Thread Number: 39288  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Vital Rand / Vital sweeper
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Post# 416860   12/3/2019 at 07:00 (1,576 days old) by DaveVac (Westlake, Ohio)        

I have a Vital friction sweeper made by the Vital Manufacturing Co. in Cleveland, Ohio. From what I have read, the Vital Rand was designed by Kirby and was the predecessor of the Wireless Vacuette. My question - is my Vital sweeper at all related to the Vital Rand ?
It appears that they are completely separate machines....I did look at the Secty. of State of OH website and saw that the Vital Man. Co. was incorporated in 1938 and the Officers have names I don't recognize as "Kirby people". That's not to say that Vital didn't operate prior to 1938 and may have been organized by Kirby originally.
Dave


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Post# 416863 , Reply# 1   12/3/2019 at 08:01 (1,576 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)        

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It probably is; I don't know for sure. Beautiful vac! It is rare to see them without holes in the bag and at least 1 broken front wheel.
~K


Post# 416871 , Reply# 2   12/3/2019 at 13:46 (1,576 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
The Vital Rand was a Kirby prototype.

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The first Vital Rand is a dead ringer for the wireless Vacuette, I have one of each and they look identical. Also, both are made in Cleveland, Ohio. James B. Kirby did a lot of testing before he joined forces with Scott and Fetzer in 1917. He also put patents in the names of other people, so Vital Rand may be a company he started but let others run.

Post# 416929 , Reply# 3   12/4/2019 at 22:49 (1,575 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Rand

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Is one of the many people to break out and start a different company.
Black and Decker became one. Lamb is another. This is known but Rand may not be to eb
Everyone.
Ingersoll Rand makes alot of construction equipment. Just FYI fact.
Les


Post# 416955 , Reply# 4   12/5/2019 at 11:12 (1,574 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma)        
thats awesome

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i dont see really cool machines like that in oklahoma anymore very often if ever. one of moms new in home nurses told me yesterday when i was showing her my vacuum and fan collections that she has seen some neat vacuums at an auction place she used to work at and that an estate sale is coming up


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