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Thread Number: 19650
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Post# 218620 , Reply# 1 2/10/2013 at 23:41 (4,084 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 218924 , Reply# 2 2/12/2013 at 19:22 (4,082 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Gary,
A picture would be helpful, but the number you gave indicates the model would be 130. For many years up until the late 60's or early 70's Royal incorporated the model number into the serial number. In your number, 130 is the model, 3842 is a sequence number. And I agree with Ben, it is most likely a pre-war machine--and a model that I haven't heard of until now. I do have an early straight suction Royal built in April of 1926, with no model number but a 6 figure serial number, also a couple post-war straight suction Electro-Hygienes, model 230 and 2-230. Here's a pic of the Royal--does it look like this?
Jeff 
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| Post# 218926 , Reply# 3 2/12/2013 at 19:28 (4,082 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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Model 230 Electro-Hygiene
Royal was still building straight suction machines for Electro-Hygiene until 1954. The deodorizing crystal chamber was such an important part of Electro-Hygiene that EH stayed with straight suction until they came up with a workable solution of where to put the crystal chamber on a revolving brush model. Here's the 230.
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| Post# 218928 , Reply# 4 2/12/2013 at 19:32 (4,082 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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And Here's The 2-230 | ||
| Post# 219518 , Reply# 5 2/17/2013 at 18:21 (4,077 days old) by kirbyfan99 () | ||
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it's weird that the bag is on the right not the left (like a kirby). Usually direct front suction nvacuums have the bag on the left side and not the right. so i'm wondering, why would they build the royal model 130 with the bag on the right and not the left? | ||
| Post# 219520 , Reply# 6 2/17/2013 at 18:25 (4,077 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845) | ||
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normaly they are older vacs that have the bag on the right | ||
| Post# 219555 , Reply# 7 2/17/2013 at 22:19 (4,077 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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Don't really know why, just where the designers placed it. Royals were on the right from the beginning until about 1928, when they redesigned it & moved the outlet to the other side, as seen in the 2 Electro-Hygiene models shown above. This also necessitated changing the fan and the direction in which the motor turned. Early Eurekas and Regina uprights were also the same way. Here's an early straight suction Eureka.
Jeff 
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| Post# 219556 , Reply# 8 2/17/2013 at 22:21 (4,077 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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| Post# 219558 , Reply# 9 2/17/2013 at 22:24 (4,077 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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| Post# 219559 , Reply# 10 2/17/2013 at 22:26 (4,077 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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And Last But Not Least, | ||
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Post# 346326 , Reply# 11 3/4/2016 at 19:55 (2,966 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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gmerkt
Gary,
I also noticed this to be Royal's first commercial duty upright cleaner. Take a look at the ad at the top right. ~Ben
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