The History of the Dyson DC18

James Dyson, the inventor of the Dyson vacuum, was born in Cromer, Norfolk England on May 2, 1947. He was one of three children born to Alec and Mary Dyson. James grew up attending school and excelling in art and track. He attended college at The Royal College of Art where he studied furniture and interior design then moved on to engineering. James married Deirdre Hindmarsh in 1968 and the couple now have three children, Emily, Jacob, and Sam. The Dyson’s reside in Gloucestershire, England where they have a 15 million dollar home.

While vacuuming his home in 1978, James noticed his vacuum cleaner kept getting clogged a losing suction power. He immediately set to work to fix the problem. With over 5,000 prototypes and five years later, the first bag less cyclonic vacuum was born. Dyson spent many years trying to get his newest invention picked up by major manufacturing companies but every one of them turned him down. At the time, no on was interested in new technology so James Dyson started his own manufacturing company. In June of 1993 he opened shop and was almost immediately selling more than the companies that had rejected him.

Today, Dyson is one of the most popular brands in the United Kingdom. Dyson started selling his products in the United States in 2000. He obtained many patents and licenses that prohibit any other company from creating a vacuum with cyclonic capabilities and a rotating ball for easy maneuvering. James Dyson is known for taking an everyday product and making it better, faster, more manageable, and more quiet to accommodate all people. He has been quoted saying “Everything in my home bothers me.” Dyson has invented many products such as the ball barrow, a wheelbarrow that is more simple to push and a contra rotators washing machine that washes clothes in half the time and is said to make them even more clean than a regular washing machine. Most of Dyson’s inventions are vacuum cleaners. Read the rest of this entry »

James Dyson Develops Bladeless Room Fan

British inventor Sir James Dyson, known as the developer of the no bag vacuum cleaner and the air blade hand dryer has a new invention on his hands, a home fan that lacks blades.

The Dyson Air Multiplier is said to use 98% less energy then a standard air conditioner and incorporates the same technology as the Airblade hand-dryer. The Dyson fan looks like a magnifying glass with a ring perched on top of a solid base. The energy efficient brushless motor is housed within the base from where it draws air into the unit. From here, the air makes it’s way up the base until in leaves the fan through gaps within the ring itself. The indoor fan is capable of moving 27 liters of air per second. Read the rest of this entry »

Dyson City DC26 Mini Vacuum Cleaner Features & Review

You may remember British inventor James Dyson who we featured last year for his innovative bladeless room fan. Well, it turns out he is back with a new and rather “small” invention in the form of a mini vacuum cleaner.
Called the Dyson City DC26, this palm sized vacuum is the size of a standard sized A4 sheet of paper and weighs less then 8lbs, 7.7 lbs to be exact. The Dyson vacuum which is one third smaller then an earlier Dyson Read the rest of this entry »