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Kirby Attachment Designs Through the Years |
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Post# 225723 3/30/2013 at 18:05 (4,037 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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If there is anything that I have seen on Kirby attachment designs through the years, is that since the time of the Kirby Classic Omega, the hose seemed to be redesigned so that the couplings were machined tightly (in addition to the tool connection having holes and the coupler having a longer attaching lug for the safety switch lever) so that removal of them is only done by Kirby dealers. True?
The same is also said for the Surface Nozzle, which seems to have its swivel tube tightly machined to the nozzle body. True? I know, because I can remove the swivel tube from the body on the pre-Omega surface nozzle, but not on those afterward (including my Classic III's surface nozzle). ~Ben | ||
| Post# 225744 , Reply# 1 3/30/2013 at 20:46 (4,037 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
Ben, i have owned practically every Kirby before and after the Omega, including the Omega, and i think the Omega was the last of the Kirby's to have a METAL nozzle end on the swivel tube, but as far as i can remember, they all came apart from the surface nozzle wheather, plastic or metal.
I know my original Classic 3 had a plastic tube, and came apart from the surface nozzle, and so did my Tradition,, Heritage and Heritage 2. I remember being sort of disapointed that they had started to make the nozzle end plastic, as i felt it cheapened up the attachments, and made them less secure and more flimsy. Speaking of the Surface Nozzle, i believe the original large surface nozzle was by far superior to the G series nozzle with the rollers. It got into the corners and crevaces better and easier, and did a better job on low piled carpets, and bare floors. Imho, of course. | ||
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Post# 225745 , Reply# 2 3/30/2013 at 21:12 (4,037 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA) |
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I have an Omega | ||
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Post# 225746 , Reply# 3 3/30/2013 at 21:14 (4,037 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA) |
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This | ||
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Post# 225747 , Reply# 4 3/30/2013 at 21:18 (4,037 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA) |
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Here they are | ||
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Post# 225749 , Reply# 5 3/30/2013 at 21:24 (4,037 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA) |
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It is possible | ||
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Post# 225752 , Reply# 6 3/30/2013 at 21:48 (4,037 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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The early 1974 running changes for the Omega also meant that the tool end of the hose and the extension wands and the surface nozzle's swivel tube were given holes so that the eyes and ears of children wouldn't be affected by the tremendous suction. That in addition to the longer right attachment lug to accommodate the new-style safety switch (#134374).
Prior to the Omega, the universal coupler used on all Kirby hoses since 1963 had identical attachment lugs on them; to me they appear to be the same length to accommodate the older-style single-speed safety switch, despite the Dual Sanitronic 50 being the first Kirby to have a two-speed motor. I wonder if Kirby had made changes to the Dual Sanitronic 50's hose coupler lugs (the right one in particular) to accommodate the original two-speed safety switch (#134365) used up to the first batch of Omegas? ~Ben | ||
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Post# 225754 , Reply# 7 3/30/2013 at 21:54 (4,037 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Post# 225755 , Reply# 8 3/30/2013 at 21:59 (4,037 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Kirby Classic Omega Hose (Mid-1974) | ||
| Post# 225756 , Reply# 9 3/30/2013 at 22:06 (4,037 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
Back in 1973 | ||
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Post# 225757 , Reply# 10 3/30/2013 at 22:09 (4,037 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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