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Here's one of my two Electrolux Model LXs, sold from 1952 until 1955. (Well, the other one is the last version which was called the LXI as it had quite a few changes and modifications.)
Electrolux went all out in designing and promoting the Model LX. Full-color two-page spreads ran in the major homemaking magazines. The 32-page instruction book was illustrated with watercolor images in full color, and the packing box was bright red with bold lettering.
This specimen is the earliest of the earliest LXs, which can be easily detected by several things. However, most notably is the absence of an ejection control dial at the front-bottom of the machine. That control didn't come for a while.
Customers found that under certain conditions, the bag would eject too soon. (I guess you could say the early LXs suffered from premature ejaculation!) This would happen when cleaning up very fine, dense, powdery dirt. Bags would eject with only a very small amount of dirt, and customers began complaining about the expense of replacing the bags so often.
So Electrolux engineers came up with the idea of providing the “Basement and Attic Key,” a little metal tool that customers could wedge against the automatic bag release lever in the front cover to prevent it from tripping too soon. Customers were advised to store the key inside the cover where the cord connects to the cleaner; and you will occasionally find a machine with the little key still tucked in there.
This problem would be more satisfactorily addressed in subsequent versions of the LX with the addition of the new automatic suction control dial.
Customers with early machines could have a new front cover with the adjuster dial installed at no cost. I kinda like that this one is still 100% original and intact. You don't come across them very often.
As with my Model XXX that I posted about yesterday, I have pretty much every accessory and optional equipment for the LX. However, it's all stored in boxes and I can't readily get to the stuff.
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Here's one of my two Electrolux Model LXs, sold from 1952 until 1955. (Well, the other one is the last version which was called the LXI as it had quite a few changes and modifications.)
Electrolux went all out in designing and promoting the Model LX. Full-color two-page spreads ran in the major homemaking magazines. The 32-page instruction book was illustrated with watercolor images in full color, and the packing box was bright red with bold lettering.
This specimen is the earliest of the earliest LXs, which can be easily detected by several things. However, most notably is the absence of an ejection control dial at the front-bottom of the machine. That control didn't come for a while.
Customers found that under certain conditions, the bag would eject too soon. (I guess you could say the early LXs suffered from premature ejaculation!) This would happen when cleaning up very fine, dense, powdery dirt. Bags would eject with only a very small amount of dirt, and customers began complaining about the expense of replacing the bags so often.
So Electrolux engineers came up with the idea of providing the “Basement and Attic Key,” a little metal tool that customers could wedge against the automatic bag release lever in the front cover to prevent it from tripping too soon. Customers were advised to store the key inside the cover where the cord connects to the cleaner; and you will occasionally find a machine with the little key still tucked in there.
This problem would be more satisfactorily addressed in subsequent versions of the LX with the addition of the new automatic suction control dial.
Customers with early machines could have a new front cover with the adjuster dial installed at no cost. I kinda like that this one is still 100% original and intact. You don't come across them very often.
As with my Model XXX that I posted about yesterday, I have pretty much every accessory and optional equipment for the LX. However, it's all stored in boxes and I can't readily get to the stuff.
