Thread Number: 31554
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 348731 , Reply# 1   3/27/2016 at 08:38 (2,923 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 348737 , Reply# 2   3/27/2016 at 09:00 (2,923 days old) by blknblu (CT)   |   | |
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try googling "Electrolux tank vacuum", I'm from the area where the original Electrolux vacuums were made. It has always been known as an Electrolux canister vacuum. You say tank, and you will get a strange look.
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Post# 348738 , Reply# 3   3/27/2016 at 09:03 (2,923 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 348741 , Reply# 4   3/27/2016 at 09:14 (2,923 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 348746 , Reply# 5   3/27/2016 at 10:01 (2,923 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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In the non-vacuum world, let's say in mechanical engineering, a canister and a tank seem to describe a container of the same shape - known in geometry as a "cylinder." To me the two types of cylinder (a circle of a certain radius times height) refer to the size: a canister of sugar or a tank of gasoline. Canisters are smaller and tanks seem to imply larger - like a tanker truck. I like the term canister because it seems to fit the compact size of most "cylindrical" vacs.
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Post# 348753 , Reply# 6   3/27/2016 at 10:45 (2,923 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Andy...if you ever find yourself down in Bloomington-Normal, you should take some pictures of the old Eureka Williams factory there. I think the building was sold by Eureka's current parent company AB Electrolux. When Hoover and Eureka were competing against each other in the 1960's and 1970's, I always thought of Hoover as the "Ohio" vac maker and Eureka as the Illinois vac maker. In fact, I think Eureka was the only vacuum manufacturer in your state. Not sure if Birtland made their Kenmores in Chicago.
But would be interesting to see pics of the old Eureka factory here at VacuumLand! :-) |
Post# 348760 , Reply# 7   3/27/2016 at 13:07 (2,923 days old) by delaneymeegan (Mary Richards lived here)   |   | |
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Amongst our Professional Collector selves, we call them Canisters, tanks, cylinders....
On Craigslist, and among the great, unwashed, vacuum cleaner ignorant Public, I've seen:
"pull-behind, flat, drag-behind, older flat style, box-type, hose kind, rides behind"...... (vs. "push kind, stand up type, and newer style" in reference to uprights).
Basically, it doesn't matter what continent or region one is from, it's a box with a motor in it, with a hose and cord.
And it's amazing how many have similar or matching cords, switches, motors, hoses and parts, the likes of which even spans the decades.
So the real difference is the shape of said box.
Even though I love my Electrolux's I never call them tanks. That has a military reference which is pointless and not relevant. If anything, they should be called the phallic vacuums, given their penis shape. And who doesn't like playing with a beautiful penis. It appears, from Luxs, gray and dingy current selection, that even they don't use the tank name.
Canister and cylinder. Accurate and a realistic name BUT, it's obviously too many syllables for the vacuum ignorant public to remember.
Most of the public can't even spell vacuum correctly. How many times have I seen "vaccum, or vacumn, or vakkum, or vacc"? Damn-it, that's disrespectful.
I'm hesitant though for us to come together on changing the name to something like BOX vacuum, as it may be overly simple. If we start referring to canister/cylinders/tanks as BOX vacs, it may attract a buying public, the likes of which would vote for trump. That's dangerous territory, and I don't think any of us want to contemplate what the vacuum industry would look like under a trump presidency.
The name canister and cylinder is non-threatening. It also gives us an easy leg up on those would chose to live a life, ignorant of the important contributions that vacuum cleaners have made to daily life in the last century. We all need to step back, and be grateful for our vacuum cleaner intelligence and sophistication.
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Post# 348774 , Reply# 8   3/27/2016 at 18:07 (2,923 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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In my neck of the woods its always been a canister and an upright .Either Lux Compact Tristar Or Filter Queen . Canister vac meant either cylinder or tank like cleaner . Canister was for the , smaller more compact cleaner whit the motor separe from the cleaning tool. Upright are referred to as one piece unit or all in one . canister have more ability for bigger jobs id take a canister or tank type. i guess its just base on were your from but in my house its always been a canister or in french train-aux and vertical cleaner . my 2 cents .
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Post# 348777 , Reply# 9   3/27/2016 at 19:20 (2,923 days old) by Streakers (Columbus Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 348779 , Reply# 10   3/27/2016 at 19:46 (2,923 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 348784 , Reply# 11   3/27/2016 at 20:32 (2,923 days old) by sitop (Bradenton, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 348786 , Reply# 12   3/27/2016 at 20:47 (2,923 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 348788 , Reply# 13   3/27/2016 at 20:56 (2,923 days old) by Streakers (Columbus Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 348824 , Reply# 15   3/27/2016 at 23:45 (2,922 days old) by delaneymeegan (Mary Richards lived here)   |   | |
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Post# 348831 , Reply# 16   3/28/2016 at 00:52 (2,922 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 348832 , Reply# 17   3/28/2016 at 00:53 (2,922 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 349034 , Reply# 20   3/29/2016 at 23:57 (2,920 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 349038 , Reply# 21   3/30/2016 at 01:56 (2,920 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Couldn't we call those horizontal "canister" "torpedo" vacs? |
Post# 349041 , Reply# 22   3/30/2016 at 04:24 (2,920 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH)   |   | |
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