Eureka & Kleenex Late '60s - Mid '70s "Jewel" design

[paul]

The Kleenex tissues Jewel box design was first used in 1969 in several different colors. It appears to me that Eureka's upright nameplates, made from 1972 to 1977 or so have a similar look. Quite possibly one of Eureka's designers just happened to have a box of Kleenex on her/his desk while developing the new nameplates. Check out the 1969 Kleenex ad and the Dial A Nap model-types 2042-A in Moss Green base and 2042-D in Arctic Blue:

 

[cheesewonton]

The Kleenex tissues Jewel box design was first used in 1969 in several different colors. It appears to me that Eureka's upright nameplates, made from 1972 to 1977 or so have a similar look. Quite possibly one of Eureka's designers just happened to have a box of Kleenex on her/his desk while developing the new nameplates. Check out the 1969 Kleenex ad and the Dial A Nap model-types 2042-A in Moss Green base and 2042-D in Arctic Blue:

As much dirt blew out the bags of those things I have no doubt they had a box of nose wipes on their desks O_O Just thinking about one of those old shake out bag things or the porous paper bags of the era makes my nose run.

 

[paul]

As much dirt blew out the bags of those things I have no doubt they had a box of nose wipes on their desks O_O Just thinking about one of those old shake out bag things or the porous paper bags of the era makes my nose run.

Wow, didn't think my post would elicit that kind of response! Maybe you were just joking, deal with dust allergies, or have an aversion to vintage Eurekas. But I'll respond as if none were the case.

It's true that most of the vintage vacs prior to HEPA bags and better filtration leak dust, but I consider that housework was more of a priority for most in the past who lived by "cleanliness is next to godliness". So, cleaning was more routine and caring for equipment followed suit; both of which minimize the effects of conventional filtration that you portrayed in your comment.

I also vacuum and dust frequently and change/empty vacuum bags regularly; albeit I still use tissues for good hygiene. Btw, I have 2 Rugulators & a Dial-A-Nap with F & G bags, and a Roto-Matic Power Team that that takes H bags; along with a Kirby with a shake-out bag, Hoover Convertibles with Type C bags, and Electrolux tanks using paper Style Cs.

Furthermore, only one of my relatives, my uncle who was a smoker, had emphysema; and he lived to be 87. No one else had or has had breathing difficulties and were in "relatively" good health (pun intended). Most also lived or are living into/in their 80s (one just had her 92nd birthday) despite using vacuum cleaners with conventional filtration back in the day. And I am in excellent health - no medications, or pain relievers - only an old bag of cough drops (thank God).

 

[cheesewonton]

The very first vacuum I ever owned, given to me by the owner of a house I was renting when I was in the military, was a pancake motor, round belt, shake out bag vacuum that I detested in every possible way. I think it was made by Sunbeam but could be wrong. My parents always had decent quality canister vacs but back then I could not afford a new Kenmore or Hoover canister so I suffered with that old cloth shake out bag piece of crap choking every time I had to empty it. When I finally bought a new vacuum to replace it I still couldn't afford a nice Kenny like my parents Sears Best 4.1 with "Finger Tip Control" ( at that time it would have been a Whispertone ) so I ended up buying a Hoover Caddy Vac. Tossed the old pancake motor thing in the garbage and never looked back. My parents passed and I ended up with their by then vintage Kennys and they felt like luxury goods compared to the Caddy Vac. No comparison. I still have the Caddy Vac but more out of sentimental reasons. I found another of these 1982-83 vintage Sears Best machines like my parents have, refurbished it with a modern motor from a Pro Team backpack vac, put their little pleated dome pre motor filter on it hiding under the big boxy foam filter housing and run it with a synthetic HEPA bag from Numatic. Still like it better than 90% of what is out there.

So not a fan of direct air motor vacuums and basically detest soft bag uprights. Years later we had Sanitaire soft bag uprights at place I worked and nothing about them made me like them.. We burned them up trying to clean our office carpets. The custodial company's banged up ancient Windsors were so much better and we often had to beg one off them when the Sanitaire couldn't clean up a mess. Something as simple as spilling some fresh coffee grounds ( fumbled a filter filled with coffee on the way to the break room to brew a fresh pot ) and the Sanitaire could not get it all up. We fried a brand new Sanitaire in one afternoon trying to vacuum up a mess from shredding documents for burning. Too much on the floor for the Sanitaire and the interns ran it until it was literally smoking. The custodial crew's Windsor had the mess cleaned up in a few minutes. Just my experience with pancake motor dirty fan soft bag uprights. Something based on a Hoover Elite like my Caddy Vac or a Breathe Easy is a much better carpet cleaner.

Wow, didn't think my post would elicit that kind of response! Maybe you were just joking, deal with dust allergies, or have an aversion to vintage Eurekas. But I'll respond as if none were the case.

It's true that most of the vintage vacs prior to HEPA bags and better filtration leak dust, but I consider that housework was more of a priority for most in the past who lived by "cleanliness is next to godliness". So, cleaning was more routine and caring for equipment followed suit; both of which minimize the effects of conventional filtration that you portrayed in your comment.

I also vacuum and dust frequently and change/empty vacuum bags regularly; albeit I still use tissues for good hygiene. Btw, I have 2 Rugulators & a Dial-A-Nap with F & G bags, and a Roto-Matic Power Team that that takes H bags; along with a Kirby with a shake-out bag, Hoover Convertibles with Type C bags, and Electrolux tanks using paper Style Cs.

Furthermore, only one of my relatives, my uncle who was a smoker, had emphysema; and he lived to be 87. No one else had or has had breathing difficulties and were in "relatively" good health (pun intended). Most also lived or are living into/in their 80s (one just had her 92nd birthday) despite using vacuum cleaners with conventional filtration back in the day. And I am in excellent health - no medications, or pain relievers - only an old bag of cough drops (thank God).