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Thread Number: 11900
My project of the day - a Bosch upright |
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| Post# 127713 , Reply# 3 3/17/2011 at 15:48 (4,787 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 127798 , Reply# 5 3/18/2011 at 21:49 (4,786 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA) | ||
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another pic A little closer view of the lower part of the Bosch. Suction from the motor is provided to the debris container via the curved vertical support on the vacuum's right hand side. Reassembly after being taken apart requires resealing of some joints with silicone. 
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| Post# 127799 , Reply# 6 3/18/2011 at 21:52 (4,786 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA) | ||
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new switch This is a close-up of the new power switch. There is another switch further up the handle, and this is to turn the brush roll on or off. There is a micro switch in the nozzle that automatically turns the brush roll off when the handle is moved to the fully upright position. 
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| Post# 127807 , Reply# 7 3/18/2011 at 23:10 (4,786 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Liv it's peculiar looks, Gary. Nice Save!
A Very nice, almost 'insectoid' inspired design I would add when I find one, to my Contemporary Quirky Upright Section . Bag-less but convertible to bags? Cool. I particularly like the direct path central takeoff from the power nozzle foot to the detachable wand that runs up the front of the machine.
Same concept and execution was used for the LG Kenmore Premalite bagless (which should have and easily could have had a cordwinder in the base like your Bosch). Dave 
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| Post# 127844 , Reply# 8 3/19/2011 at 19:42 (4,785 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA) | ||
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Yes, they advertised the Bosch as a bagless but the one I've got has a short inlet tube entering the dirt bin which the collar of a disposable bag will fit over. It has a bag installed; it is a Robert Bosch number and is rather long and narrow like the circular bin. | ||
Post# 127855 , Reply# 9 3/19/2011 at 20:48 (4,785 days old) by tazcatsdad  (Buffalo, NY) |
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I recognize that machine!
Not only did Bosch and Vax sell this model, but Siemens had a version of it as well! IIRC Bosch and Siemens are related to each other somehow. Anyway, it came out in 2002 (if I'm reading this right) and -- as I suspected -- it's a TTI product.
Here's a quote from a website about the "Good Design" awards -- one of which this machine apparently won in 2004: "Siemens CycleTech™ Bagless Vacuum, 2002 Designers: Helmut Kaiser, AVC Team and BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, Germany Manufacturer: Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd., Tsuen Vam, Hong Kong" A link to the web page that I found this on is below. Click on the link at the left which says "Household Products" to get to the above text quickly. BTW I almost want to say that Panasonic had a version of this machine as well ... but I think I'm mistaken there! (Or at least, I HOPE I am ... ) Bill W., aka tazcatsdad CLICK HERE TO GO TO tazcatsdad's LINK | ||
| Post# 127889 , Reply# 10 3/20/2011 at 08:23 (4,784 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
And Dirt Devil, Don't forget the DD version. I always wanted one. There were quite a fer at Big Lots one year in both the Vax ans Siemens label for 100.00 refurbished, I should'a grabbed one but it didn't appeal to me much in the black or orange. I liked the purple one Sears had.
I like it in red also :) Good luck with that, it looks like a time consuming yet simple fix. | ||
| Post# 128053 , Reply# 11 3/21/2011 at 16:51 (4,783 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA) | ||
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All interesting information; many thanks for the background. | ||
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