Vacuum cleaner
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A vacuum cleaner, also known simply as a vacuum, is a device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets, hard floors, and other surfaces.
A Numatic Henry, one of the most common canister-style cleaners in the United Kingdom
An early hand-pumped vacuum cleaner
Housemaid using "dedusting pump", c. 1906
A hand-powered pneumatic vacuum cleaner, c. 1910. An early electric-powered model is also shown.
The Hoover Company
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The Hoover Company is a home appliance company founded in Ohio, United States, in 1908. It also established a major base in the United Kingdom, where it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry
Vacuum cleaner
…vacuum are neutral names, in some countries (UK, Ireland) hoover is used instead as a genericized trademark, and as a verb. The name comes from the Hoover Company, one of the first and most influential companies in the development of the device. In New Zealand, particularly the Southland region, it is sometimes…
Henry Dreyfuss
The Model 200 Duster and Model 575 upright, which used the same motor
1937 Hoover ad by Australian photographer Max Dupain, showing the headlamp
Debut ad for the Hoover Model 29, the first Hoover cleaner made in red