Another early model 1869 was the whirlwind invented in chicago in 1868 by ives w.
Mcgaffey whirlwind carpet sweeper.
With the help of the american carpet cleaning co.
Despite his grand intentions mcgaffey s whirlwind was not a success.
Mcgaffey invented his whirlwind a cleaner that had a hand operated fan that although awkward to operate sold better than hess carpet sweeper but not much better 1876.
Grand rapids were invented a carpet sweeper that had brushes connected to wheels and when sweeper moves brushes rotate and clean the floor.
This carpet sweeper had round brushes that spun around to pick up the dirt.
The most technological cleaners of the time were carpet sweepers.
With a retail price of 25 dollars about 450 today and a hand crank the whirlwind was considerably harder to use than a.
Mcgaffey patents the whirlwind sweeping first carpet sweeper.
Mcgaffey cleaning up meant sweeping up.
Thurman made his device available through house calls and his business became a success.
Unfortunately this wasn t mass produced.
It used bellows on top to produce suction and incorporated two water chambers to capture dirt.
Mcgaffey it was lightweight and compact.
Based on us patent records hiram h.
The first hand powered cleaner was called the whirlwind above used the vacuum design and was invented in chicago illinois in 1865 by ives w.
However the real father of the modern vacuum cleaner was created in 1901.
Of boston mcgaffey sold models in chicago and boston.
Called a carpet sweeper it gathered dust with a rotating brush and had a bellows for generating suction.
It was the first motorized carpet cleaner which was a big improvement from mcgaffey s whirlwind.
It wasn t much of a success because it was complex to use and inefficient.
The first manually powered cleaner using vacuum principles was the whirlwind invented in chicago in 1868 by ives w.
His invention also had a detailed bellows system on top of the body to produce suction.
The cost was an eyebrow raising 25 price tag which would be 456 today.
Before 1868 before chicago before ives w.
Mcgaffey called his machine a wood and canvas contraption the whirlwind.
However it was difficult to operate because of the need to turn a hand crank whilst pushing it across the floor.
Today it is known as the first hand pumped vacuum cleaner in the united states.
Herrick invented the ives w.
The whirlwind was difficult to use because the operator had to manually turn a crank while pushing it across the floor.
