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Kirby Attachment Box Arrangements Over the Years |
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Post# 233559   5/22/2013 at 11:53 (3,985 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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I'm writing this post as a primer to help all those junior Kirby fanatics understand how Kirby arranged the attachment box setup.
Item numbers on attachment illustrations, where applicable, are from the respective instruction books for each Kirby model. I know from the Sanitronic VII to the Tradition, the Kirby cardboard attachment box had usually consisted of the following, in this arrangement: LEFT VERTICAL SPACE Duster Buffer floor pad Surface Nozzle with Elbow Shoulder Strap (for Portable Handle) Straight Extension Tube HORIZONTAL COLUMN #1 (TOP) Crystalator with cap (item 25) Portable handle (store on top of item 25) HORIZONTAL COLUMN #2 (MIDDLE) Item 22 - Utility Brush Nozzle (item 23) HORIZONTAL COLUMN #3 (BOTTOM) Massage Cup (item 22) Utility Air Nozzle (item 24) Duster Brush (item 21) (with spare Rug Nozzle belt) RIGHT VERTICAL SPACE Curved Extension Tube Crevice Tool with Brush Tip However, for the 500 series (except 562, listed further down) it will be arranged in this fashion: LEFT VERTICAL SPACE Duster Buffer Crevice Tool with Brush Tip (Brush Tip first introduced with model 517) Straight Extension Tube HORIZONTAL ROWS (FROM TOP) COLUMN #1 Utility Brush Nozzle (item 23) COLUMN #2 Blower Coupler (item 27) Duster Brush (item 21) COLUMN #3 Utility Air Nozzle (item 24) Massage Cup (item 22) COLUMN #4 Shoulder Strap Portable Handle (item 11) Crystalator with Cap (item 25) Suction Coupler (item 26) RIGHT VERTICAL SPACE Curved Extension Tube The complete Surface Nozzle (with elbow) and Shoulder Strap were standard attachments starting with the 562. The Surface Nozzle was placed in the notch by the center row (as later units). 562 ATTACHMENT CASE ARRANGEMENT LEFT VERTICAL SPACE Duster Buffer Surface Nozzle Shoulder Strap Straight Extension Tube HORIZONTAL ROWS (FROM TOP) COLUMN #1 Utility Brush Nozzle (item 23) COLUMN #2 Massage Cup (item 22) Duster Brush (item 21) COLUMN #3 Utility Air Nozzle (item 24) Blower Coupler (item 27) COLUMN #4 Portable Handle (item 11) Crystalator (item 25) Suction Coupler (item 26) RIGHT VERTICAL SPACE Curved Extension Tube Crevice Tool with Brush Tip NOTE: The Suds-O-Gun is also part of the standard attachments group, as well as the Inflator/Deflator tool (from Classic III) but there is no designated space for it (or the Inflator) in the cardboard attachment case. TRADITION PLASTIC ACCESSORY CASE (introduced mid-1980) Left half of case stores: Suds-O-Gun with Cap Crystalator Surface Nozzle Surface Nozzle Elbow Portable Handle Shoulder Strap Right half of case stores: Inflator/Deflator Straight Extension Tube Curved Extension Tube Crevice Tool with Brush Tip Utility Brush Nozzle Utility Air Nozzle Duster Brush (with spare Rug Nozzle belt) Massage Cup ~Ben |
Post# 233563 , Reply# 1   5/22/2013 at 11:58 (3,985 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 233564 , Reply# 2   5/22/2013 at 11:59 (3,985 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 233565 , Reply# 3   5/22/2013 at 12:01 (3,985 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 233566 , Reply# 4   5/22/2013 at 12:44 (3,985 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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However, you have not included the Floor Duster in the displays. As for the portable handle, it was called a "Lifter Grip." And if you can, show some of the early tool kits where the hose coupling, and that for the blower were not part of the hose.
Please keep this thread going, I like it! Alex Taber. |
Post# 233567 , Reply# 5   5/22/2013 at 13:12 (3,985 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 233568 , Reply# 6   5/22/2013 at 13:19 (3,985 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Alex,
Actually the hose and blower couplings are included with the early attachment cases. On models 516-562 they are illustrated, and carry index numbers of 26 (suction coupler) and 27 (blower coupler). I thought I already posted them... but just in case, here's a picture of what the attachment case contents and arrangement would've looked like originally (from the model 508 instruction book). ~Ben |
Post# 233571 , Reply# 7   5/22/2013 at 13:27 (3,985 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 233620 , Reply# 8   5/22/2013 at 18:12 (3,985 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 233624 , Reply# 10   5/22/2013 at 18:31 (3,985 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 233625 , Reply# 11   5/22/2013 at 18:33 (3,985 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 233626 , Reply# 12   5/22/2013 at 18:37 (3,985 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 233627 , Reply# 13   5/22/2013 at 18:44 (3,985 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 356695 , Reply# 15   7/27/2016 at 06:03 (2,823 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 358911 , Reply# 17   9/7/2016 at 10:04 (2,781 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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The 518 was the first Kirby to feature the Surface Nozzle which, as you guessed, had to be purchased separately. I do wish I could see its box in the same background color as the other boxes:
518 - Tan with red Kirby logo 519, 560 - White with red Kirby logo and gold Kirby circle pattern 561 - Aqua with red Kirby logo and gold Kirby circle pattern The Surface Nozzle is marked as items 28 (nozzle unit) and 29 (swivel attachment) in the instruction books covering these models. The 562 Sanitronic instruction book lists the entire group as item 28. ~Ben |