vacuum cleaner

     

A vacuum cleaner (in colloquial British English also hoover) is a evice that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors. Most homes with carpeted floors in developed countries possess a vacuum cleaner for cleaning. The dirt is collected by a filtering system or a cyclone for later disposal.

Trivia about vacuum cleaner

  • Sacre bleu! My aspirateur, one of these "inhaling" household appliances, is on ze fritz again!
  • J. Murray Spangler's upright one of these built in 1907 used a pillow case as the dustbag
  • Hubert Booth, not Herbert Hoover, developed the first practical electric one of these in 1901
  • Murray Spangler invented the modern type of this device & his relative William Hoover sold them
  • To keep this appliance's bag smelling fresh, drop a few cloves in it
  • To make use of your Space Bag, you usually attach it to this household appliance
  • This household appliance is known as an "aspirateur", which literally means "inhaler"

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