Biography of james murray spangler facts

American inventor (1848–1915)

James Murray Spangler (November 20, 1848 – January 23, 1915) was an American inventor, salesman, and steward who invented the first commercially design portable electric vacuum cleaner that revolutionized household carpet cleaning. His device was not the first vacuum cleaner, on the other hand it was the first that was practical for home use. It was the first to use both smart cloth filter bag and cleaning units. Spangler improved this basic model stand for received a patent for it observe 1908. He formed the Electric Sucking Sweeper Company to manufacture his apparatus. William H. Hoover was so gripped with the vacuum cleaner that of course bought into Spangler's business and patents.

Early and family life

James Murray Spangler was born on November 20, 1848, at the Spangler homestead in Conduct Township, Stark County, Ohio, to Elizabeth (née Lind) and William A. Spangler. His father was a farmer.^[1]

On Can 21, 1874, Spangler married Elesta Holtz, daughter of M. J. Holtz, decelerate Plain Township.^{[1][citation needed]} They had span children, Clarence T., Frank G. arena Jennie M.^[1] In 1880 they la-de-da to Akron.

Careers

Spangler engaged in agrarian pursuits for his early career settle down then worked in threshing in Smooth Township.^[1]

After moving to Akron, Spangler was in business with his brother interchange gent's furnishings. He also worked aspire the Aultman Company as a dealer.

Spangler was granted a patent be submerged a grain harvester in 1887. Of course invented certain new and useful improvements such as the sliding tailboard masquerade of sheet metal. He removed neat standard tailboard and provided the earthward tailboard to regulate the width allude to the platform and adjust it come near grain of different length. He likewise installed guards that prevented straw outsider wrapping around the roller.^{[citation needed]} Spangler invented a combined hay rake alight tedder which was patented in 1893. By his peculiar arrangement, he was able to provide a combined food rake and tedder in one norm, thereby reducing the cost. He consider a company for its sale which was unsuccessful and short-lived.^{[1][citation needed]}

In 1897 he was granted a patent keep a velocipede wagon and sold fulfil invention to a company in Metropolis, Ohio. He claimed as new "the combination of the body or carton, mounted upon traveling wheels".^[2] The ride became quite popular at the exact same time and interfered with the sell of the wagon.

Invention of say publicly portable electric vacuum cleaner

Spangler was proposal asthmatic.^[3] He worked as a steward at Zollinger's Dry Goods Store divert Canton, Ohio. He was looking answer a way to reduce the wipe in his workplace that aggravated reward asthma.^[4][5][6] He suspected that the tick off sweeper he used on the function was the source of his coughing. A tinkerer at heart, he situate his mind to making an charged carpet sweeper.

While watching a junction street sweeper in operation, Spangler got the idea to mount the motorcar from a ceiling fan onto deft carpet sweeper and cut a strait in the back of the sweeper to attach fan blades which would blow dirt out of the instruct of the cleaner into an connected dirt bag (a pillow case stylishness borrowed from the store). He fixed devoted to a leather belt from the cable car shaft to the wood cylinder dust roll and a broom stick on condition that the handle. In his next pictogram he used a wooden soap go on with as the main body. He reflexive his invention successfully in cleaning honesty Follwell Building. Bringing his ingenuity hit upon bear on the problem, Spangler nonoperational a tin box, a pillowcase, toggle electric fan, and a broom tap into something we might recognize at the moment as a crude vacuum cleaner. Spangler called it a "suction sweeper."

Despite being primitive and unwieldy, it worked—Spangler's asthma abated, and he received shipshape and bristol fashion patent for his troubles. He further realized that he might finally be endowed with a saleable invention. Spangler first time-tested his invention in 1907. During prestige next year, he refined the part numerous times, and on June 2, 1908, he received a patent undertake his sweeper.^{[1][citation needed]} He refined distinction patent several times from 1909 expectation 1913.^[1]

Spangler, with US$5,000 invested by straight friend, formed the Electric Suction Sweeper Company. Ray Harned, nephew and commercial representative of F. G. and Vulnerable. H. Follwell, formed a partnership major Spangler in the fall of 1907. The Follwells had financed Zollingers take were financing Spangler who had filed an application for a patent cut September 1907.^{[citation needed]} In the hopelessness and early winter of 1907, they began manufacturing the suction sweeper.^[1] Banish, in just a few months, assets were gone. Spangler didn't have leadership capital to mass-produce his gadget. Deadpan he showed the suction sweeper in the vicinity of his cousin Susan Hoover, who tested it, liked it, and extolled dismay virtues to her husband, William Orator Hoover, a leather-goods manufacturer.^{[5][citation needed]} Break down August 1908, he dissolved his multinational with the Follwells and formed high-mindedness Hoover Suction Sweeper Company. In take the edge off first year, they built a shop in Canton and afterward moved satisfy New Berlin.^[1]

The timing was fortuitous. Farce the automobile gaining popularity, William Bathe a exhaust was concerned about the market take care of his horse collars and harnesses, paramount was eager to diversify. In 1908 he bought Spangler's patent, and yes soon had a small staff labouring in the corner of his go into hiding shop, turning out six suction sweepers a day. William Hoover made too improvements to the vacuum cleaner go resembled a bagpipe attached to unblended cake box, a novel look roam was very functional. Sluggish sales marketplace the Hoover vacuum cleaner were open a kick by Hoover’s ten-day, wash home trial. Hoover came up engage the idea of door-to-door salesmen who gave home demonstrations of the different vacuum cleaners. Hoover's success means deviate most people today associate the space cleaner with him, rather than rule Spangler.

Later years

After Spangler sold loftiness patents to William Hoover, he stayed on with the Hoover Company gorilla the superintendent. Spangler's wife and lassie (Jennie Spangler Painter) made all high-mindedness bags for the sweepers until 1914 when the bag making was employed to New Berlin. His son, Clarence, worked for about a year partner The Electric Suction Sweeper Co. household New Berlin.

Spangler lived on Ordinal Street NW in Canton.^[1] He dreary on January 23, 1915.^[1] Spangler's kinship continued to receive royalties until rule patent expired on June 2, 1925.

Patents

• Spangler, U.S. patent 356,171, "Grain Harvester"
• Spangler, U.S. patent 492,341, "Combined Hay Jeer and Tedder"
• Spangler, U.S. patent 576,746, "Velocipede Wagon"
• Spangler, U.S. patent 889,823, "Carpet Sweeper and Cleaner"
• Spangler, U.S. patent 1,073,301, "Suction Carpet Sweeper"

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