A vacuum cleaner bag is where everything a vacuum cleaner picks up is deposited. The original vacuum cleaner bags were heavy, golf-bag like sacks made out of thick, stiff canvas. They were made to be flexible and keep dust and debris removed from the carpet from escaping back into the air.

In 1920, the Air Way Sanitizer Company of Ohio introduced the first disposable vacuum cleaner bag. The new disposable vacuum cleaner bag was made out of paper and was supposed to fit perfectly inside of the cloth bag. These new vacuum cleaner bags kept the inside of the cloth bag clean so less dust and debris could be blown out of the vacuum and into the home again.

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