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Thread Number: 43238
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
What is the thumb screw on the back of the kirby Em-Tor for? |
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Post# 451907 , Reply# 1 4/22/2022 at 22:38 (734 days old) by KirbyCollector  (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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Sweet-Aire
The screw on the back with the pad inside is the Sweet-Aire port. Kirby introduced Sweet-Aire (a scented liquid) with the Kirby 510 in 1950. You would unscrew that, and drop a little bit of that stuff in there. So when you would vacuum, the Kirby would smell good. The Sweet-Aire was phased out in 1962 when the Kirby 561 was discontinued. This idea would later become Kirby Odorific. Which is a scented liquid that you dab onto a tissue and tuck it into the sani pocket, or outer bag.
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Post# 451908 , Reply# 2 4/22/2022 at 22:39 (734 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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That Link was accidental. | ||
| Post# 451917 , Reply# 4 4/23/2022 at 03:27 (733 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Also this is what the bottle looked like
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| Post# 451920 , Reply# 5 4/23/2022 at 06:59 (733 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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Here's a funny... My grandmother used to pour Estee Lauder Youth Dew perfume in her sani'emptor's fragrance pad. I've heard vanilla extract is nice too. | ||
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Post# 451945 , Reply# 6 4/23/2022 at 19:31 (733 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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The Sweet Aire bottle Huskyvacs showed is the one from sometime between 1953 & 1956. Here’s the first bottle from 1950.
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| Post# 451947 , Reply# 7 4/23/2022 at 19:40 (733 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
When did this one come about?
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Post# 451955 , Reply# 8 4/23/2022 at 21:17 (733 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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Hoover300 | ||
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Post# 451956 , Reply# 9 4/23/2022 at 21:18 (733 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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Well I should say color of logo | ||
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