Throughout time! Before Daniel Hess invented the first actual vacuum cleaner in the 1860s, a few new sweepers and brooms came and went. As stated in his patent:
“My invention’s nature is to use a draft of air to draw fine dust and dirt through the machine.” Ives McGaffey of Chicago then went one step farther in 1869.
In actuality, however, his invention was more difficult to use than a standard broom. “The accumulation of dust and dirt in dwelling-houses is a source of great annoyance.
To all good housekeepers; the object of my invention is to obviate these difficulties,” according to his patent. Unfortunately, there was no success with his innovation.
Numerous concepts were created and abandoned. However, the vacuum cleaner was reinvented by James Murray Spangler. James, a 60-year-old humble janitor from Canton,
Ohio, toiled diligently to refine his idea. His health even suffered as a result. His machine was superior to the others since it was portable in addition to being upright. The rudimentary device did.
