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Thread Number: 34250
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Vintage Vacuum identity? |
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| Post# 371109 4/20/2017 at 07:37 (2,555 days old) by Thevacuumstore (Stamford) | ||
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Hi We have a vintage vac here and are struggling to identify it Be grateful for any ideas See pics below.. | ||
| Post# 371120 , Reply# 1 4/20/2017 at 09:39 (2,555 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 371132 , Reply# 2 4/20/2017 at 11:25 (2,555 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Could be the Hatch and Goeser.
As far as we know the Hatch and Goeser was the first electric tank vacuum cleaner and dates back to about 1910. The only difference is that the Hatch and Goeser had a long pole handle and detachable floor nozzle the could be replaced with a hose as shown here.
Luckily Hatch and Goeser didn't renew their patent or Electrolux would have had a run for it's money. | ||
| Post# 371134 , Reply# 3 4/20/2017 at 12:25 (2,555 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Info on the Hatch and Goeser.
The Hatch and Goeser was the first electric tank style vacuum cleaner and like the one pictured above had huge wheels but there was a swivel caster in back. As far as I know the upright handle was not detachable as was the floor nozzle. Also aside from the hose, I have no idea of the wands and tools though I'm sure they were part of it. Basically it looked like the Electrolux model VII (11) but with monster wheels.
As to the Hatch and Goeser, here's the info I have. It was invented in 1909 by Tracy Barbour Hatch and Edwin Walter Goeser, both of Los Angeles, California and the date filed was September 27, 1909 with the patent granted on January 10, 1910. Vacuum cleaners were in their infancy back then, motors were huge and a machine of this nature would be very expensive. I've only seen one and that was at the Hoover Historical Center in Ohio, back in 1980. Somewhere in my files I have a picture and when I find it will post it. I'm guessing that it didn't sell well, or that it was overtaken with the flood of other vacuum cleaners a few years later, or perhaps was bested by the early Hoovers like the model O. At any rate the inventors didn't run with it, or didn't contest other inventors like Axle L. Wenner-Gren who started Electrolux. Still yours looks very close to the Hatch and Goeser. If there are patent dates on the underside of the machine this will help me zero in on the needed data. Also name of manufacturer and so on. The fact that it has the handle strap on top indicates that there was no pole handle and again could rule out the Hatch and Goeser. I'm grasping at straws here, but maybe, just maybe they are one and the same. | ||
| Post# 371181 , Reply# 4 4/21/2017 at 03:46 (2,554 days old) by Thevacuumstore (Stamford) | ||
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Thank you for your responses guys The pics show the manufacturer's plate and the swivel castor on the underside | ||
| Post# 371203 , Reply# 5 4/21/2017 at 12:43 (2,554 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 371216 , Reply# 6 4/21/2017 at 16:55 (2,554 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 371263 , Reply# 8 4/23/2017 at 02:19 (2,552 days old) by midcenturyfan (Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England) | ||
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| Post# 371333 , Reply# 9 4/24/2017 at 23:42 (2,550 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI) | ||
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Blasted! Three days later and I notice that I spelled British wrong on the "subject drift" line. Sorry! | ||
| Post# 371462 , Reply# 11 4/27/2017 at 09:20 (2,548 days old) by thevacuumstore (Stamford) | ||
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Thanks Hoovermatic - any chance of posting the page for me? | ||
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