Although there is much discussion about the person who invented the vacuum cleaner, the first patent for such an invention was received by Daniel Hess on July 10, 1860, an American from Iowa who called his invention “the carpet sweeper”. The device was equipped with a rotating brush and an elaborate system that generated suction and incorporated two chambers with water, designed to retain dust and dirt. The principle of the two water chambers is still used nowadays, by some vacuum cleaner manufacturers.
Unfortunately, Hess's model never came to the market.
The first device similar in detail to the ones we use nowadays (apart from the engine) is the Whirlwind invented by Ives McAffey, in 1869. It was sold for $25 (very expensive at the time!) and had a real success.
In 1901, an inventor named H. Cecil Booth built the first
motor-powered vacuum cleaner. The suction was produced by a huge pump, and the
one who operated the machine had to enter the building he had to clean with a
30-meter hose. Finding out about Booth's machine, Murray Spanger decided to
build an electric vacuum cleaner similar to Booth's - and he succeeded, in
1907. He began selling it door to door, and one of his clients was William
Hoover, who bought the patent and, in 1908, he founded one of the largest
companies selling vacuum cleaners, today you can go to your local Broomfield vacuum store and have a choice of some of the newest technologies in cleaning your floors.
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