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Melville R. Bissell,
Source: Bissell (surname)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bissell_(surname)
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Carpet sweeper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In 1907, James Murray Spangler, a janitor in a Canton, Ohio department store, deduced that the carpet sweeper he used was the source of his cough. He tinkered with an old fan motor and attached it to a soap ... Using a pillow case as a dust collector on the contraption, Spangler invented a portable electric vacuum cleaner.
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From a desperate need for self-preservation, he invented the carpet sweeper. They recognized the sweeper's marketing possibilities and began to assemble them in a room over the store. The inner workings and cases were made by women working in their homes.
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As lifestyles changed, the company expanded beyond the carpet sweeper and introduced additional products that helped people clean better while saving time. In the 1950s, BISSELL invented a new multi-purpose formula and shampooer that reduced the time involved in and the drudgery of carpet cleaning.
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Dictionary: carpet sweeper ... Who invented the carpet sweeper? ... When was the carpet sweeper invented?
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(KudoZ) German to English translation of Handbürstenroller: manual carpet sweeper [Tech/Engineering]. ... The old carpet sweeper (invented in 1878 by Melville Bissell) consists of a rotating carpet roll (propelled by moving the brush over the carpet), which picks up larger particles and depopsits them in some kind...
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