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Shake out bag question |
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Post# 174255   3/21/2012 at 07:43 (4,390 days old) by cparman (Wylie, Texas)   |   | |
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Hello All, I have a question about the old shake out bag's (e.g., originally from a classic III). What is the smaller inner bag used for? |
Post# 174256 , Reply# 1   3/21/2012 at 07:52 (4,390 days old) by henry200 (Saint Paul MN)   |   | |
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That inner pouch is like a glove. You reach in through the zipper, grasp the tab at the bottom and scrape debris that's clinging to the inside of the dust bag down into the emptor...........without getting your hand dusty. |
Post# 174258 , Reply# 2   3/21/2012 at 08:13 (4,390 days old) by cparman (Wylie, Texas)   |   | |
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Henry200, thank you for the explanation. |
Post# 174759 , Reply# 6   3/25/2012 at 00:49 (4,386 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH)   |   | |
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yes there is supposed to be a gasket to make the sani emtor air tight when turned on. kirbyneeds.com sells the older sanitronic style emtor gaskets for about $2 a piece. make sure to glue it on every inch or so. and there should be 0 excess if installed properly. also on the older sanitroncs, the wire that held the emtor door on sometimes needs to be rebent to hold it up closer to the tray.
Will Hemb |
Post# 174760 , Reply# 7   3/25/2012 at 02:00 (4,386 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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That pouch is called the "Sani-Scraper" and was originally introduced on the Sanitronic 562 in 1962.
The 1979 Tradition 3-CB was the first Kirby to feature a disposable bag system, but that had a poor beginning along with the new headlight-mounted safety switch, the latter of which ensured safety providing that the headlight cap be all the way down toward the nozzle or hose in order for the machine to turn on (you, of course, must have unplugged the machine before you changed the nozzle to a hose and back). The reason the Tradition's disposable bag system wasn't successful was due to the fill tube having little intake space for the bigger objects vacuumed off the floor. ~Ben |
Post# 174846 , Reply# 8   3/25/2012 at 21:12 (4,385 days old) by EofC ()   |   | |
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how do you clean all the dust out of the bag? I know how to use the emptor and all, but the bag itself is so full of dust that it *poofs* when you bump it. |
Post# 174872 , Reply# 9   3/26/2012 at 01:11 (4,385 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH)   |   | |
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that means it needs to be washed. i converted my classic omega to have a hepa felt fabric sewn into the original to prevent this. great idea. only down side is you need an industrial sewing machine to handle the thread and fabric. but it will preserve the original dump bag and still able to be used in heavy cleaning without leakage.
to wash it, wash it with woolite on a cold delicate cycle and dry on low heat only. DO NOT use a top load agitating machine to wash the bag as they abuse the older fabric bags. use a front loader at home or a laundromat. Will Hemb |
Post# 174874 , Reply# 11   3/26/2012 at 01:18 (4,385 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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Erm, step 1. should say "Lower", not "Loser", I've been having some motor skill issues these past couple of days.... :S |