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Who invented the first vacuum cleaner?

Hubert Booth


Who invented the vacuum cleaner?

Ives W. McGaffney, of Chicago, created a mechanical machine in 1868.Hubert Cecil Booth, an English engineer, built an electric vacuum cleaner in 1901.Daniel Hess invented the vacuum cleaner in 1860.thomas EdisonOtto Von GuerickeDavid Hess did.Ives McGaffeyIves McGaffey


When was the vacuum invented?

By definition, "a vacuum cleaner (also called a vacuum or hoover or a sweeper) is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors."The first attempts to provide a mechanical solution to floor cleaning were begun in England in 1599. Before vacuum cleaners, rugs were hung over a wall or line and hit repeatedly with a carpet beater to pound out as much dirt as possible.On June 8, 1869, Chicago inventor, Ives McGaffey patented a "sweeping machine". This was the first patent for a device that cleaned rugs, however, it was not a motorized vacuum cleaner. McGaffey called his machine the Whirlwind and it was the first hand-pumped vacuum cleaner in the United States, a wood and canvas contraption.John Thurman - Door to Door ServiceJohn Thurman started a horse-drawn vacuum system with door to door service in St Louis. His vacuuming services were priced at $4 per visit in 1903. He invented his gasoline-powered vacuum cleaner in 1899 and some historians consider it the first motorized vacuum cleaner. Thurman's machine was patented on October 3, 1899 (patent #634,042). Hubert Cecil BoothBritish engineer, Hubert Cecil Booth patented a motorized vacuum cleaner on August 30, 1901. Booth's machine took the form of a large, horse-drawn, petrol-driven unit, which was parked outside the building to be cleaned with long hoses being fed through the windows. Booth first demonstrated his vacuuming device in a restaurant that same year and successfully sucked dirt. More Americans inventors introduced variations of the same cleaning-by-suction type contraptions. For example, Corinne Dufour invented a device that sucked dust into a wet sponge; and, David Kenney designed a huge machine that was installed in a cellar and connected to a network of pipes leading to each room of a house.Of course, these early versions of vacuum cleaners were bulky, noisy, smelly, and unsuccessful.Handheld Units - James SpanglerIn 1907, James Spangler, a janitor in a Canton, Ohio department store, deduced that the carpet sweeper he was using was the source of his chronic coughing. Spangler tinkered with an old fan motor and attached it to a soap box stapled to a broom handle. Using a pillow case as a dust collector, Spangler invented a new portable and electric vacuum cleaner. He then improved his basic model the first to use both a cloth filter bag and cleaning attachments, and received a patent in 1908.Hoover Vacuum CleanersJames Spangler soon formed the Electric Suction Sweeper Company. One of his first buyers was his cousin, whose husband, William Hoover became the founder and president of the Hoover Company, a vacuum cleaner manufacturer. James Spangler sold his patent rights to, and continue to design for, William Hoover. William Hoover financed additional improvements to Spangler's vacuum cleaner. The Hoover design resembled a bagpipe attached to a cake box, but it worked. William Hoover's company produced the first commercial bag-on-a-stick upright vacuum cleaner. Initial sluggish sales were given a kick by Hoover's innovative 10 day, free home trial, and eventually there was a Hoover vacuum cleaner in nearly every home. By 1919, Hoover cleaners were widely manufactured complete with the "beater bar" to establish the time honoured slogan "It beats as it sweeps as it cleans".Filter BagsThe Air-way Sanitizor Company which began in Toledo, Ohio in 1920, introduced a new product, the "filter fiber" disposable bag - an important cleaning "first".


When was the vacuum cleaner invented?

Daniel Hess invented a machine with a bellows for suction and a rotating brush in 1860, but it was largely impractical. A hand-pumped vacuum cleaner invented by Ives McGaffey appeared and was patented in 1869. In 1901, Cecil Booth, a British engineer, invented a large contraption built on a wagon that was set up outside buildings and had hoses running through windows to service multiple rooms. Booth had seen a machine originated by an American, and this was a springboard to his device. The Chapman and Skinner machine from San Francisco (1905) worked, but at nearly 100 pounds, did not sell. James M. Spangler's idea was purchased by William Henry Hoover, who built and marketed a unit with a bag attached to a long handle beginning in 1907. As is so often the case with inventions, a "standard" device doesn't appear out of the blue. Rather, a good working design is developed from different ideas that appeared over time before a breakthrough of sorts incorporates those older designs and a bit of new thinking.


Scientist of the 20th century their inventions and their history?

1901 King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor. The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission. Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner. 1902 Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner. The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie. The birth of the Teddy Bear. George Claude invented neon light. 1903 Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons. Bottle-making machinery invented by Michael J. Owens. The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane. Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers. William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in lightbulbs.