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hoover lark = kirby ??? 		[Down to Last]

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Post# 171874   3/4/2012 at 16:14 (4,428 days old) by bravokid ()        

the base and back side of the motor on the hoover lark in some ways looks alot like the mid kirby models / classic/ classic 3 and tradition. i wonder if some of the same people worked on designing for both. any opinions or facts would be awsome. my friend and i are in friendly debate on this lol

Post# 171875 , Reply# 1   3/4/2012 at 16:18 (4,428 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()        

Well The hoover Junior design came out in the mid 1930s, and the kirby classic design came out in 1969. There is a large gap of time between then. I dont see much of a resemblance, other than the handle fork, and switch at the rear. But a lot of vacuums were designed that way.

Post# 171877 , Reply# 2   3/4/2012 at 16:38 (4,428 days old) by bravokid ()        

thanks lol i guess it was those things you mentioned as well as the hammer head design looking from the back side that made them look alike. alot of machines do look alike in the vac world

Post# 171880 , Reply# 3   3/4/2012 at 16:56 (4,428 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Nope, Hoover Lark = Hoover Lark... :)

There's a lot of vacs from the same era that shared vaguely the same shape, so, there are a lot of vacs that look like Kirbys, though usually it's the other way round as it's Kirbys that tend to look like other vacs... :)

Post# 172069 , Reply# 4   3/5/2012 at 18:51 (4,427 days old) by Trebor ()        
A look back...

 at upright vacs from the past show a similarity of design: a vertically mounted fan with a side discharge chute, and a nozzle tapering down from the fan opening to the floor on each side. GE made a few models that looked remarkably like the classic omega, except the nozzle was not removable. Even the color was similar.

Hoover Juniors and Larks used this format, but full size Hoovers, and then Eurekas flipped the design forward and put the taper flat on the floor with the motor resting on top. There are basically three configurations of the single motor, open fan upright, the two mentioned and the Singer (Sunbeam) style with the motor at the back of the square base with a fan at each end of the motor shaft. Anyone know of any other basic configurations without going to a two motor, or a clean fan design?

Post# 172134 , Reply# 5   3/6/2012 at 07:41 (4,426 days old) by bravokid ()        
motor comfiguration

 The elite and the bravo and oreck had their fan on one side and the belt pully on the other and send dirt up the handle and in the bag...... Did oreck pioneer this method


Post# 172142 , Reply# 6   3/6/2012 at 08:09 (4,426 days old) by Trebor ()        
Bravokid...

 Thank you for pointing out the one confuration I missed.

To my knowledge Oreck did originate that design.


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