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Word: sipho (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...housewife who feels like the Sorcerer's Apprentice every time she mops the floor, there is SiphO Products' Aqua-Vac-an automatic, nonelectric floor washer and dryer. Hook one end of Aqua-Vac's 20-ft. vinyl tube to a special adapter on the faucet in the kitchen sink, turn on the water, and the cellulose sponge at the business end spreads water over the floor to make a lather with previously sprinkled scouring powder. When the swabbing is done, a twist of the faucet adapter turns Aqua-Vac into a siphon that slurps up the dirty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marketplace: New Products | 2/2/1962 | See Source »

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