Vacuum cleaner

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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTRIC/UPRIGHT/SUCTION-SWEEP/ FAN
DATE: 1938
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0756.001

MANUFACTURER: HOOVER CO. LTD.
MODEL: 800
LOCATION: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST METAL NOZZLE & MOTOR HOUSING/ METAL BRUSH WITH ANIMAL HAIR BRISTLES/ SYNTHETIC LIGHT LENS/ RUBBER BUMPER/ RUBBER & SYNTHETIC CASTERS/ METAL HANDLE WITH RUBBER HAND GRIP/ RUBBER COVERED CORD WITHRUBBER PLUG

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 61.0 cm
Width: 33.0 cm
Height: 115.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Housekeeping
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: HOOVER
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Hamilton

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 PLATE ON NOZZLE READS: 'The/ HOOVER/ REG. TRADE MARK/ MADE IN CANADA/ IT BEATS/ as it Sweeps/ as it Cleans'/ PLATE ON HOUSING READS: 'FOR 100TO 115 VOLTS D.C. TO 45 CYCLES/ FOR 105 TO 120 VOLTS 50 TO 60 CYCLES/ MOTOR NO 8HM125989 WATTS 335/ CONSULT HOOVER SERVICE STATION BEFORE APPLYING TO ANY OTHER CURRENT' & 'THE HOOVER COMPANY LIMITED HAMILTON, ONTARIO'/ MARKS ON UNDERSIDE READ: 'The/ HOOVER/ MAKES/ RUGS LAST LONGER/ PLACE HIGH SIDE OF BELT/IN LINE WITH ARROW'/ '30131'/ 'MODEL/ 800/ 8100555' & 'THE/ HOOVER CO. LTD./ NOV 3 1938/ M.1 3595/ 265 BAY STREET'/ Manufacturer's plate on back of motor housing reads: ‘FOR 100 TO 115 VOLTS D.C. TO 45 CYCLES/ FOR 105 TO 120 VOLTS 50 TO 60 CYCLES/ MOTOR NO. 8HM125989 WATTS 335/ CONSULT HOOVER SERVICE STATION BEFORE APPLYING TO ANY OTHER CURRENT/ PATENTED IN CANADA APR. 3 1917 OCT. 2 1917 FEB. 10 1920 FEB. 15 1921 OCT. 17 1922/ MAY 29 1923 JUNE 5 1923 NOV. 2 1926 AUG. 13 1927 MAR. 18 1930, MAR. 10 1931 FEB. 7 1933/ PATENTED IN AUSTRALIA, DENMARK, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND AND OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ THE HOOVER COMPANY LIMITED HAMILTON, ONTARIO.'/ ‘HOOVER' appears in raised letters on both sides of hand grip/ marks on front casters read: ‘HOOVER 40085'/ marks on plug read: ‘REG. U.S. HOOVER PAT. OFF./ M/ PATENT APPLIED FOR'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: NOZZLE & MOTOR HOUSING METAL UNFINISHED/ BRISTLES BLACK ANIMAL HAIR/ LIGHT LENS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC/ BUMPER BLACK RUBBER/ CASTERS BLACK RUBBER & BLACK SYNTHETIC/ HANDLE BLACK METAL WITH BLACK RUBBER HAND GRIP/ CORD COVERING & PLUG BLACK RUBBER
Decoration: N/A

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HOOVER CO. LTD., Vacuum cleaner, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1992.0756, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0756.001/

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