Are there any Filter Queen experts who can help me figure out the model my Grandmother had in the 1950s? When she moved to their new home west of Indianapolis in 1952, she bought a new Filter Queen to keep the place as good as new. I remember it vividly: the colors were not those that I see on the model 31 pictures. Hers was pretty much brown all over. Certainly no power tools. There was some type fabric cloth with pockets that could be hung around the top of the machine to carry attachments. I think you could pull the motor unit off the ring that held the wheels. She stored everything in the original box that was pretty enormous Any ideas?
FILTER QUEEN MODEL IDENTIFICATION
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That is a 350. its actually a greyish color, now if it definitely was brown it would have been a 200, but that would have been a 40s model, the 350 looked very much like the modern Filter Queens in the basic shape.the 200 was different in that the motor looked different, it was more raised in the center...that and whoever designed it had to have owned interest in a screw factory as their were literally hundreds of screws in it.
That is a 350. its actually a greyish color, now if it definitely was brown it would have been a 200, but that would have been a 40s model, the 350 looked very much like the modern Filter Queens in the basic shape.the 200 was different in that the motor looked different, it was more raised in the center...that and whoever designed it had to have owned interest in a screw factory as their were literally hundreds of screws in it.
dysonman1
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This is the model 350. The first ones has the 'shoe bag' attachment carrier that you described. This one is from 1953, and had the metal attachment 'crown'. Ironic that the Royal Appliance Company was making them for Health-Mor - as Health-Mor had not yet completed the factory they were building with the proceeds from winning the lawsuit against Lewyt.
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Hers looked very much like the 350 that dysonman pictures. The box was different, but that's a minor detail. If I find that model sometime, I might get it in her honor. When she passed and my grandfather had to fend for himself, he traded it in for a Hoover convertible, and things were never the same. That 350 was one very cool machine and I played with it for hours, but I remember having to get someone older sometimes to press through the rubber hose end to depress the release button of the wands and some tools. I rank it right up there with Kirby and Electrolux.
Hers looked very much like the 350 that dysonman pictures. The box was different, but that's a minor detail. If I find that model sometime, I might get it in her honor. When she passed and my grandfather had to fend for himself, he traded it in for a Hoover convertible, and things were never the same. That 350 was one very cool machine and I played with it for hours, but I remember having to get someone older sometimes to press through the rubber hose end to depress the release button of the wands and some tools. I rank it right up there with Kirby and Electrolux.
dysonman
Does your 350 have a dedicated bare floor tool? In your picture, I see what might be a felt pad that clips on to the carpet attachment. With my grandmother's machine, there was a real bare-floor tool, but I also have vague recollections of a clip pad like you show.
Does your 350 have a dedicated bare floor tool? In your picture, I see what might be a felt pad that clips on to the carpet attachment. With my grandmother's machine, there was a real bare-floor tool, but I also have vague recollections of a clip pad like you show.
dysonman1
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The dedicated bare floor brush would not launch until the next model (500), and it was a very wide brush that came with the 'optional' attachment set. The clip on felt pad was a filter queen attachment from the very first model, and worked great on bare floors - even better than a bare floor brush.
suckolux
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Perhaps that was something she added a little later??
suckolux
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Possible I am sure!
