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The two halves of a riveted leather snap fastener. The top half has a groove which "snaps" in place when "pressed" into the bottom half. A snap fastener, also called snap button, press button, [1] press stud, [1] press fastener, dome fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button), is a pair of interlocking discs, made out of a metal or plastic, commonly used in place of traditional buttons ...
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A carpet beater "Household gymnastics". A carpet beater or carpetbeater (also referred to as a rug beater or rugbeater, carpet whip, rug whip, clothes-beater, dust beater or dustbeater, carpet duster, wicker slapper, rug duster, or pillow fluffer, and formerly also as a carpet cleaner or rug cleaner) is a housecleaning tool used to beat carpets in order to shake dust and dirt out of them. [1]
Patent model of Daniel Hess's carpet sweeper. In 1860 a manual vacuum cleaner was invented by Daniel Hess of West Union, Iowa. Called a "carpet sweeper", it gathered dust with a rotating brush and had a bellows for generating suction. [4] [5] Another early model (1869) was the "Whirlwind", invented in Chicago in 1868 by Ives W. McGaffey. The ...
A "teeter-totter" may also refer to a two-person swing on a swing seat, on which two children sit facing each other and the teeter-totter swings back and forth in a pendulum motion. Both teeter-totter (from teeter , as in to teeter on the edge ) and seesaw (from the verb saw ) demonstrate the linguistic process called reduplication , where a ...
A 98% biodegradable or other, [2] slightly moist absorbent cleaning compound may be spread evenly over carpet and brushed or scrubbed in. For small areas, a household hand brush can work such a compound into carpet pile; working like "tiny sponges", the attracted cleaning solution dissolves dirt, and dirt and grime is attracted/absorbed to the compound.
Corteo performers practising on the teeterboard. The teeterboard or Korean plank is an acrobatic apparatus that resembles a playground seesaw.The strongest teeterboards are made of oak (usually 9 feet in length).
Ready for anything. Dr. Sandra Lee has seen her fair share of skin conditions, but in season 3 of Dr. Pimple Popper, she will take on something she has never dealt with before. Stars Who Got Their ...