Mcgaffey Whirlwind Carpet Sweeper

It used bellows on top to produce suction and incorporated two water chambers to capture dirt.

Mcgaffey whirlwind carpet sweeper.

Called a carpet sweeper it gathered dust with a rotating brush and had a bellows for generating suction. Another early model 1869 was the whirlwind invented in chicago in 1868 by ives w. It was the first motorized carpet cleaner which was a big improvement from mcgaffey s whirlwind. Today it is known as the first hand pumped vacuum cleaner in the united states.

Before 1868 before chicago before ives w. The most technological cleaners of the time were carpet sweepers. Mcgaffey cleaning up meant sweeping up. Based on us patent records hiram h.

Despite his grand intentions mcgaffey s whirlwind was not a success. Mcgaffey called his machine a wood and canvas contraption the whirlwind. Mcgaffey it was lightweight and compact. The first manually powered cleaner using vacuum principles was the whirlwind invented in chicago in 1868 by ives w.

Herrick invented the ives w. It wasn t much of a success because it was complex to use and inefficient. With a retail price of 25 dollars about 450 today and a hand crank the whirlwind was considerably harder to use than a. The whirlwind was difficult to use because the operator had to manually turn a crank while pushing it across the floor.

The cost was an eyebrow raising 25 price tag which would be 456 today. However it was difficult to operate because of the need to turn a hand crank whilst pushing it across the floor. With the help of the american carpet cleaning co. However the real father of the modern vacuum cleaner was created in 1901.

The first patent for an electrically driven carpet sweeper and. Unfortunately this wasn t mass produced. His invention also had a detailed bellows system on top of the body to produce suction. The bulky device worked with a belt driven fan cranked by hand that made it awkward to operate although it was commercially marketed with.

Of boston mcgaffey sold models in chicago and boston. This carpet sweeper had round brushes that spun around to pick up the dirt. Mcgaffey patents the whirlwind sweeping first carpet sweeper. The first hand powered cleaner was called the whirlwind above used the vacuum design and was invented in chicago illinois in 1865 by ives w.

Thurman made his device available through house calls and his business became a success.