Made of plaited canes, this type of beater was light but ... Until the invention of mechanical carpet sweepers and vacuum cleaners the only way to get the dust out of these was to hang them ...

This is because a rotating beater bar or brush pulls ... and other organisms settling into the fibers. If you see carpet fluff in your vacuum cleaner dust bin, don't panic and don't stop vacuuming.

Carpets and rugs would be hung over a line in the garden and hit with the carpet beater causing clouds of dust until it was thought clean enough. If you could afford it you would have a maid of ...

Made of plaited canes, this type of beater was light but ... Until the invention of mechanical carpet sweepers and vacuum cleaners the only way to get the dust out of these was to hang them ...