A Invention Between 1900-1914

This invention can be found in pratically every home in Canada and has become a staple for familes for generation. Odds are if you looked in your closer you'd find one too. This invention is the vacuum cleaner. A vacuum cleaner is a machine which sucks up dirt and dust. One of the first manual vacuum cleaners was invented by H. Cecil Booth in 1901. Booth noticed that to clean the seats in trains a machine was used to blow the dust away. He thought it would be a much more cleaner system if the machine were to sucked up the dirt instead of blowing it away. He then invented the Puffing Bully which had to be drawn by horses. Though his invention never became successful his idea help shape future versions of the vacuum cleaner. The Vacuum didn't become widly popular until 1906 when a janitor invented a electric cleaner using a fan, a box and a pillowcase. His invention also included a rotating brush which loosened the dirt. He sold his rotating brush idea to his cousin's Hoover Harness and Leather goods store. Hoover became very rich from this invention and became so associated with the cleaner that in Britain a vacuum is sometimes called a hoover. Though the vacuum was becoming more popular it wasn't until after World War II that vacuums became affordable for the middle class. What had started out as a luxury item then became a must for most households. The vacuum significantly changed domestic life and provided a more sanitary and faster way to clean. I feel that the vacuum is a very useful invention and has even improved our quality of living as it gets rid of the dust and dirt instead of just blowing it to another spot.