Electric Carpet Sweepers—G-E's model SV-1, Premier's model SV-1A & Emer's "Princess"

[paul]

Eureka Style "T" bags for the Easy Glide (from old eBay listing):

 

[centralsweeper63]

With tools it would have been a really nice machines.

 

[centralsweeper63]

 

[cheesewonton]

Son of Oreck ?

 

[centralsweeper63]

It is very cool!

 

[eurekaprince]

Unlike the GE the Eureka could have an attachment set similar to the bigger F&G upright.

Wow….a hose and attachments? I can’t imagine that the fan in the Easy Glide produced much airflow. Would be interesting to find out how powerful the motor was - ie amperage. Even the full size Eureka Super Automatic 260 from the 1960’s only had a 3 amp motor which really did not produce a lot of airflow through the optional attachment hose.

 

[centralsweeper63]

I can imagine there would be literally no pressure to keep the airflow going too.

 

[eurekaprince]

And here’s a good example of a bagless powered carpet sweeper that has no suction fan. It’s a rechargeable sweeper from Black & Decker:

 

[huskyvacs]

And here’s a good example of a bagless powered carpet sweeper that has no suction fan. It’s a rechargeable sweeper from Black & Decker:

Yeah all that is is Black & Decker buying up the expired Swivel Sweeper patent and resurrecting its corpse. Thats 100% the Swivel Sweeper and they removed the rearside brush and changed a few designs with the mold.

 

[centralsweeper63]

I have an original swivel sweeper.

 

[cheesewonton]

Yeah all that is is Black & Decker buying up the expired Swivel Sweeper patent and resurrecting its corpse. Thats 100% the Swivel Sweeper and they removed the rearside brush and changed a few designs with the mold.

Once a patent expires that's it. Anybody can copy something once the patent expires. No need to pay the original patent holder.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Exactly right, I was wondering why they would buy something that was already dead.

 

[paul]

Wow….a hose and attachments? I can’t imagine that the fan in the Easy Glide produced much airflow. Would be interesting to find out how powerful the motor was - ie amperage. Even the full size Eureka Super Automatic 260 from the 1960’s only had a 3 amp motor which really did not produce a lot of airflow through the optional attachment hose.

Hey Brian,

I know you have much of the following information; but I include it in case you are unaware and for others unfamiliar with such Eureka minutiae.

All:
While I am unable to attest to the Easy Glide's airflow, the motor is rated at 4.1 amps (as far as I know there was only Type A). The standard blender motors used in the 1400 Series in the 1980s were rated at 4.0 amps, for comparison.

And just to clarify, Brian was referring to the pastel green-base model 260 with a gold headlight visor that was made from 1957 to 1960. Its rating plate lists the motor rating at 350-watts (3.04 amps at 115 volts).

The Lagoon Blue-base 260 (Types A, AK, B, BK, C, D, DK, E, and EK) with the silver headlight visors that were launched in December 1960 all used the pancake 3.5 amps motors that were apparently used in the 2000 Series (and early 1400 Series) until 1978 when the 6.0-amp ESP motors were used in the Brandywine 2000 Series uprights.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Good info. A 4.1 amp motor is quite big for a machine that size.

 

[huskyvacs]

Once a patent expires that's it. Anybody can copy something once the patent expires. No need to pay the original patent holder.

Yep. I guess Black and Decker gave it a new battery tech upgrade and said "lets send it". For what it was, the Swivel Sweeper I don't think was all that bad. I think from what I remember its battery life was just total garbage. Maybe 10 mins? It was just a 4 AA pack of NiCad and you got 2 of them. It did fine in my RV.

 

[blackheart]

Thanks to this user we can get a better look at the Easy glide that plate on the handle is like hollow it's so odd!

 

[huskyvacs]

Thanks to this user we can get a better look at the Easy glide that plate on the handle is like hollow it's so odd!

That was definitely a floor polisher design that was repurposed. Maybe a cancelled prototype of a floor polisher they never made, or a design tool bought off another company and reworked into a sweeper.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Very cool. It does look kind of like a floor polisher. I quite like it.

 

[eurekaprince]

Hey Brian,

I know you have much of the following information; but I include it in case you are unaware and for others unfamiliar with such Eureka minutiae.

All:
While I am unable to attest to the Easy Glide's airflow, the motor is rated at 4.1 amps (as far as I know there was only Type A). The standard blender motors used in the 1400 Series in the 1980s were rated at 4.0 amps, for comparison.

And just to clarify, Brian was referring to the pastel green-base model 260 with a gold headlight visor that was made from 1957 to 1960. Its rating plate lists the motor rating at 350-watts (3.04 amps at 115 volts).

The Lagoon Blue-base 260 (Types A, AK, B, BK, C, D, DK, E, and EK) with the silver headlight visors that were launched in December 1960 all used the pancake 3.5 amps motors that were apparently used in the 2000 Series (and early 1400 Series) until 1978 when the 6.0-amp ESP motors were used in the Brandywine 2000 Series uprights.

Wow! 4 amp motor? That’s much more powerful than I thought. I actually think the Easy Glide had a two speed motor to offer gentler cleaning for delicate rugs. Thanks for that info Paul! I guess the motor would indeed be strong enough to provide some basic airflow for above-the-floor cleaning with an optional tool kit. Wonder what that tool kit looked like. Wonder if it came in that nifty plastic Eureka Carry All tool caddy.

 

[eurekaprince]

Thanks to this user we can get a better look at the Easy glide that plate on the handle is like hollow it's so odd!

It really is the same configuration as the GE Electric Carpet Sweeper - one motor spinning the brush with a fan to suck dirt into the bag in the base. I am pretty sure this was made for Eureka by Matsushita-Panasonic. It was created at the same time that Matsushita made the Eureka Emperor upright. Would love to see the Sears Kenmore version - I read that there was a clone of this design sold as a Kenmore.

 

[eurekaprince]

And here is Karcher’s version of the Swivel Sweeper that was sold in the UK several years ago:

 

[rugsucker]

"tool kit" --Only cardboard carton. I sold the only attachments I ever found on eBay years ago.