centralsweeper63
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That would definitely work!
Filter queen 200 find
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dysonman1
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That is the pre-World War II version of the model 200. They only made them for three years before the war. All of the pre-war serial numbers that I've seen are five digits or less. They probably didn't make more than 60,000 of them before the war.
centralsweeper63
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There you go! Rough date range aquired.
huskyvacs
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Thanks for the update on timeframe, that gives a date range to mash into the search. It's always more productive if you have a specific year to go with the search.
World War II started in 1939, so 3 years before that would be 1937/1936 thru 1939.
From May 1941, Consumer Reports tested it and found that although it had excellent pickup ability and quiet operation, it was dangerously unsafe from not being properly insulated, it produced way too much radio interference, and its loss of suction in endurance testing was abysmal. They also found the rug cleaner was exceptionally difficult to operate. (Consumer's Research Bulletin Vols 6-7). It cost $79.50 in May 1941 but by 1946 it had jumped to $94.75.
You might need to crack it open and look for a date stamp on the motor or somewhere inside the vacuum for an exact MFG. +/-
centralsweeper63
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They still lose ridiculous amounts of cleaning power!
dysonman1
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The first filter queen model 200 was made by Royal in 1939. They made them in 39, 40, and 41. Like all Royals, the date Stamp is on the stacking of the armature. Interesting about consumer research, and the fact that the filter queen had a radio noise suppressor like many other vacuums of its time, such as the airway sanitizor. They used the same brush on the rug nozzle that they and royal would use for the next 50 years, so I don't believe it was hard to push. It's interesting when you are lucky enough to actually own vacuums that competed with each other all those decades ago, because you can constantly test them in different situations. Royal built that machine like a tank, I do not believe that it was electrically unsafe as I have had many opportunities to take them apart in my lifetime. The model 200 used a cotton exhaust batting just like later models, however, the model 200 was the only one to force all of the airflow through the cotton batting before it left the machine. In all other designs, it did not. If that cotton batting at the top were to get dirty because of a misplaced filter cone, the motor did not have a pre-filter so it would send the dirt right to that cotton batting causing the machine to lose suction quickly. The filter queen distributor would've had no problem replacing that filter in two shakes. That's why that filter then became just for some of the carbon dust and for quieting down the motor. Most of the air came out later models underneath the on off switch pedal.
centralsweeper63
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On my nana's one there is a foam ring and a big hole on the top. The air goes out the hole, where the hose is attached for blowing. But there is a removable cap on top, that forces the air to go down into the foam.
dysonman1
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Unless it is a model 200, the air comes out underneath the switch pedal in a strong stream, and through the foam silence ring in a much less strong stream. I've been collecting filter queens for 50 years now, one of my favorite machines with the exception of emptying it. But hey, that's what the "seal guard" filter cones were for with the plastic bag bonded onto them.
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