Biography of james murray spangler vacuum cleaner

James Murray Spangler (1848 - 1915) is known as an inventor of a first portable vacuum cleaner. His invention was an improvement of relatively recent vacuum cleaner which was so big that it had to be drawn by horses, could not enter buildings and needed more people to operate it.

James M. Spangler was born on November 20, 1848, in the family of William and Elizabeth Lind Spangler, among nine other children. They all first live in Plain Township, Pennsylvania and the moved to Stark County, Ohio. He married Elista Amanda Holtz on May 21, 1874, and with her he had three children Clarence, Francis, and Jennie.

James Murray Spangler was an American inventor, salesman, and janitor who invented the first commercially successful portable electric vacuum cleaner that revolutionized household carpet cleaning.

James Murray Spangler was an American inventor, salesman, and janitor who invented the first commercially successful portable electric vacuum cleaner that revolutionized household carpet cleaning.

James Murray Spangler ( - ) is known as an inventor of a first portable vacuum cleaner.

James Murray Spangler (November 20, – January 23, ) was an American inventor, salesman, and janitor who invented the first commercially successful.

James Murray Spangler was a janitor, almost 60 and cursed with asthma, who grew frustrated at the tedious and dusty work of sweeping the carpet in the store.

It was an inventor named James Spangler who invented the first portable electric vacuum cleaner in The Janitor With a Better Idea.

After they moved to Akron in 1880, he started working as a salesman, first with his brother and then for the Aultman Company. At that time, he started inventing things. His first patent was a patent on a grain harvester in 1887 where he removed a standard tailboard and replaced it with a sliding tailboard which was adjusted according to the gr