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Article #181: A siimplified history of carpet cleaning equipment

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The very first of carpet-cleaning Hoover.
machines was first brought to light in The Air-Way Sanitizor introduced the
1869. It was called the "sweeping first disposable bag "filter fiber" in
machine" which was invented by Ives 1920 in Toledo, Ohio. This was perhaps
Mcgaffey. Not long after that, in 1901, one of the best parts of the carpet
Hubert Cecil Booth came out with cleaning machines invented. Another
carpet-cleaning machines with a British name well known to every household is
patent, which was a rather large horse Bissell. Anna Bissell and her husband
drawn, gas driven machine. This would Melville ran a crockery shop in Michigan.
often be seen parked outside of Melville has severe allergies from the
businesses that were being cleaned; the sawdust and Anna fought hard to keep the
hose would be pulled through the windows establishment dust free for him.
of the building to where the carpet was Melville eventually developed the first
to be cleaned. Eventually the machines carpet sweeper which got it's patent in
were made smaller and easier to use. It 1876. He later went on to create
would take a whole corps of people to carpet-cleaning machines, which
move these large machines from one incorporated the use of detergent and
business to another water to clean carpets. These
The first of portable carpet-cleaning carpet-cleaning machines were introduced
machines came about in 1907, invented by in the early 1950's. Bissell products
James Murray Spangler. He found he was are sold in more than 60 countries today.
getting ill from the sweeping machine and Carpet Cleaning Technology Has Come A
went to work on fixing the problems of Long Way
the dirt and dust being put back into the The carpet cleaning machines have sure
air. He was the first to use a cloth come a long way from the horse drawn-gas
type filter with attachments for powered cleaners of yesterday. There are
cleaning. He got the patent for his carpet cleaner machines that area small
"portable electric Vacuum" in 1908 and enough to fit into a pocket now. No home
sold it to a gentleman we have all heard would be complete with out some type of
of, William H. Hoover. HooverÂ(R) vacuum or sweeper and for those tough
carpet cleaning machines are one of the stains you will find people using the
leading brands sold still today; at one ever popular carpet steam cleaners.
time or another every household had a






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