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Thread Number: 34969
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
royal model 193 |
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| Post# 377139 8/21/2017 at 12:51 (2,429 days old) by gail (Minnesota) | ||
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We have this small, mounted vac. Any idea what it was? | ||
Post# 377143 , Reply# 1 8/21/2017 at 14:24 (2,429 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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gail | ||
| Post# 377149 , Reply# 2 8/21/2017 at 15:24 (2,429 days old) by gail (Minnesota) | ||
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relic! Wow, using this as a hand vac would be a work out! Thank you for responding. | ||
| Post# 377150 , Reply# 3 8/21/2017 at 16:46 (2,429 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Most likely-- --an eraser vac near blackboards in schools. | ||
| Post# 377152 , Reply# 4 8/21/2017 at 17:39 (2,429 days old) by gail (Minnesota) | ||
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that makes sense We got this from an old school so that makes so much sense now! Thank you so much. We probably won't keep it but it was driving us crazy :-) | ||
| Post# 377160 , Reply# 5 8/21/2017 at 23:06 (2,429 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
That is neat!
It does indeed appear to be an upside down Royal 501 Prince hand vac. The first thing I thought of when I saw your picture is the old Hoover bag cleaning machine(s), but cleaning erasers seems like a more likely intended use for this gadget given its smaller size and its residence in an old school.
Not sure why you don't want to keep it. It sure is a neat artifact. I've never seen/heard of this setup before, but maybe that just the limit of my knowledge. Nevertheless, I would hate to see it get trashed. I'm sure a collector here would like to have it if you don't. broomvac | ||
| Post# 377161 , Reply# 6 8/22/2017 at 00:47 (2,429 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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| Post# 377180 , Reply# 7 8/22/2017 at 13:10 (2,428 days old) by toddk13 (Milwaukee, WI) | ||
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Sherlock Holmes I'd bet that you can figure out what it was used for by the contents of the inside of the bag. If it was an eraser cleaner, it'll be full of chalk dust. | ||
| Post# 377186 , Reply# 8 8/22/2017 at 15:43 (2,428 days old) by gail (Minnesota) | ||
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Sherlock, Good thought!! So we checked it and found there is more dust on the outside of the bag than inside. Someone cleaned it up good before storing it away. | ||
| Post# 377187 , Reply# 9 8/22/2017 at 16:45 (2,428 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I remember my elementary school having an electric eraser cleaning machine but I don't remember if it was anything like that one. I haven't seen or even thought about that device in more than 40 years. After doing some quick It may have been more like the one in the link below:
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