Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner is a device that cleans dust and dirt from floors. Sometimes it is just called a vacuum. The word vacuum comes from the fact that it uses the force of a vacuum to suck dirt into a large chamber from which it can be dumped into the garbage.
In the 1920s, an Ohio janitor named James Murray Spangler created a carpet sweeping contraption out of a soap box, a broom handle, a pillowcase, and an electric motor. He then began to sell his machine to local housewives. The first plastic vacuum cleaner was produced in the 1930s, and the precursor to modern central vac systems was created in 1952 by the Hoover Company, whose name was now synonymous with “vacuuming”. By the 1960s, vacuum cleaners were much more lightweight and easy to use.[1]
There are several types of vacuum cleaners:
- Upright vacuum cleaners
- Canister vacuum cleaners
- Robot vacuum cleaners Archived 2023-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Handheld vacuum cleaners Archived 2023-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Car vacuum cleaners Archived 2023-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Carpet cleaners
Vacuum Cleaner Media
Canister vacuum cleaner for home use
An early hand-pumped vacuum cleaner
Patent model of Daniel Hess's carpet sweeper
Housemaid using "dedusting pump", c. 1906
A hand-powered pneumatic vacuum cleaner, c. 1910. An early electric-powered model is also shown.
Early electric vacuum cleaner by Electric Suction Sweeper Company, c. 1908
A Kirby G5 vacuum cleaner
A typical low-cost upright vacuum
A mid-century modern styled canister vacuum
Wet/dry vacuum for home use
References
- ↑ "The invention of the vacuum cleaner, from horse-drawn to high tech". Science Museum. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
