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Electricity added
Corinne Dufour improves carpet sweeper by powering it with electricity and covering the rollers with sponge which were moistened with water to better collect the dust. -
Becomes motorised
Hubert Cecil Booth from England invented the first motorized vacuum cleaner driven by an internal combustion engine. It was placed on the horse carriage because of its size. -
Able to be carried
Invented the first vacuum-cleaning device that could be carried without aid. It was invented by Walter Griffiths. -
Domestic cyclone
James B. Kirby invented a "Domestic Cyclone"- a vacuum cleaner that used water to collect dirt. -
Portable and motorised model
The first motorized, portable vacuum cleaner invented by James Murray Spangler, a janitor from Canton, Ohio. It had electric fan, a box, and a pillowcase to collect dust. He later sold the patent to William Henry Hoover. -
Hoover founded
William Henry Hoover founded hoover in Ohio, US -
Main designer appointed
Jim Kirby agreed to become a main designer of vacuum cleaners for George Scott and Carl Fetzer. -
Disposable bag model
Air-Way Sanitizor of Toledo, Ohio starts to manufacture vacuum cleaners with a disposable bag and was the first to do so. -
Sleds replace wheels
The first vacuum cleaner with metal sleds instead of wheels was invented (Lux V) which becomes a sort of a standard. -
Beater bar invented
Hoover invented a “beater bar” (marketed as “Positive Agitation”). It’s a metal bar attached to the rotating brush roll in the floor nozzle and it vibrates the carpet while sucking which removes dirt more efficiently. -
Plastic model created
The first model of vacuum cleaner made of plastic appears on the market. -
Dyson founded
James Dyson founded Dyson in Wiltshire, UK -
roomba
The company iRobot creates the first ever autonomous vacuum known as the Roomba
It is a disc shaped robot with AI and sensors that cleans the environment without human involvement