is mostly filled with a cleaning agent that sterilizes used or new razors.

A still is a permanent apparatus used to distill miscible liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor.

Rounded Handle Design Still

A still is a permanent apparatus used to distill miscible liquid mixtures by heating to selectively…

A primitive stove

Stove

A primitive stove

A stove of the Middle Ages.

Stove

A stove of the Middle Ages.

A stove is an enclosed heated space. The term is commonly taken to mean an enclosed space in which fuel is burned to provide heating, either to heat the space in which the stove is situated or to heat the stove itself, and items placed on it. This article is principally concerned with enclosed stoves burning solid fuels for room heating.

18th Century Stovetop

A stove is an enclosed heated space. The term is commonly taken to mean an enclosed space in which fuel…

A refrigeration technique using ammonia.

Direct Expansion System

A refrigeration technique using ammonia.

A refrigeration technique.

Direct Expansion System

A refrigeration technique.

A food steamer or steam cooker is a kitchen appliance used to prepare various foods in a sealed vessel that limits the escape of air or liquids below a preset pressure.

Steam Cooking Utensil

A food steamer or steam cooker is a kitchen appliance used to prepare various foods in a sealed vessel…

This vacuum cleaner is used as a sweeper, this device uses an air pump to crate a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors. The dirt is collected by either a dust bag or a cyclone for later disposal.

Vacuum Cleaner

This vacuum cleaner is used as a sweeper, this device uses an air pump to crate a partial vacuum to…

This range has been designed around the feasibility of ventilation. Ventilation is the intentional movement of air from outside a building to the inside.

Range Ventilation

This range has been designed around the feasibility of ventilation. Ventilation is the intentional movement…

A device such as a fan that introduces fresh air or expels foul air

Early Design Ventilator

A device such as a fan that introduces fresh air or expels foul air

This early model washing machine was used to washing individual garments.

Machine, Washing

This early model washing machine was used to washing individual garments.

An illustration of a coal fueled water heater and stove.

Coal Fueled Water Heater and Stove

An illustration of a coal fueled water heater and stove.