1919 Hoover plug?

[madman]

eyy, that's pretty neat.

 

[electricutopia]

Lovely to see another one of these -

- and with the orange colouring it does seem to match Model 700 as you’ve mentioned. Wondering where the info about manufacture starting in 1926 comes from? Not disagreeing but just curious about the source, this is really interesting to me!

 

[scoover]

Patent date

Have a look at socketman's post a couple of messages back (though much longer ago in time) He provided a link to the patent document. That plug which came on my Duster was the only original Hoover plug of any age that's come to me with the machine it was originally fitted to.

 

[scoover]

Another Unitem with a twist

I discovered this last weekend at my local house clearance yard nestling in a box of broken toaster parts. Its another of these Unitem applance plugs from 1926-1927 which has both bayonet and double pin connectors. This one comes with what is clearly a matching female two pin socket, presumably allowing it to be connected to an extension cable. I was very excited about it as it appeared to be the embossed Hoover version like Jack's at the start of this thread. Until you turn it over... (have a look at the last picture) it's embossed Eureka. It's a great find, but I wish it said Hoover!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Aren't they

amazing??!!??!!
And, so many are still around!