Like
most other appliances, cleaning gadgets such as vacuum cleaners have also gone
through a lot of changes, and the present look and function is very different
from what they started out to be. Here are some interesting tidbits from the
history of cleaning appliances over the years:
1860: Daniel Hess may have been the first to
invent and patent a vacuum device, but he called his invention a carpet
sweeper. It used rotating brushes and bellows, and even had a water filtration
mechanism for the dirt.
1901: Hubert Cecil Booth is considered the
inventor of the first electric vacuum cleaning device, and he envisioned a
gadget that sucked away the dust, rather than blowing it away which was the way
until then. He received a British patent for his device in this year, and after
demonstrating his device in a restaurant, two other Americans also constructed
variations on the same.
1908: James Spangler created the first
portable and electric suction-cleaning appliance, and this was the one that
would be bought by his cousin’s husband William Hoover, to become the famous
Hoover – the brand synonymous with home vacuum cleaners for many years.
1909: Other players like Fred Wardell who
started the Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company also enter the fray, with Eureka
producing some of the first light vacuum cleaners of the time.
1920: The first vacuum cleaner with a
disposable bag was introduced.
1955: The re-usable bags that you find in
vacuum cleaners even today, were introduced this year.
1979: Black & Decker revolutionized the
field with their device that was a cordless and handheld vacuum cleaner – the
Dustbuster.
1981: James Dyson filed the patent for the
first bagless cyclonic vacuum cleaner.
The
sleek and shiny vacuum cleaners that we see nowadays definitely may not bear
too much resemblance to what they looked like more than a hundred years ago.
Black & Decker offers you a complete range of options – from upright to
handheld, corded to cordless and more. Please do check our website for details
of all models:
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