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then decided to ask his advertising people to design a proper face; they nicknamed the result "Henry". At another trade show, a children's hospital was interested in the vacuum cleaners to encourage the recovering children to help with the cleaning. Production, still focused on the commercial market, was increased. The Henry models became the company's major product.
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s original release in 1981, a family of vacuum cleaners have been introduced in different sizes and colours with different specifications and uses (including a wet and dry model and a multi-functional wet/dry and carpet shampoo cleaner). All the original series, some of which have now been
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