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Post# 413356   9/3/2019 at 22:28 (1,694 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)        

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All original! from what i can gather, it is a model 187 "Old Style Special" made around 1916. The seller also has an old rexair.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-HOOVER-...
~K


Post# 413392 , Reply# 1   9/4/2019 at 19:34 (1,693 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Hmm

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I thought brush rolls were not on vacuums until 1930s. This is obviously 1916 vacuum. This should go for quite a bit.
Les


Post# 413400 , Reply# 2   9/4/2019 at 20:54 (1,693 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)        

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I believe I've seen brushrolls mentioned in a 1914 publication.

Post# 413410 , Reply# 3   9/4/2019 at 23:29 (1,693 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Yes

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I ha be a 1908 ad mentioning one on a Torrington.
Les


Post# 413420 , Reply# 4   9/5/2019 at 09:25 (1,693 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)        

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Authentic, indeed. I am not totally sure if the agitator is original, but that is beside the point
Murray Spangler put an agitator on the original sweeper back in 1907, so it makes sense for this "child" of his original to have it. Where the term Brushroll really came from, I'm not sure.


Post# 413538 , Reply# 5   9/7/2019 at 23:09 (1,690 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Hmm

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I was reading my prior posts. I came across one made about my pa geier hand vacuum. Jeff mentioned rotating brush roll was invented in 1937. I guess that is where idea came from
Im guessing brushes attached to a roller rotating in 360% rotation. This is a brush not rotating in such a fashion. It is still amazing how far advanced this vacuum was.
Les


Post# 413553 , Reply# 6   9/8/2019 at 09:07 (1,690 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)        

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I dont see how this is any different, as it has bristles on it and rotates 360 degrees.
The original spangler sweeper had a section of broom handle with goats hair bristle stapled to it and rotated 360 degrees while in use. And that one comes from 1907. Are you saying the term "brushr
oll" was coined in 1936?


Post# 413568 , Reply# 7   9/8/2019 at 13:53 (1,690 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Hmm

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I guess my assumption was based on royal vacuums. My assumption was false.
Les



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