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Louis Pasteur
Pasteur discovered that diseases were cause by germs. The awareness of germs made people more conscious about their hygeine and cleanliness. New ways to clean began to appear, including the vacuum. -
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Vacuum Cleaner Time Span
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Daniel Hess
Daniel Hess patented the first vacuum cleaner, which he called a 'carpet sweeper'. It had water chambers to capture dust and dirt, but it was never recorded to have been produced. -
"Whirlwind" Vacuum Cleaner is patented.
These vacuums were only slightly more convinient for people to use because they were still heavy and hard to maneuver. They were sold for $25, which would equal $500 today. -
Melville Bissell
Bissell invented a 'carpet sweeper' to help his wife clean the carpets. This then became a bagless vacuum that doesn't require the purchase of extra vacuum bags. -
The first motorized vacuum cleaner
John Thurman invented this vacuum cleaner which was powered by gasoline. -
Corinne Dufour
Dufour invented a vacuum that sucked dust onto a sponge that was wet. -
David E. Kenney
Kenney created a vacuum that was installed in the basement and had tubes that went to each room in the house. -
Hubert Cecil Booth
Booth patented his vacuum cleaner. It was horesdrawn and was parked outside of houses and vacuumed them through hoses that were put through the windows. -
Chapman and Skinner
A moveable electric vacuum was invented, but it weighed 92 pounds and didn't sell well because of the large size. -
Walter Griffith
Griffith had a manufacturing company in England that created a one person, portable vacuum with attatchments. -
James Murray Spangler
Spangler used a box, fan, and pillowcase to create an electric vacuum cleaner which had a rotating brush. He sold the design to Hoover because he didn't have enough money to produce it himself. -
Fred Wardell
Wardell creates the 'Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company' that sold lighter vacuums than its competitors. There were attatchments tho clean walls and floors and one to blow dry hair. -
Jim Kirby
Kirby invented a 'broom stick' vacuum cleaner that could have attachments used with the machine. -
Charles Beach and Frederick Osius
Beach and Osius created a small motor that soon led to the first portable vacuum cleaner. -
David T. Kenney
David T. Kenney created the Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturer's Association. -
Air-Way Sanitizor of Toledo, Ohio
This company created the first disposable bag in a vacuum cleaner. -
Plastic Vacuums
Plastic vacuums were put on the market and some fancier ones had headlights. -
Gustaf Sahlin
Sahlin was given the rights to Electrolux and had a factory built in Connecticut. During the war, Electrolux stopped making vacuums, but resumed after the war and made a lot of money. -
David Oreck
Oreck invented a light vacuum that weighed only eight pounds. He then put them into the hotel industry so that maids wouldn't have to use such heavy machines all day. -
James Dyson
After 5,000 tries, Dyson invented a vacuum cleaner that doesn't get clogged or lose suction. His model uses centrifugal force to remove particles that may block the airflow.
