A Good Work Out
On this day in 1876, Melville R. Bissell patented the carpet sweeper. You remember those don’t you?
A carpet sweeper or Ewbank[1], as it is colloquially known to some in the UK, is a mechanical device for the cleaning of carpets in situ. These were popular before the introduction of the vacuum cleaner and have been largely superseded by them.
The carpet sweeper made life easier for everyone, in fact it was also the best fat burner around until we all started hiring people to clean our houses, sitting in front of the television and forgetting we needed to keep fit.
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