Cadillac Quik-Vac bag

[gmerkt]

Here's a picture of something I stumbled across in my travels. This is the bag from a Cadillac Quik-Vac, and I don't know anything about that product. The bag has a heavy aluminum lock ring for the inflow, and to empty it has a keeper on the top when removed exposes an emptying hole with spring steel stays in it. This one is dirty but the fabric doesn't appear to be rotted or torn.

 

[brandon_w_t]

Neat!!!!

Cadillac made some cool vacuums. 2 local shops have a few of them. One is from the mid 30s. Very art deco looking. Kirby fan design, but opposite bag side if I recall. Had CADILLAC running vertically with a waterfall striping pattern. Very nice.


Your logo looks a bit more modern. Maybe 40s or so. Its a hand vac bag of course.

 

[gmerkt]

I looked up the company on the internet and they are still in business. This bag may not be as old as it looks. The Quik-Vac is an industrial type machine and doesn't look anything like a household or commercial vac. The bags they make now don't look much different than this one, only different graphics.

 

[kenkart]

That!

Is a newer bag, the old Quick Vac was a swivel top canister, when they discontinued it ,they started calling there very good combination blower vacuum a Quic Vac! wish I had hose and attachments for mine!

 

[tolivac]

The bag shown is used on the Cadillac Blower-vacuum units.The machine can be used as a blower for cleaning or inflating-or you put the hose attachement on the blowers intake-then put the above bag on the blower discharge opening.a sling can be attached to the blower to make it a "hip vacuum" of sorts.I have one.Grainger sells them.and the Cadillac company sells the blower vacs and a wet-dry vacuum that uses the blower as the suction unit on the tank lid with the bag on the discharge of the blower to act as a final filter.when used as a vacuum-the 10A motors are VERY powerful.You have to be careful-one time I was vacuuming with mine and it picked up a small screw-the force of the motor blowing it into the bag--blew it THRU the bag!I bought a new bag from Graingers.when you use the machine as a blower-a screen fits over the fans air intake and a nozzle goes over the discharge opening.