James Dyson — Inventor

James Dyson is best known for his creation of a bagless vacuum cleaner
Dyson

Prototype of the Future
Dyson went through over 5,000 iterations of his product before he found the combination of elements that worked. In his innovation, debris sucked into the vacuum is gathered by centrifugal force at the top of the chamber, instead of by a filter or a bag, which can easily block up.

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