Funny holidays - Vacuum cleaner birthday

Since ancient times, brooms and brooms have been used to clean up trash The rapid pace of industrial growth in the mid-19th century, the transition from manual labor to mechanized labor, led to the opening of a large number of factories and factories The transformation of an agricultural society into an industrial one affected the state of the environment Brooms could not cope with soot and dust flying in the air and settling on surfaces, as well as with mites and pathogenic bacteria This was the impetus for the invention in 1869 by Ives W McGaffney of a unit for collecting small debris In honor of this event, the birthday of the vacuum cleaner is celebrated annually on June 8th Almost 10 years before McGaffney’s invention, another American, Iowa resident Daniel Hess, came up with a device he called the “automatic carpet sweeper” The complex structure consisted of a water tank, air bellows and rotating brushes Hess did not come up with what the “sweeper” would operate, so the idea did not find its practical application, being embodied only on paper in the form of drawings Unlike McGaffney, who patented and assembled a vacuum cleaner on June 8, 1869, called the Whirlwind The unit worked with the help of a fan, the blades of which had to be turned manually The prototype of a modern vacuum cleaner cost $25, which was quite expensive for that time The device handled dust well on smooth and fleecy surfaces, cleaning carpets well The fan blades of the McGaffney unit had to be smoked by hand, which was not very popular with potential consumers At the end of the 19th century A vacuum cleaner powered by gasoline was invented This unit by inventor John Thorman filled the house with noise and exhaust gases, so it also did not become widespread In 1900, Georgia resident Corinne Dufour invented and patented an electrically powered carpet cleaning device The vacuum cleaner was heavy, bulky and inconvenient to transport Only in 1910 did another inventor from the USA, PA Fisker managed to reduce the weight of the electrical device to a record 175 kg However, mass production of household vacuum cleaners was still a long way off In 1901, a device called the Snorting Billy appeared on the UK market The giant vacuum cleaner was driven by a horse-drawn carriage, which was installed under the windows of the house The cleaning of premises with its help was ordered by the British military and aristocrats who lived in castles, as well as the royal family to clean one of the palaces Snorting Billy's roar and whistle irritated Londoners and frightened horses Its bulky design required the participation of at least four trained workers in cleaning the premises And the average consumer needed compact and convenient household appliances Therefore, the American Jim Kirby modernized the McGaffney vacuum cleaner, adding a water filter and an electric fan He also came up with telescopic tubes for brushes and replaceable heads This patent was adopted by General Electric, immortalizing the name of the inventor in the name of one of the vacuum cleaner models - Kirby Another US resident, James Murray Springler, came up with a device without a water filter In his compact device, dust settled on the walls of a special bag From that moment on, mass production of vacuum cleaners began Modern devices are characterized by high functionality, low weight and dimensions Household vacuum cleaners for cleaning a house or apartment can easily fit in a closet or pantry Industrial units, due to their high power, have impressive dimensions, but are still not comparable to the devices that were used at the beginning of the twentieth century were powered by horse traction Paying tribute to this important invention for humanity, the birthday of the vacuum cleaner is celebrated on June 8th