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Thread Number: 39403
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
It hunts dirt in the night! |
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Post# 418117 1/4/2020 at 14:04 (1,573 days old) by Bvac6  (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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It's a Vampyr! At night it rises from the closet and sucks the life dirt from unsuspecting carpeting!
Well maybe not, BUT, it is a weird machine. The nozzle and motor casing are bakelite and the motor is a 220v drop in type with rubber mounts. They had dry rotted and collapsed so I remade them with liquid rubber. The carbon brushes were so thin you could have shaved with them. I had a set that fit perfectly. It runs awesome now, the bag is on its way from the seller still who sent it seperately for some reason.
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| Post# 418119 , Reply# 1 1/4/2020 at 14:20 (1,573 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Just looked it up.
Seems to date back to 1924. I'm still hunting info even though its daytime. When it wakes in its closet for the nightly prowl I may have more info.
I love old machines like these. Will be interesting to see if the bag is anything like the pic I saw. Alex Taber P.S. Caligula is the cat in my main pic. | ||
| Post# 418121 , Reply# 2 1/4/2020 at 14:39 (1,573 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Interesting! Go to Vampyr vacuum cleaner, Images. | ||
| Post# 418123 , Reply# 3 1/4/2020 at 15:15 (1,573 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Correct spelling.
According to the German to English translation on Wikipedia the spelling is Staubsaugar. Seems the person who posted the ad I located had it wrong.
Still researching this little dirt sucker, but the original from 1924 with the chrome handle, motor housing and nozzle, which like Health-Mor, Royal, and other P. A. Geier designs was removable. There is a great pic of the factory in operation, have a look. Seems your Dracula spin-off is from the late 1940's as Bakelite was common then with the shortage of metal. I'll check to see if I can find an instruction book for our nocturnal creature. | ||
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Post# 418128 , Reply# 4 1/4/2020 at 15:36 (1,573 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 418131 , Reply# 5 1/4/2020 at 16:36 (1,573 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Thank you Charles Richard. | ||
| Post# 418145 , Reply# 7 1/4/2020 at 21:21 (1,573 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 418146 , Reply# 8 1/4/2020 at 21:39 (1,573 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Weird
I'm actually well versed in Deutch. I'd say I'm a jelly filled doughnut but that's history.
I know what the word translates too. I just get the feeling the vacuum is playing off vampire legends. My ancient world history has cobwebs but the original German empire outskirts was Romania. I just checked German Saxton's colonized Romania. I think it was originally a publicity stunt. If you look at date of when it's made you already know there pushing German origins. Les The vacuum looks like a bison to a point. If you put colored LED bulb in it would cause a fright. Les | ||
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Post# 418154 , Reply# 9 1/4/2020 at 22:25 (1,573 days old) by Bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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| Post# 418156 , Reply# 10 1/4/2020 at 23:33 (1,572 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Yes I saw that in the pictures. | ||
| Post# 418157 , Reply# 11 1/5/2020 at 00:01 (1,572 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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I just looked it up on reddit. | ||
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