Is that early Elektra Luxx ?
looks like it would have the right amount of suction
Sorry I missed this thread and too lazy to go back. Did anyone mention the American classic Kirby. My mother had one, purchased of course from the proverbial door to door salesman.
Mentioned more than once. I have the Legend 2, sadly without the sander/massager attachment.
I've found a larger image of H. Cecil Booth's "Puffing Billy".
It's worthy of a return because Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955) was a British engineer who is credited with the invention of the first powered vacuum cleaner at the turn of the 20th century.
Booth's 'Puffing Billy' was powered by an internal combustion engine and was so big it had to be drawn by a horse. It stayed outside the building and pipes entered the rooms to be cleaned via the windows.
His next vacuum cleaner was electrically powered, but it was still too big to enter the buildings.
Booth eventually founded the British Vacuum Cleaner Company (BVCC), the company that actually invented the term 'vacuum cleaner'.
Adendum:
James Murray Spangler (1848-1915) is known as the inventor of the first portable electric vacuum cleaner (patented in 1908).
It's worthy of a return because Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955) was a British engineer who is credited with the invention of the first powered vacuum cleaner at the turn of the 20th century.
Booth's 'Puffing Billy' was powered by an internal combustion engine and was so big it had to be drawn by a horse. It stayed outside the building and pipes entered the rooms to be cleaned via the windows.
His next vacuum cleaner was electrically powered, but it was still too big to enter the buildings.
Booth eventually founded the British Vacuum Cleaner Company (BVCC), the company that actually invented the term 'vacuum cleaner'.
Adendum:
James Murray Spangler (1848-1915) is known as the inventor of the first portable electric vacuum cleaner (patented in 1908).
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The Hoover connection:
Spangler did not have the resources to mass-produce his portable electric suction cleaner. He showed the device to his cousin Susan Hoover, who was married to William H. Hoover.
Hoover was a leather goods manufacturer who made horse collars and harnesses and whose trade was diminishing as automobiles slowly gained popularity.
So Hoover bought Spangler's patent in 1908 and the rest is (more) history!
Spangler did not have the resources to mass-produce his portable electric suction cleaner. He showed the device to his cousin Susan Hoover, who was married to William H. Hoover.
Hoover was a leather goods manufacturer who made horse collars and harnesses and whose trade was diminishing as automobiles slowly gained popularity.
So Hoover bought Spangler's patent in 1908 and the rest is (more) history!
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Some fun with a very old vacuum cleaner that does everything.
Woman's 88-year-old Piccolo vacuum cleaner does ALL the chores | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Woman's 88-year-old Piccolo vacuum cleaner does ALL the chores | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Indeed, Hess was the first to use vacuum as a method for cleaning carpets.
In 1860 he was awarded a patent for an invention he called a “carpet sweeper”. It had roller brushes and bellows that generated vacuum.
BagPipe reverse enginnering
And in 1869 came with ives McGaffey from Chicago the famous one which is said to be the Eve of all the VC : The whirlWind ... I see some logic it was invented by a McGuy from Scotland !
American Vacuum Cleaning: Vacuum Cleaner History & Trends
And in 1869 came with ives McGaffey from Chicago the famous one which is said to be the Eve of all the VC : The whirlWind
... I see some logic it was invented by a McGuy from Scotland !American Vacuum Cleaning: Vacuum Cleaner History & Trends
Did i say we're talking about food robot soon ?
Made by German company Hammelmann Werke, its cost of 20 guineas 88 years ago is the equivalent of £1,000 today.
Mary from Halesowen, West Mids., recently won a competition with the Piccolo to find the oldest working household appliance.
from the www : Piccolo model... I want one
Mary Waite and her husband Ivor have been using their trusty Piccolo since they got married in 1976.
The plastic and metal gadget is a vacuum cleaner but also functions as a food processor, meat mincer, coffee grinder, polisher, drill and even a compressed air paint sprayer.
It was built in 1925 and has never broken down.
“At Christmas it is constantly being used, either to prepare food or clean up afterwards,” said Mary, 61.
"I pity those people who have to make do with modern gadgets. I would be lost without my Piccolo"
Mary Waite
The labour-saving device belonged to an aunt of Ivor, 63, and had been promoted as the future of household appliances.Mary Waite and her husband Ivor have been using their trusty Piccolo since they got married in 1976.
The plastic and metal gadget is a vacuum cleaner but also functions as a food processor, meat mincer, coffee grinder, polisher, drill and even a compressed air paint sprayer.
It was built in 1925 and has never broken down.
“At Christmas it is constantly being used, either to prepare food or clean up afterwards,” said Mary, 61.
"I pity those people who have to make do with modern gadgets. I would be lost without my Piccolo"
Mary Waite
"I pity those people who have to make do with modern gadgets. I would be lost without my Piccolo"
Mary Waite
Mary Waite
Made by German company Hammelmann Werke, its cost of 20 guineas 88 years ago is the equivalent of £1,000 today.
Mary from Halesowen, West Mids., recently won a competition with the Piccolo to find the oldest working household appliance.