| In 1869, the first carpet cleaning machine was | | | | this day. |
| developed. Ives Mcgaffey named this machine the | | | | In 1920, In Toledo Ohio perhaps the best part of the |
| "weeping machine�. In 1901, Cecil Booth | | | | carpet cleaning came about; it was the Air-Way |
| invented a horse drawn, gas driven machine and had | | | | Sanitizer with a disposable filter fiber bag. |
| it patented. This machine was often used to clean | | | | In 1876, a crockery shop owner in Michigan by the |
| businesses. The only way to clean certain parts of | | | | name of Melville Bissell and his wife Anna patented |
| the carpet was to pull the hose through the windows | | | | the developed the first carpet sweeper to help him |
| of the building where the carpet was to be cleaned. | | | | overcome the allergies he was getting from the |
| Because of the size of this machine it would take | | | | sawdust. Later on, Melville Bissell created the carpet |
| much man power to move this machine from | | | | cleaning machine that cleaned carpet by using |
| business to businesses. IN time though, the machine | | | | detergent and water. This machine was introduced to |
| became smaller and more practical. | | | | the public in the early 1950's. Today you can find |
| In 1907, the first potable carpet cleaning machine | | | | Bissell products in more then 60 countries. |
| was invented by James Spangler. Due to the dirt and | | | | Carpet cleaning has come a long way from the time |
| dust being put back into the air by the machine | | | | when folks were using the horse drawn gas powered |
| Spangler found that this was causing to get sick and | | | | machines. You would be hard pressed to find a home |
| worked on the problem. He later found that using a | | | | without a vacuum or sweeper or that carpet steam |
| cloth type filter with attachments kept the dirt and | | | | cleaner that is so frequent today for the those tough |
| dust out of the air. In 1908, he had the "portable | | | | hard to get out stains. |
| electric vacuum" patented and sold it to William H. | | | | Lior-Bar Kleen has been an owner of a business in |
| Hoover. Hoover carpet machines are still being sold to | | | | the Miami Carpet Cleaning Industry for the past 15 |
| this day and are one of the leading brands sold still to | | | | years. |