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Anyone Know What a Reginarator Is?
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Post# 79664   8/31/2009 at 19:22 (5,343 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)        

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I received an email with these pictures. The owner wants to find them a good home. Any ideas? Picture 1

Post# 79665 , Reply# 1   8/31/2009 at 19:23 (5,343 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)        
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Reginarator!

Post# 79667 , Reply# 2   8/31/2009 at 20:46 (5,343 days old) by eluxomarty (Palm Springs)        
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Hi Fred,

The reginarator is like Kirby's crystalator. It fits in front of an older Regina upright and the hose gets hooked up where the bag goes (to act as a blower). Moth crystals go inside the reginarator. I have an owners manual with a picture of it. I'll post it soon.

Marty


Post# 79668 , Reply# 3   8/31/2009 at 20:51 (5,343 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)        
Thanks Marty!

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He's offering it for $20. Anyone interested?

Post# 79669 , Reply# 4   8/31/2009 at 20:56 (5,343 days old) by eluxomarty (Palm Springs)        
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Here is the picture. It's smaller than I remember but has a full description on how to use it.

Post# 79672 , Reply# 5   8/31/2009 at 21:28 (5,343 days old) by dualsanitronic (Omaha)        

Thanks Marty for posting that book section of the wonderful model 59. Could you post the whole booklet? That would be swell. Thanks!

Post# 79673 , Reply# 6   8/31/2009 at 21:41 (5,343 days old) by luxg ()        

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Fred and thanks Marty for the explanation. Love those old pictures. Terry

Post# 79680 , Reply# 7   9/1/2009 at 05:22 (5,343 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)        
Interested

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Any one? I have the owner's email address.

Post# 79691 , Reply# 8   9/1/2009 at 10:40 (5,342 days old) by ohio_tuec ()        

Wish I had the cleaner the "Reginarator" goes with. When did Regina stop producing straight-suction uprights? It would seem as if they did so pretty late. Did they follow up with a revolving brush cleaner right afterwards?

Post# 79711 , Reply# 9   9/2/2009 at 02:15 (5,342 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Reginarator

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I do have a Reginarator and the Regina that goes with it! Two Reginas actually, models 39 and 59. The 39 is the older of the two and runs like new, but the 59 doesn't run, just hums--armature maybe? Between the two I have one complete and one partial set of attachments. The partial set is missing the wand and the suction coupler, and I can't remember if both sets have the Reginarator or just one.
I think they stopped building their straight suction uprights in the early 50's, but I'm not sure. I do know that sometime in the mid to late 60's they built a cheap plastic upright with a revolving brush. They were light blue and kind of resembled an Oreck if I'm not mistaken. I'd love to find out more information on when my straight suction models were made, what models were made when, etc. Sorry I don't have a picture to post, but never got around to taking any of the Reginas.
Jeff


Post# 79729 , Reply# 10   9/2/2009 at 09:39 (5,341 days old) by ohio_tuec ()        

Thanks Jeff. I think you are right. But by the early '50's, the design looked pretty dated. Most manufacturers had a revolving brush long before then, and cloth bags were relegated to vacuums in the low price field. I have a machine called the Twin Vac (manufactured by Clements) which looks just like the Cadillac upright featured in the 1954 issue of Consumer Reports. It would seem as if the design hadn't changed any since the '30's. I would love to get my hands on a Regina "Brush-N-Beat," although from what I understand they are pretty rare. That same cleaner became the power nozzle for their canisters in the '70's. Kindly clunky as such IMHO. I guess that's where the inspiration for the Whirlpool CVR series (which later became the Oreck) came from.


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