Dhobi Ghat Special - Non Electrical Washing Maching.

Besides the washing machine, most Indian women depends heavily on the Dhobi (aka washer man) to wash the house linen. Heavy-duty laundry is always assigned to this curious breed of people (dhobi), who carry their load to the nearest dhobi ghat and manually launder the towels, bed sheets, trousers etc. Crisp ironed linen and clothes are handed back after a week and the next stack is lined up for collection. Indra is a concept washing machine to aid the dhobi with his washing and make life more easier for him.

Manual labor is cheaper in India than using electricity and machines. Thus the Indra is designed on this premise. A look at this video here will give you an idea on how the dhobis function.

Incase you are wondering, my dhobi comes in every Monday for collecting the clothes!

 Its Basically,

 A Low Cost, Low Tech cloth washer / spinner to lead to an easier Dhobi Wallah (Indian Laundrymen) work conditions and a better water consumption control

Manual Labor here is still cheaper than machinery and electricity.

An Accessible laundry technology for village or city, it is a time saver, an a work organizer,

it has an Ergonomical work space.

Water vailorisation reuse soapy water or clean the water (Clay/Coffee Filtration)

 Embers heat to warm the water while washing.

 Pedal Mechanical system.

cloth washer and spinner.

12 kg capacity cloth basket.

The complete assembly of this machine consists of  

Cap, clothes basket,  protective top cover, hook, embers tank,

clay / coffee filter, clay / coffee filtered water tank, gearwheels system, pedal, switch for water pipe, 

Security Cover, hand washing area, Gear Wheel Clothes basket,

water switch : Filtered / Non - Filtered

3 meters water pipe,  

and the most important mechanical parts whereby it become a lovely fantastic working washing machines with out electricity usage.