Thread Number: 33657
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Need help identifying this OLD upright |
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Post# 366058 , Reply# 2   2/3/2017 at 08:33 (2,632 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth)   |   | |
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Post# 366060 , Reply# 3   2/3/2017 at 08:41 (2,632 days old) by bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 366061 , Reply# 4   2/3/2017 at 08:42 (2,632 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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Post# 366154 , Reply# 5   2/4/2017 at 21:26 (2,631 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 393369 , Reply# 7   6/17/2018 at 03:01 (2,133 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 393507 , Reply# 8   6/19/2018 at 01:43 (2,132 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 393528 , Reply# 9   6/19/2018 at 15:39 (2,131 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma)   |   | |
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Post# 393540 , Reply# 10   6/19/2018 at 18:52 (2,131 days old) by Seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 393575 , Reply# 11   6/20/2018 at 09:17 (2,130 days old) by dirtmaster37 (Ypsilanti, Michigan USA)   |   | |
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Here is a very early AD, for the BeeVac, when Birtman still had their factory downtown Chicago at Desplains and Lake St. The factory is still there. The pic isn't the greatest, but that front access plate looks to be about spot on. The machine above, may very well be an earlier model. I'd wager, probably the first one. I agree that some gentle cleaning of that front plate may give you a bit of info. Not sure.
Here's the advertisement...
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Post# 393577 , Reply# 12   6/20/2018 at 11:27 (2,130 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma)   |   | |
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Post# 393578 , Reply# 13   6/20/2018 at 11:30 (2,130 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma)   |   | |
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Post# 393615 , Reply# 14   6/20/2018 at 19:54 (2,130 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 393627 , Reply# 15   6/20/2018 at 21:38 (2,130 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma)   |   | |
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Post# 440619 , Reply# 16   4/6/2021 at 10:27 (1,109 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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It's a Birtman/Sears Energex! The one below is slightly different, with a rounded badge, but early ads show the bell shaped one as well.
www.icollector.com/Energe... |
Post# 440620 , Reply# 17   4/6/2021 at 10:35 (1,109 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Here is another version. The second ad in reply 5 shows the bell shape. Now I will say, they used 3 different motors. The can-like one shown by the original poster with oil ports, the same style, but with ball bearings that don't need oil(like mine), and the rounded, Birco branded motor, like the one in the previous link.
www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bi... |