Eureka Tank Vacuums

[paul]

Nope. Cylinder vacs are long and narrow like these Eurekas, most Electrolux and Royal cylinder vacs. Something like Rotomatic, GE Swiveltop, Numatic Henry, Charles or James, Filter Queen, Lux Powerprof or most Nilfisk models would be called tank vacuums. Tanks are lower, larger diameter and open on top. And in the US we lump them all together as canister vacs.

Yep. Here are two sources that support my assertion (see the last paragraph of the second image).

 

[hygiene903]

Nope. Cylinder vacs are long and narrow like these Eurekas, most Electrolux and Royal cylinder vacs. Something like Rotomatic, GE Swiveltop, Numatic Henry, Charles or James, Filter Queen, Lux Powerprof or most Nilfisk models would be called tank vacuums. Tanks are lower, larger diameter and open on top. And in the US we lump them all together as canister vacs.

Paul is right, cylinder and tank vacs ARE the same thing! They are long and narrow and have horizontal airflow. Examples would include the Eurekas pictured in this thread, Electrolux, Filtex, Royal, and Hoover Aerodyne. Canisters are kettle shaped and have vertical airflow. Examples would include Eureka Rotomatic, GE Swiveltop, Hoover Constellation, Lewyt, Filter Queen, and Silver King.

 

[hygiene903]

Yep. Here are two sources that support my assertion (see the last paragraph of the second image).

Paul, I actually have the DIY book that you posted that page from! It's a volume from the Mechanics Illustrated Do It Yourself Encyclopedia. I have several volumes, but unfortunately not the whole set. Came out in the mid 60's if I remember right.

 

[rugsucker]

I have seen GE Swivel Top and similar called 'pot type' and I think Jet 99 has referred to radio styling when table top radios were bigger and rectangular.

 

[paul]

Paul, I actually have the DIY book that you posted that page from! It's a volume from the Mechanics Illustrated Do It Yourself Encyclopedia. I have several volumes, but unfortunately not the whole set. Came out in the mid 60's if I remember right.

Thanks for the title, Jeff. I neglected to cite that in my photo caption as I typically do, and my copy (I only have the one volume) is in storage; I used an old photo.

 

[hygiene903]

Thanks for the title, Jeff. I neglected to cite that in my photo caption as I typically do, and my copy (I only have the one volume) is in storage; I used an old photo.

That volume was actually the first one I got, the rest I picked up at book sales, flea markets, etc. Think I have 5 or 6 volumes but not sure, mine are in storage too. If I remember right, there were 13 volumes in the complete set. They were originally offered at grocery stores in one of those deals where you buy $?? of groceries and get a volume for 50 cents or a dollar or something like that.
And Jimmy, yes, I've also heard of canisters referred to as "pot type" cleaners, and now that you mentioned it, I remember seeing them called pot type cleaners in a few appliance repair manuals too.

 

[paul]

That volume was actually the first one I got, the rest I picked up at book sales, flea markets, etc. Think I have 5 or 6 volumes but not sure, mine are in storage too. If I remember right, there were 13 volumes in the complete set. They were originally offered at grocery stores in one of those deals where you buy $?? of groceries and get a volume for 50 cents or a dollar or something like that.
And Jimmy, yes, I've also heard of canisters referred to as "pot type" cleaners, and now that you mentioned it, I remember seeing them called pot type cleaners in a few appliance repair manuals too.

Gotcha. I got mine at a library book sale that was sold independently from the set. Interesting back story; I was aware of dinnerware set offers based on $ amount of groceries purchased but not other items.

 

[hygiene903]

Gotcha. I got mine at a library book sale that was sold independently from the set. Interesting back story; I was aware of dinnerware set offers based on $ amount of groceries purchased but not other items.

Speaking of dinnerware, we have a set of Florentine china that came from the grocery store the same way, a few plates, cups, saucers, or bowls at a time until we got the whole set. And in the early to mid 80's the same store offered Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia as well, and yes, we have a set.

 

[eurekaprince]

Nope. Cylinder vacs are long and narrow like these Eurekas, most Electrolux and Royal cylinder vacs. Something like Rotomatic, GE Swiveltop, Numatic Henry, Charles or James, Filter Queen, Lux Powerprof or most Nilfisk models would be called tank vacuums. Tanks are lower, larger diameter and open on top. And in the US we lump them all together as canister vacs.

In the UK, all canister vacs are called cylinder vacs.

 

[paul]

Speaking of dinnerware, we have a set of Florentine china that came from the grocery store the same way, a few plates, cups, saucers, or bowls at a time until we got the whole set. And in the early to mid 80's the same store offered Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia as well, and yes, we have a set.

Very cool. My dad got my grandma a set of Stetson dinnerware (also over time) when he worked at a local grocery store, and I remember us getting plastic bowls from a Derby gas station in the '70s. I only remember encyclopedias being sold by door to door salesmen. We had a set of Compton's.

 

[cheesewonton]

That is where I got the term from, European idiom. In the US we call them canister vacuums regardless of shape unless it is a shop vac. But all the European sources I have read call vacuums from Electrolux for example "cylinder vacs" unless you are talking about the Powerprof, which is like a shop vac and I see it called a "tank". Same for many Nilfisk models. They are tanks. But a long skinny vintage Progress vacuum is a cylinder vac.

 

[paul]

That is where I got the term from, European idiom. In the US we call them canister vacuums regardless of shape unless it is a shop vac. But all the European sources I have read call vacuums from Electrolux for example "cylinder vacs" unless you are talking about the Powerprof, which is like a shop vac and I see it called a "tank". Same for many Nilfisk models. They are tanks. But a long skinny vintage Progress vacuum is a cylinder vac.

You must have missed my post with attachments last Friday and hygiene 903's reply on Tuesday. In the US, while some may refer to any "pull-along" vacuum as a canister except for shop vacs, the original industry definitions still stand, which have also been used in advertising. See the US newspaper attachments.

 

[paul]

Btw, Eureka changed the airflow of its "pull-along" cleaners beginning with the 1800 Series (& 1280-1290 Roto-Matic Power Teams) in 1970 by moving the exhausts from the bottoms to the rears. This design changed continued in its later series: 600 (in the design of the other series' counterparts), 700/1250/1500/3300/3400, 1600/1260-1270, 1700, & 3700. These are still canisters based on the horizontal positions of their motors. The 500/1240/3200 and 550/3360 canister series retained the bottom exhaust.

 

[cheesewonton]

Btw, Eureka changed the airflow of its "pull-along" cleaners beginning with the 1800 Series (& 1280-1290 Roto-Matic Power Teams) in 1970 by moving the exhausts from the bottoms to the rears. This design changed continued in its later series: 600 (in the design of the other series' counterparts), 700/1250/1500/3300/3400, 1600/1260-1270, 1700, & 3700. These are still canisters based on the horizontal positions of their motors. The 500/1240/3200 and 550/3360 canister series retained the bottom exhaust.

Quiet Kleen Vactronics have their exhausts in two lines along the bottom.