When was leaf blower invented

Does anybody know who invented leaf blowers? Well, and since we do have a website dedicated to these devices, we thought it would be appropriate to find out. According to the mighty Wikipedia opens in a new tab , the leaf blower was invented by Dom Quinto in the s.

The Vandermolen BTx, an old backpack leaf blower. Source: forconstructionpros. It is commonly understood that the leaf blower was created by unauthorized dismantling of crop dusters. The powerful engine was a perfect tool for clearing large amounts of leaves without exerting any manual labor. Manufacturers noticed the trend and responded by creating leaf blowers that we know today. According to some sources opens in a new tab , the first actual leaf blower was a invention of H.

His company claims that they have invented both the first walk behind leaf blower and vacuum machine. The H. Diehl company later rebranded itself as the Giant Vac company. It was acquired by Sgag Power Equipment in , company which still produces walk behind blowers and vacuums to this day. In the meantime, Aldo Vandermolen opens in a new tab and his company began exporting its own two-stroke backpack blower in the s, yet there are no sources to confirm its invention by him. Therefore, we consider the original inventors to be the hackers who had the idea of dismantling the crop dusters.

Leaf blowers apparently began rising in popularity after the introduction of the first US produced petrol backpack blower in by Echo. By reducing the shipping costs and increasing their production, they became very appealing to US citizens who are known for their love of pitch-perfect lawns. This step opened the market to casual users of leaf blowers. The device was petrol powered, far more versatile than the walk behind and backpack models and most importantly, way cheaper.

This resulted in even an even larger boom of sales. The sharp rise in leaf blower use resulted in both noise and pollution. Understandably, many cities began regulating them. The most notable example comes from Los Angeles, where the petrol devices were first curbed in and later banned in in ft distance of a residence.

By then, the leaf blower industry has totaled over 1 million sales in the US alone, with the hand-held blower outselling the backpack roughly 5 to 1. The bans and regulations promote silent and more eco-friendly devices, yet at the expense of their blowing power.

An extreme example of that is the electro-engine leaf blower, which is significantly inferior to its petrol chugging peers. Ahead of him, a dozen or so leaves skittered across the asphalt, probably driven as much to escape the noise and dust as the blast of air from the mouth of the tube.

The leaf blower. These increasingly ubiquitous devices have formed the soundtrack of industry and progress in our service-oriented economy. And why not? They are the quintessential American invention, combining all three of our requirements for a modern labor-saving device. They burn fossil fuel — the most important requirement. Actually, these abominations have actually been around since the late '50s, when some genius decided to reverse the airflow on a gas-powered outdoor vacuum cleaner.

Because some leaf blowers can exceed 80 decibels in noise, many communities have looked for alternative methods to clean up landscaping. Several studies have been done regarding the use of this invention and many have come to the conclusion that traditional methods of yard care, including something as simple as a rake, or just as effective at cleaning up a yard quickly.

One grandmother in , in fact, was able to clean her yard faster than any battery operated leaf blower and almost as fast as gas blowers.

The issue with the leaf blower is that it is difficult to fine tune the mechanism to work in a wide variety of ways. Take the cleanup of pine needles, for example.

Underneath the typical layer of pine needles lay loose, damp dirt. When you clean these up by raking them up, you get full control over the chore and can eliminate them without extra mess.

With a leaf blower, however, it can send the damp dirt underneath the needles up to 6 feet away, creating another mess that needs to be cleaned up. The benefit to the leaf blower is definitely ease and convenience, something that manual labor generally cannot provide. Although the actual invention of the leaf blower is up for debate, its ability to quickly clear a yard of loose debris is not. Strong proponent of individual liberty and free speech. My goal is to present information that expands our awareness of crucial issues and exposes the manufactured illusion of freedom that we are sold in America.

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