Hubert Cecil Booth

Hubert Cecil Booth (born Hubert Cecil Booth; July 4, 1871 - January 14, 1955)was an English engineer, known as the inventor of the vacuum cleaner. He also designed survey wheels, suspension bridges and factories. Later became chairman and managing director of British Vacuum Cleaner.

Early life

Booth was born in Paris, France, his family moved to Gloucester when he was 2 months old. He was educated at Gloucester College and Gloucester County School under the Rev. G. Lloyd Bureton. In 1889 he passed the exam and entered the Central Technical College in London . He completed a three-year course in civil and mechanical engineering under Professor William Unwin and became a student at the Institute of Civil Engineers.

Career

In December 1892, he began working as a civil engineer. In this role, he designed bridges and large Ferris wheels for amusement parks in London, Blackpool, Paris and Vienna. He also worked on the engine design for Royal Navy battleships.

A vacuum cleaner

Booth created one of the first dust vacuum cleaners. Before the inventor introduced his version of the vacuum cleaner, cleaning machines simply cleaned the dirt, not sucked it up.

Booth created a large device that was powered by an internal combustion engine. Called "Puffing Billy", the vacuum cleaner was powered by a gasoline engine. Air was sucked in by a piston pump through a fabric filter.It does not contain any brushes. All processes are carried out by suction through long tubes with nozzles at the ends. Even though the machine was too bulky to use at home, the rationale for operating it was essentially the same as vacuum cleaners today. But later he created an electric motor model,but both designs were extremely bulky and had to be transported by horses in a wagon. English term. "vacuum cleaner" was first used by the company to promote Booth's invention in 1901.

Booth didn't try to sell his car at first, but instead sold cleaning services. Complaints were filed against him for the noise of his vacuum cleaners, and he was even fined for the machines frightening the horses. Having received the royal seal of approval, the motorized vacuum cleaner was used to clean the carpets of Westminster Abbey for the coronation of Edward VII in 1901.

He received his first patents on February 18 and August 30, 1901.