Thread Number: 45959  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Domestic Bar Brush - Torrington predecessor?
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Post# 474355   11/25/2024 at 15:23 by Hoover300 (Kentucky)        

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November's big find for me - a Domestic Bar Brush. I know nothing about this other than it was built by Torrington, who bought the Domestic Sweeper Co at some point in the mid 1910s. The vacuum itself is made entirely of pressed steel with some wood components. It shares the motor and handle assembly with a Torrington type B, but the head is smaller and not as well designed. The smaller size makes the weight balance incorrect and as a result, it becomes tippy. Not to mention the wooden front wheels and simple brush strip underneath instead of a wheel driven roller. The badge on the front displays nothing other than "patent pending", though it is otherwise the same as a Torrington type B badge.

I've seen another Torrington B in ads labeled Chautauqua(another brand of theirs), but it was simply a type B with another badge. Given how simplistic this is, might this be the predecessor? The last pic it is shown with both Torrington models.


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Post# 474456 , Reply# 1   12/5/2024 at 19:40 by Rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
Torrington



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Post# 474474 , Reply# 2   12/7/2024 at 12:53 by Hoover300 (Kentucky)        

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Thank you!
Any chance that book is for sale?


Post# 474477 , Reply# 3   12/7/2024 at 15:59 by Hoover300 (Kentucky)        

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Please disregard, I neglected to check online, found a copy! Wonder if they mention the Domestic cleaner.

Post# 474482 , Reply# 4   12/7/2024 at 17:51 by Rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
Torrington

Those are only pages on vacs. Just mentions buying Domestic.

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Post# 474810 , Reply# 5   12/25/2024 at 14:37 by Rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
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Post# 474819 , Reply# 6   12/26/2024 at 09:30 by Rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
Sorry, wrong picture --

--one of each.

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