Bagless cyclonic vacuum cleaner (Dyson)
Aspiradora ciclónica sin bolsa (Dyson)
- Date
- 1983-1993 · confidence high
- Place
- Malmesbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; first marketed in Japan (G-Force, 1986)
- Credited to
- James Dyson (5,127 prototypes; DC01 in 1993)
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Vacuum cleaner that separates dust by centrifugal force in bagless cyclones without loss of suction. It broke the consumables business model and relaunched appliance engineering.
What it led to
- Household appliances as objects of premium design and engineering
- Cordless vacuum cleaners and high-speed digital motors
- The culture of the British inventor-entrepreneur
Built on
- industrial cyclonic separator
- electric vacuum cleaner
Made possible
- cordless vacuum cleaners
- hand air dryers
- compact digital motors