Monday, October 04, 2021

John Thurman invented a gasoline-powered vacuum cleaner in 1899 and some historians consider it the first motorized vacuum cleaner.

Thurman's machine was patented on October 3, 1899 (patent #634,042). Soon after, he started a horse-drawn vacuum system with door to door service in St Louis. His vacuuming services were priced at $4 per visit in 1903.

https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-and-history-of-vacuum-cleaners-1992594

https://www.sutori.com/en/item/1899-vacuum-cleaner-john-s-thurman-gasoline-power-vacuum-he-called-it-the-c

Later, on August 30, 1901 a British engineer by the name of Hubert Cecil Booth patented a motorized vacuum that took the form of a large, horse-drawn, petrol-driven unit that was parked outside each building that fed long hoses through the windows.

https://www.jonessewandvac.com/history-sweepers-hoovers-vacuums/

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