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Hoover^® Innovations for Every Generation

The First 100 Years: Hoover Raises the Bar in Floor Care Product Development

1908: Hoover^® produces its first electric upright vacuum – the model O. It’s the first to use both a cloth filter bag and cleaning attachments. Two bags were provided – an inner bag made of coarse cheesecloth and an outer bag made of red sateen.

1926: Hoover manufactures the first vacuum with a "beater bar" rotating brush and metal bar mechanism to loosen trapped dirt in carpets and rugs – Model 700.

1932: Hoover develops the optional feature of a vacuum headlight and, in 1933, the headlight becomes a built-in feature.

1953: Hoover introduces its Model 63, the first vacuum to use disposable vacuum cleaner bags which forever changes the way people vacuum.

1956: Hoover launches the first hovercraft canister vacuum without wheels, the Constellation Model 84.

1957: Hoover introduces the Convertible with a new feature allowing the user to convert to above floor cleaning with a hose. Model 65 becomes the most popular cleaner ever sold.

1963: Hoover adds the first clean-air vacuum – the Dial-A-Matic Model 1100 – to its product line.

1969: Hoover revolutionizes vacuuming by introducing the first self-propelling mechanism for vacuum cleaners – Model 1170.

1997: Hoover launches the first vacuums with patented WindTunnel™ technology featuring dual air ducts that lift and trap dirt without scattering it.

2003: Hoover adds SpinScrub™ brushes to SteamVacs to massage carpet fibers on all sides – which now come standard in most manufacturers’ carpet cleaners.

2004: Hoover introduces the FloorMate™, the first appliance that vacuums, washes and dries hard floors.

2005: Hoover launches the first vacuum with a variable power control – EmPower™.

2006: Hoover reintroduces the popular vacuum that floats on its exhaust – the Constellation™.

2007: Hoover launches the WindTunnel™ + Cyclonic, the latest product in the WindTunnel technology line.

2008: Hoover celebrates its 100^th anniversary with the launch of the Anniversary Edition product line which showcases the brand’s quality, innovation and cleaning performance.

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