Electrolux Model XXX attachments & Crevice Tool Q

[kevin]

Thanks for the info. rugsucker. I checked out the Super Market thread like you suggested and learned a lot--besides seeing the crevice tool.

To me, that crevice tool looks like the ones from previous models (LX, F...), so did I understand you correctly that it was different--not only in color--but also in style?

What's interesting is that the G manual shows a sketch of a slim crevice tool--not the wide one. In fact, I also have an R manual with the same sketch. That made me wonder when the slim crevice tool was first used. I didn't see patents for the crevice tool on Charles Richard Lester's website, so I wonder if another company, or two, made them which could have been why there were different styles. Either that, or the artist that provided the sketches just drew a generic tool.

Not that important, I know, but I just want to make sure that I'm looking for the original part--not one from a different era.

 

[rugsucker]

Elux crev

You might call the crev for XXX,etc wide with wide opening and the blue G crev wide with narrow opening.The XXX was a fibre material and the G a hard plastic.To me the best ever to use is the long crev from 1205 and newer.Just clean a car,sofa or edges to find out.

 

[kevin]

I'm guessing these tools originally went with the Marquise? Does anyone know what color the original tools of the Grand Marquise and other 1521s were?

 

[dysonman1]

turquoise model G crevice tool.

 

[kevin]

Thanks for the pic of the turquoise Model G crevice tool dysonman1! That's the same style as the Model XXX ones, right? I wonder if they changed to the slimmer turquoise version during the Model G's run, because the instruction manual I have shows it instead of the flared one like you pictured.

If you have a pic of a tan Model G one with the classic logo please post that too.

 

[kevin]

Is this the first series crevice tool for the tan Model G? I have never seen this logo before!

 

[rugsucker]

crevice tools

Above crevice is for the tan G.
The blue G and XXX crevice are similar but NOT same.The XXX is wider from opening to hose connection.

 

[kevin]

Jimmy,

Thanks for the information. Is this the Model XXX crevice tool (with upholstery tool)? Were the crevice tools all the same style from the Model XXX through the Model R?

 

[rugsucker]

Elux crev

Above is XXX style.It could be seen in different colors.Not certain about the -R-.The crevice as well as paper bags were considered optional on the -S-.Crev might have been optional on -R- as well.Others will know more.

 

[kevin]

Thanks Jimmy (#27)!

 

[kevin]

Here's an unusual ivory crevice tool for the Super J--with a rectangle border around the other border. At least I haven't seen it before:

 

[kevin]

Did/do other another company manufacture the crevice tools? I don't remember seeing an Electrolux patent for them.

 

[kevin]

Model XXX Rug Cleaner--I'm guessing by the box that it is from the late '40s or '50s era. Come to think of it, though, to my knowledge I've never seen a earlier style of box; just those with the trefoils in the '60s and the versions with the "boat-shaped" border that came later. I'm guessing there were boxes with '50s cursive lettering box that was introduced on the 1952 Model LX's red on yellow wordmark. Does anyone have any info. on the subject?

Pic #1 (attachment and box):

 

[kevin]

Just the box (from previous reply):

 

[kevin]

Crevice "Tip"

Did Electrolux make the short crevice "tip", so it could be stored in the dust brush? Was it standard or optional? Does Aerus still sell it?

I'm guessing it went with the 75th anniversary machines because of its oyster color.

 

[kevin]

Gray Ambassador III tools:

 

[collector2]

The Crevice tool in Reply 24 is from the Canadian Electrolux Z57 and was one of the first of that design made (dark blue made at the same time for the 54 and 55)
The one for the tan G doesn't have that style of logo.

In reply 33 the short crevice tool first appeared about halfway through the run of the 2100 in Canada (and,I believe,the Diamond J in the US). It was made to easily fit on the tool clip on the exhaust cover of the 2100 and the handle clip of the US model. They were standard equipment with the machines until the Diplomats came out, when they reverted to the full sized crevice tool.

 

[kevin]

Thanks, Doug.

 

[kevin]

Hey again, Doug -

Re: replies #5, 14, 24, 25, 29

It's been awhile, so I reread the replies in this thread and found that Jimmy mentioned that the first tan G crevice tools had plain lettering (#24) and the later ones carried the boat-shaped logo as seen in #8. So, I'm thinking that the US purchased its initial batch of crevice tools for the tan Model G.


In addition, #29 shows a pic of an ivory crevice tool that looks a bit different with a rectangle-enclosed boat-shaped logo next to a Super J. Would that have gone with the Canadian AP series?


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Diplomat LX/1677 attachments:

 

[electrolux137]

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Here is the crevice tool for the tan Model G. (See first photo.)

Also, there were two different crevice tools for the turquoise G.

The early one is as shown in the thread above, shaped identically as the earlier versions made from pressed fiberboard but made of plastic which proved to be rather brittle and easily broken or cracked.

The later one was exactly the same shape, style and material as the tan one shown here. These types were made of a softer, more flexible plastic that was much more durable.

The 1205's crevice tool was the same as these two but darker turquoise in color. (See second photo.)

The Golden Jubilee, Super J and Olympia tools were also the same but were off-white and had a textured surface on the flat part of the tool -- the same texture as the metal sides of the motor housing.

The Silverado tool was light gray and also had a textured surface. The Ambassador tool was charcoal gray, also textured. (See third photo.)

I believe it was after the Ambassador that the much shorter (and largely useless) crevice tool was introduced.

[this post was last edited: 1/23/2015-07:04]