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Vacuum Cleaner History
Posted on April 11th, 2009 No commentsVACUUM CLEANER CHRONOLOGY
Ives W. McGaffey
1868 – The first manually powered cleaner was invented in Chicago by Ives W.McGaffey.Melville Bissell
1876 – Melville Bissell created a new vacuum cleaner for his wife. After Mr. Bissell died in 1889, His wife Anna took control of the company and was one the most famous businesswomen of the day.Corinno Dufour
1900 – The first patent for an electrically driven “carpet sweeper and dust gatherer” was granted in Georgia.H. Cecil Booth
1901 – The first powered cleaner employing a vacuum was patented and produced by Hubert Cecil Booth in 1901 in Great Britain.P.A.Fisker
1910 – P.A. Fisker patented a vacuum cleaner using a name based on the company’s telegram address in 1910 Nilfisk. Nilfisk was the first electric vacuum cleaner in Europe. It was only 17,5 kg and could be used by a single person.Walter Griffiths
1905 – Walter Griffiths Manufacturer patented another new manually operated vacuum cleaner in 1905 in Birmingham, UK. (“Griffith’s Improved Vacuum Apparatus for Removing Dust from Carpets”)David T. Kenney
1903 -1913 – Nine patents granted to the inventor David T. Kenney between 1903 and 1913 in New Jersey. He established the foundation for the American vacuum cleaner industry.James Murray Spangler
1907 – Spangler, a janitor in Canton, Ohio invented an electric vacuum cleaner in 1907 from a fan, a box, and a pillowcase.W.H.Hoover
1908 – W.H.Hoover bought the Idea (rotating brush design) from his wife`s cousin. Their first vacuum cleaner model was Model O, and it sold for $60 in 1908. Read the rest of this entry »General Information bagged vacuum cleaner, bagless vacuum cleaner, canister vacuum cleaner, Corinno Dufour, Cyclonic, David T. Kenney, H. Cecil Booth, Ives W. McGaffey, James Dyson, James Murray Spangler, Melville Bissell, P.A.Fisker, robotic vacuum cleaners, Small hand-held vacuum cleaners, vacuum cleaner brush, VACUUM CLEANER CHRONOLOGY, vacuum cleaner configurations, vacuum cleaner cyclonic separation, vacuum cleaner exhaust filtration, vacuum cleaner motor, vacuum cleaner non-cyclonic bagless model, Vacuum cleaner specifications, vacuum cleaner technology, vacuum cleaner ultra fine filter, vacuum cleaner water filtration, W.H.Hoover, Walter Griffiths, Wold War II






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