Barber Shop Vacuums

[kevin]

I came across this eBay listing and wondered what kind of suction device barbers use and if anyone in Vacuumland has a collection and/or knowledge of the machines.

Front side photo:

 

[kevin]

Back side of photo:

 

[kevin]

From 1963 (First of its kind centralized vacuum system in a barber shop):

 

[kevin]

Back side of previous photo:

 

[rugsucker]

Barber Vacs

Great pictures.I remember seeing some years ago that seem to have used a plastic jar to catch most hair.I have a square box type with motor in it that come from a local shop when the barber died at 95.My best one is a large late 50s Eureka Rotomatic canister labeled for Wahl barber supply with a chrome pipe going straight up from the hose connection with a tray half way up to hold clippers that connect to flexible hoses.Both should be on EBay sooner or later.

 

[super-sweeper]

friendly neighborhood barbershop,

Still has one in the form of a square duct along the ceiling, with hoses connected at black mounts, push-in or locking, likely locking. I've never seen it in use, unfortunately.

 

[aspie62]

Head Vacuuming.

Personally, I use the massage cup from my Kirby G5 after a hair cut to remove loose hairs.

 

[ultralux88]

Super Sweeper:

Any clue as to what the vacuum unit is? Any way you could get some pics and possibly even of the vacuum machine itself? This sounds like a very interesting thing to me.

 

[ultralux88]

This made me think, a modern barber shop or hair salon or whatever could really use a central vac, with a vac pan at every station to sweep everything into and one of these hose things as well to clean up and with a dust brush or something vacuum hair off the person too.

http://www.cyclovac.com/international/vacuum/hoses/vroom-quick-hose/vroom-24-quick-hose

 

[super-sweeper]

while I would love to,

I have never seen I it in use, what would the Barber think when I ask 'hi, I would like to investigate your hair vacuum thing!'?