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  2. Hubert Cecil Booth - Wikipedia

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    Upon seeing the dust and dirt collected on the underside of the handkerchief, he realized the idea could work. Booth created a large device, [11] driven by an internal combustion engine. Nicknamed the "Puffing Billy", [12] Booth's first petrol-powered, horse-drawn vacuum cleaner relied upon air drawn by a piston pump through a cloth filter. It ...

  3. List of vacuum cleaners - Wikipedia

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    A vacuum cleaner is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is gathered by either a dustbag or a rigid cartridge, which may be emptied and reused.

  4. Vacuum cleaner - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the dust is separated in a detachable cylindrical collection vessel or bin. Air and dust are sucked at high speed into the collection vessel at a direction tangential to the vessel wall, creating a fast-spinning vortex. The dust particles and other debris move to the outside of the vessel by centrifugal force, where they fall due to ...

  5. Central vacuum cleaner - Wikipedia

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    Air and dust are sucked at high speed into the collection vessel at a direction tangential to the vessel wall, creating a fast-spinning vortex. Roughly speaking, the dust particles and other debris spiral outward to the wall of the vessel by centrifugal force, where they fall due to gravity into the bottom of the

  6. Manual vacuum cleaner - Wikipedia

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    Three different models of manual vacuum cleaners were sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co. between 1909 and 1917, the lightweight Quick and Easy, the valve-and-piston pump type Dust Killer, and the bellows-type Everybody's Vacuum Cleaner.

  7. Black & Decker DustBuster - Wikipedia

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    Spillbuster 2000 from 1998. The Black & Decker DustBuster (now stylized as DUSTBUSTER) is a cordless vacuum cleaner that was introduced in January 1979.. Mark Proett and Carroll Gantz are listed as the inventors on the utility and design patents, respectively, assigned to Black & Decker for a cordless vacuum cleaner.

  8. Dust collector - Wikipedia

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    A dust collector is a system used to enhance the quality of air released from industrial and commercial processes by collecting dust and other impurities from air or gas. Designed to handle high-volume dust loads, a dust collector system consists of a blower, dust filter, a filter-cleaning system, and a dust receptacle or dust removal system.

  9. Pump - Wikipedia

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    A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, [1] by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic or ...