The first recorded instance of people using air pressure to remove the leaves from Japan in the 19 th century, used as a gardener's blower to clean the ground covered with moss.
It 'been said by others and widely distributed around the Internet that the Japanese were then the first, the idea of a pipe and engine, around 1970, and then the machines sold in the United States. If they did, they were then copying the developments that had already been made in the U.S. andEurope.
Blowin 'In The Wind
The concept for the fans, as we now know it began in America in 1950 "blowing smoke" as part of the agricultural crop-spraying.
Some of the most important early milestones are as follows:
1950 Echo Inc. in the U.S. (one of the first producers hedge trimmers) introduced the first motorized knapsack sprayer duster /. It 'used to deliver pesticides in the nursery and open field.
1951 Public Works Director of Hartford in Connecticut, CharlesCook has the idea, with two of their snow blowers to remove leaves. He warns, "will be used only when the leaves are wet because the leaves would be blown up on the blocks ..."
1955 Echo generating backpack duster / mist blower DM-9.
End of 1950, consumers seem to be the degradation of chemical delivery systems and only with the strong wind units. Manufacturers see the potential and start making leaf blowers for commercial use. It's' walk-behind "or backpackMachines. (It is claimed by a Wikipedia post that Dom one of the inventors of the modern leaf blower at the end of the '50s, but there is no confirmation for this fifth entry and may be unlikely or arson).
1959 HL Diehl, a former Pratt & Whitney engines, the engineers developed, which claimed his company, "the first handheld vacuum lawn and leaf blower '.
1963 One of the first examples of a counter-reaction to leaf blower noise, when the city of White Plains of one-act playsSymptoms.
1960 The Dutch company makes VanderMolen and export of a two-stroke backpack blowers.
HL Diehl 1966 re-brand his company like Giant-Vac. They ask a series of machines.
1969 Giant-Vac imagine the first machine to load by hand, the leaves as well as a propellant, gather around.
1971 Echo PB-9 present their petrol backpack blower, leaf blower, the attractiveness of expansion for small users.
1978 Echo brings probably the fuel beforeHand power blowers. Households and commercial landscapers now have access to a fan, and soon other manufacturers (including McCulloch, now part of Swedish multinational Husqvarna), enter the new market. Be reached in Los Angeles raises pollution legislation, 2-stroke engine: So begins the movement to make producers switch 2-stroke, 4-stroke engine, and clean electricity.
1985 U.S. sales backpack 75,000. Weed Eater, with the first production, a portable petrol blowers.
1987 United StatesTotal revenues 464 000.
1989 U.S. sales 800,000. Stihl Germany, start the innovators', backpack blowers, chain saws. They are a driving force.
1997 over 1 million dollars in sales.
1998 Los Angeles prohibits the use of fuel-blowers to 500 feet of a residence and promotes a strong (but quieter and more environmentally friendly) design electric fan.
1999 U.S. sales 1.9 1.6 hand-fan and fan 290K backpack.
Electrolux 2,003 patents electric leaf blower with variable speed.(This is today by Black & Decker, Ryobi and other copied).
2004 Briggs & Stratton buys Giant-Vac and Yard Power Products Group creates a mainly focuses on business customers.
2007 First recorded leaf blower hockey game is played in Toronto.
In late 2000, first 4-stroke engines seem more stringent emission limits laws in several states in the U.S. and other countries to meet. Cordless battery models to be profitable by powerful NiCd and lithium batteries, such as models with Ryobi120 hours miles / 193 km / h top speed.
The prevailing winds
Current trends in leaf blowers:
The machines are quieter: petrol models now emit less than 65dB at 50 feet, while older units were 70-75, which is vastly bigger in terms of decibels. The operators were able to listen 'to be influenced by these old devices. (It is also recommended that hearing protection be worn by each user). The transition to electric (corded or cordless) also reduced the average car noise.
Brands that supportemission reductions in their excellent petrol models include Echo, Hitachi, whose two-stroke engine meets the U.S. Fire Pure Phase 2 and Phase 2 Euro rules, and Makita, who lived through the 4-stroke engines, including the most Light of the World 4-stroke hand car with 4.4 kg (equivalent to Hitachi two-stroke is 3.9 kg, making it a great success for the traditional heavy-duty engine technology).
There are more and more popularity for versatile blower / vacuum, which can also aspireCollecting dust or mulch and leaves before collecting in a bag, the collection of a chore, but also help avoid composting. Combined electric and petrol machines now in abundance, from lightweight Flymo and Black & Decker models wheeled hand-push equipment from GMC and warriors, and powered wheel machines of Billy Goat. Vacuum Cleaners against critical to bring the simple fan is harmful dust and damage to nearby plants. The additional flexibility may beto appreciate more and more in the coming years.
Other innovations are electronic Start'12V 'battery touch from gasoline engines (Ryobi) to routine work and the uncertainty of the cable begins to avoid. Others have a simple beginning of the carburetor to weight pull-location.
The ancient history of the leaf blower was slightly affected by controversy, but it's undeniably popular and has a permanent place in the garden and commercial applications because of much higher productivitywill be granted if a man than a rake and shovel. Machines continue to improve and maintain the green and consumer choice will continue to grow.
