Carpet sweeper

However, they continue to be used in many home and commercial applications because they are lightweight and quiet, enabling users to quickly clean small messes up from the floor without disturbing patrons, patients, babies and pets, and because they do not require electricity to operate.

The base of the box has wheels and brushes, connected by a belt or gears or rollers.

The arrangement is such that, when pushed along a floor, the rollers/wheels turn and force the brushes to rotate.

[citation needed] The design was patented by Melville R. Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, in 1876.

[2] New powered versions were designed at the beginning of the 21st century with rechargeable batteries and an electric motor to spin the rollers and brushes.

Illustration from the Bissell's 1876 patent
A rotaro S carpet sweeper
Bottom view of rotaro S showing two brushes, a roller brush, and a removable metal comb for cleaning the brushes