Feather Dusters in Cleaning

The feather duster is a patented invention. The patent was awarded in 1876 to Susan Hibbard, who had to fight her own husband, George Hibbard, in patent court because he claimed the invention as his own.

Susan Hibbard's idea was prompted by seeing turkey feathers, which she thought could be useful, thrown away as waste. Other early feather dusters were made of goose feathers which were soft and sprang back to their shape.

Feathers were also used to make small brushes for buttering loaves of bread to keep them soft; these were similar to modern basting brushes except that the use of feathers fell out of fashion. To make brushes for the hearth and the stove, wings still bearing their feathers from geese, chickens, and turkeys were popular "wing dusters," although they had to be kept from cats and dogs and were also meals for insects and moths.

By 1900, dusters made of ostrich feathers were preferred for both light and demanding dusting because of their durability.

Today, Mirror Groups Cleaning Technology is far better than a simple feather duster. The professional equipments provides the best commercial cleaning and builders cleaning in Brisbane.

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