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In 1876 Bissell patented a sweeper with a central brush, rubber wheels, and other improvements over previous sweepers. A fire in 1884 destroyed his first factory, but he was able to overcome the loss and still later expand his business. Bissell Carpet Sweeper US Patent 182346
The device was patented as the Bissell Carpet Sweeper in 1876. In 1883, Bissell built the company's first manufacturing plant in Grand Rapids. [6] By the 1890s the company had an international presence and was producing 1000 sweepers per day. [7] Melville Bissell died in 1889 and his wife Anna took over as leader of the company.
A carpet sweeper typically consists of a small box. The base of the box has wheels and brushes, connected by a belt or gears or rollers. There is also a container for dirt. The arrangement is such that, when pushed along a floor, the rollers/wheels turn and force the brushes to rotate. The brushes sweep dirt and dust from the floor into the ...
By age 16, Bissell was a school teacher. [2]After Bissell married Melville R. Bissell at 19, they became a joint partner in their crockery and china business. The Bissell Sweeper website recounts that Mrs. Bissell complained to her husband about sawdust that collected in their carpets and was difficult to remove, whereupon he made great improvements to a new invention called the carpet sweeper.
Recognizing the potential for the product in the UK market, [2] Kenyon designed a carpet sweeper for Ewbank. It went on sale in 1889, [2] and became the leading product of its kind in the UK, where carpet sweeping became commonly known as "ewbanking". [2] The name 'Ewbank' originated from the Ewbank area of Accrington, where the factory was ...
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Patent model of Daniel Hess's carpet sweeper. In 1860 a manual vacuum cleaner was invented by Daniel Hess of West Union, Iowa. Called a "carpet sweeper", it gathered dust with a rotating brush and had a bellows for generating suction. [4] [5] Another early model (1869) was the "Whirlwind", invented in Chicago in 1868 by Ives W. McGaffey. The ...
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