First Made Bisell Grand Rappids Carpet Sweeper

The device was patented as the bissell carpet sweeper in 1876.

First made bisell grand rappids carpet sweeper.

History the bissell carpet sweeper was developed in 1876 by melville r. Bissell and his wife anna were running a small crockery shop in grand rapids michigan. The bissell carpet sweeper was patented in 1876 and in 1883 the first bissell manufacturing plant was built in grand rapids michigan. By the 1890s the company had an international presence and was producing 1000 sweepers per day.

Bissell began selling carpet sweepers in 1883. Bissell is a 140 year old family owned vacuum cleaner brand. Sick of constantly cleaning sawdust off the shop s carpet melville invented and patented a one of a kind sweeper. The bissells received most of their fragile glass and china shipments in crates packed with sawdust which often spilled onto the floors in their shop.

This bissell carpet floor sweeper is in remarkable condition for being almost a 100 years old. I cleaned a portion of my carpet and my kitchen floor with this sweeper to test it out this particular example of an antique household cleaning piece of history made by bissell does an impressive job of picking up dirt and pet hair from both my carpet and hard. He and his wife anna held a small crockery shop and because crockery tableware is packed in wooden boxes and sawdust their show always had sawdust that had to be cleaned at the end of the work day. Melville bissell died in 1889 and his wife anna took over as leader of the company.

Bissell of grand rapids michigan united states in 1876. Make offer march 19 1907 pat bissell carpet sweeper mich usa superba carpet sweeper head bissell circuit board 2036805 carpet cleaner 8960 8920 8930 9200 9300 9400 10 99. Following melville bissell s untimely death in 1889 anna bissell stepped in and confidently took control of the company becoming america s first female corporate ceo. In 1876 melville r.

Inventor of a carpet sweeper was one melville r. We offer a variety of cleaning solutions to help you enjoy life and come home to a deeper clean. They became popular in the uk after the first ewbank model went on sale in 1889. Bissell carpet sweepers are great for bare floors and low pile carpet including outdoor rugs and astro turf picks up lint crumbs and dirt on forward and reverse motion convenient to use no cord to plug in or dust pan easy to empty dirt pans.

Bissell from grand rapids michigan united states and he designed it in 1876.