First Made Bisell Grand Rappids Metal Carpet Sweeper

Melville bissell died in 1889 and his wife anna took over as leader of the company.

First made bisell grand rappids metal carpet sweeper.

The bissell carpet sweeper was developed in 1876 by melville r. In sweeping up the wood shavings bissell kicked up dust that got into his rugs prompting him to invest in a carpet sweeper. Sick of constantly cleaning sawdust off the shop s carpet melville invented and patented a one of a kind sweeper. Inventor of a carpet sweeper was one melville r.

Wanted to no vaule. If you type for doris only as the first of three words of the question i should be able to help you. It has metal brass claw feet two of them are holding wooden balls. Ask your own antiques question.

Our staple cleaning tool. Melville bissell invented the sweeper in 1876 and we are still producing manual sweepers today. I have a carpet sweeper bissell s grand rapids it looks pretty old. The bissell carpet sweeper was patented in 1876 and in 1883 the first bissell manufacturing plant was built in grand rapids michigan.

Bissell from grand rapids michigan united states and he designed it in 1876. Bissell and his wife anna were running a small crockery shop in grand rapids michigan. By the 1890s the company had an international presence and was producing 1000 sweepers per day. This bissell carpet floor sweeper is in remarkable condition for being almost a 100 years old.

Bissell of grand rapids michigan usa who operated a crockery store with his wife anna in grand rapids michigan. In 1876 melville r. 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. 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.

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. In 1883 bissell built the company s first manufacturing plant in grand rapids. 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. 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.