Electrolux Early and Late Floor Tools
Here's a comparision photo I've been meaning to post ever since the subject came up some time ago.
The tool at the top is the earliest-style. The plastic fingers on either side of the suction opening were an evolutionary step from the XXX/LX/LXI tool which had a removeable device called the "tuftor" for using on small rugs. It had two clear yellow plastic fingers like the ones you see in this rug tool, joined in the middle by a springy steel collar. You would snap the tuftor inside the rug side of the floor tool.
For some reason, when the E came out, they did away with the long, narrow suction channel on the rug side, opting instead for the "permanent Tuftor."
At some point, it must have occurred to someone that this was not a good idea, so they went back to the long narrow air channel with the late Model F tool and added a second row of "grooming ridges."
This is the same basic style as the XXX/LX/LXI except that the suction opening in the middle of the channel is larger.
Other evolutionary changes --
. early swivel connector stated "Electrolux - Top"
. later swivel connector (late AF) stated This Side Up - Electrolux"
. locking neck on the swivel connector
. rubber tip on unlocking lever
. rubber bumper all around
. with Model G, the "gleaner" - a thin metal bar smooth on one side and little teeth on the other - was done away with and replaced with a finely-ridged bar that did not reverse.
. with Silverado, metal swivel connector became plastic. Much flimsier and does not stand up to vigorous use.
n.b. the bare-floor side of all the combination tools is the same other than the color of the paint in the middle area.
