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Post# 159011   11/14/2011 at 20:37 (4,539 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Here's my recent find. A nice Electrolux TurboTool floor scrubber/polisher w/drill chuck. It even came with the box! :) |
Post# 159012 , Reply# 1   11/14/2011 at 20:38 (4,539 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Underside of Turbotool & side view of box |
Post# 159014 , Reply# 2   11/14/2011 at 20:39 (4,539 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Top view of box. The box has seen better days. Its missing a flap. |
Post# 159015 , Reply# 3   11/14/2011 at 20:40 (4,539 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Top view of box when opened. |
Post# 160395 , Reply# 5   11/27/2011 at 21:47 (4,526 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Where can I get the "scrubby" pad material in bulk? Those pre-cut pads are expensive! |
Post# 264462 , Reply# 8   1/22/2014 at 13:03 (3,740 days old) by Kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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(Model 1205/Teal Model L era--teal with ivory base): |
Post# 264463 , Reply# 9   1/22/2014 at 13:06 (3,740 days old) by Kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Note: After posting, I noticed that the top and base of the previous pic were teal and the solution tank was ivory (Model 1401 B/Brown Model 1453 era--brown with ivory solution tank and base): |
Post# 264464 , Reply# 10   1/22/2014 at 13:09 (3,740 days old) by Kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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(Model 1505/Gray Model 1453 era--dark gray top with light gray solution tank and dark gray base): |
Post# 264465 , Reply# 11   1/22/2014 at 13:11 (3,740 days old) by Kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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(Model Diamond J/Sand Model 1453 era--jade top with ivory solution tank and jade base): |
Post# 264466 , Reply# 12   1/22/2014 at 13:12 (3,740 days old) by Kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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By the way, I also remember reading that there was a blue (teal?) caddy for the early Rug Washers. Please post a pic of it if you have one. |
Post# 264477 , Reply# 13   1/22/2014 at 15:19 (3,739 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 264483 , Reply# 14   1/22/2014 at 15:43 (3,739 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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The problem with patents like this is that we don't know what was or was not marketed. As I've never seen this, I only surmise that it was one of the numerous things that didn't muster up to the engineering department. Still, like several designs for the model LX, this gives a comical look at the countless products that were introduced to the U.S. patent office over the years.
In the early days of the club, I thought of gathering all the vacuum cleaner patents in a file. I learned form the Chicago public library that there were millions of them, and told it was an impossible task. Finally I decided to start with Electrolux, Hoover, and Kirby. But again, there is no confirmation on which designs were used. We also thought of writing a book on the history of the vacuum cleaner, but that too is the tail wagging the dog.
Alex Taber, |
Post# 264484 , Reply# 15   1/22/2014 at 16:01 (3,739 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 265840 , Reply# 18   2/2/2014 at 18:03 (3,728 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 265842 , Reply# 19   2/2/2014 at 18:37 (3,728 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Stan Kann used to talk about a lady who kept insisting she had seen in a magazine a vacuum cleaner attachment used to lift refrigerators! Of course he thought she was kookoo until she brought him the article! He showed it to me once. It was a bad photocopy so it was hard to make out how the apparatus worked, but it appeared to have two long flat "fingers" that slid underneath the refrigerator. Then when you turned the vacuum cleaner on with the hose in the blower end, a turbo-powered fan would purportedly exert enough air-lift under the refrigerator to make it move like a hovercraft. Anyone ever seen or heard of this device? |
Post# 271970 , Reply# 21   3/15/2014 at 12:10 (3,688 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Thought I would add pics of the Model-F era Turbotool with the new shampoo dispenser and its storage box (I believe which debuted in 1958): |
Post# 271971 , Reply# 22   3/15/2014 at 12:14 (3,688 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Rug Washer base: |
Post# 271972 , Reply# 23   3/15/2014 at 12:15 (3,688 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Shampoo Dispenser: |
Post# 271973 , Reply# 24   3/15/2014 at 12:18 (3,688 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Turbotool: |
Post# 271974 , Reply# 25   3/15/2014 at 12:20 (3,688 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Total unit from bottom: |
Post# 271975 , Reply# 26   3/15/2014 at 12:20 (3,688 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Total unit from top: |
Post# 271976 , Reply# 27   3/15/2014 at 12:21 (3,688 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Brush: |
Post# 271982 , Reply# 28   3/15/2014 at 12:56 (3,688 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 271983 , Reply# 29   3/15/2014 at 12:58 (3,688 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 271984 , Reply# 30   3/15/2014 at 12:59 (3,688 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 271985 , Reply# 31   3/15/2014 at 13:04 (3,688 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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. And, finally, this photo compares the Model F version of the Turbotool with the Model G version. Note the turquoise bumper and the white shampoo splash guard on the G version. btw the very first version of the shampooer setup did not have the pull-string shampoo release. There was a knurled spring-loaded silver knob on top that the user was obliged to bend down and unscrew to release shampoo and then bend down again and screw it closed again, having to repeat that procedure every time more shampoo was required. Electrolux folks soon realized the tedium of that process and came out with the more efficient pull-string setup. |
Post# 271991 , Reply# 32   3/15/2014 at 13:17 (3,688 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Great info. and pics, Charlies (#s 28-31). Thanks for clarifying and adding! |
Post# 271993 , Reply# 33   3/15/2014 at 13:22 (3,688 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 271994 , Reply# 34   3/15/2014 at 13:23 (3,688 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 273709 , Reply# 36   3/27/2014 at 17:42 (3,675 days old) by Kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Another classic photo of the air-powered floor polisher ... this time with a Model LXI: |
Post# 292338 , Reply# 37   8/7/2014 at 21:24 (3,542 days old) by ronni (USA)   |   | |
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Here's a Youtube video showing the Model G Turbotool in action: |
Post# 292378 , Reply# 38   8/8/2014 at 04:52 (3,542 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ Here's a photo of the E-Automatic with new turbo tool that I found somewhere. Interesting point: The combo floor/rug tool is the earlier Model E version - note the "naked" neck with no spring-clamp. That feature was first introduced in the E-A. As for the Turb-O-Tool (as it was called at the time), note the optional circular saw and hedge trimmer accessories as well as the power screwdriver & drill bits. I don't know what the second, third and sixth accessories in the bottom row are. (The rug shampooer accessories weren't added until the Model F came out.)
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Post# 310919 , Reply# 42   1/4/2015 at 21:44 (3,392 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Post# 310920 , Reply# 43   1/4/2015 at 21:50 (3,392 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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Originally posted on a 2013 Vacuumland thread by tig21er: |
Post# 310921 , Reply# 44   1/4/2015 at 21:51 (3,392 days old) by kevin (Livonia)   |   | |
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