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Lancelot (Lance) Leonard Hill (1902-1986) and the Hill's Hoist

The Hills' Hoist was not the first rotary hoist of its kind. Around 1912, an inventor in Geelong, called Gilbert Toyne, designed a rotary clothes hoist. By the early 1920s, Toyne's 'All-Metal Rotary Clothes Hoist' was being manufactured and advertised in Australia - about 25 years before the first 'Hills Hoist'.

Lance Hill was the first to attach a handle to raise and lower the hoist and patented a new way of attaching the the lines to the central post.

Lance Hill was a motor mechanic and he made the first Hill's Hoist for his wife whose washing kept falling off the prop washing line. The year was 1945. The place was Adelaide, South Australia.

His line was a single steel pole with metal ribs spreading out from the centre pole. Between the ribs he strung rust-proof wire from which the clothes would hang.

Lance Hill then invented a way of winding up the top part of the centre pole. The clothes could be raised high to dry in the wind.The line was so successful that soon all the Hill's neighbours wanted one too. Lance Hill was happy to build them. At first he built them in his backyard workshop.

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When was the Hills hoist invented?

The Hills Hoist clothes drier was invented in 1945.


Who invented the Hills Hoist?

Lance Hill invented the Hills Hoist in 1945.


When the hills hoist invented?

The Hills Hoist was invented in 1945 by Lance Hill. But Lance Hill wasn't the first to invent the Hills Hoist, in about 1912 Gilbert Toyne, design a rotary Clothes line.


Which country made the hills hoist?

Australia


Why was the hills hoist invented?

bob the builder invented it cause he likes building


How is the hills hoist made?

Some links to Hills Hoist below.


When was hoist invented?

hoist was invented in 1954


Who inventerd the hills hoist?

Lance Hill.


What does Hills Hoist refer to?

Ask any Australian what a Hills Hoist is and they will tell you immediately. Manufactured since 1945 in Melbourne, South Australia, a Hills Hoist refers to a height-adjustable mechanical clothes-line. It looks similar to the umbrella clothes dryers we use in Canada.


What are the uses of the hills hoist?

hanging your brother on the line


How do you restring a hill clothesline?

How do you restring a hills hoist


Is the clothesline an Australian invention?

yes it is bye the 'hills hoist'