Filtex

[compactc9]

Some Filtex centrals.

 

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[compactc9]

I also have some stainless steel Filtex Automatic inlets that were given to me by Fred, I still am looking for the box i put them in when we moved.

 

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[charles~richard]

Very cool!

Here is where Filtex started. (See image.) The company was founded by a woman and the original location was here in Los Angeles. I have a write-up around here somewhere from a 1940s issue of the Los Angeles Times that tells about her - the tone of the article is "marveling" at the fact that a WOMAN is actually the founder and CEO of a large corporation!

 

[compactc9]

That is very interesting, especially for the time, that a woman would have started the company. Do you know what got them into the central buisness?

 

[tolivac]

A woman used to own and operate Buhl-Tornado industries-the one that now makes one of the only two external filter wet-dry vacuums.The Filtex Central cansiter units look just like one I saw in the garage of a home while looking at their yard sale-the vacuum wasn't included-asked them about it-they really liked the system.What sort of dirt collection does it use-do you dump the canister or does it have a bag?noted what looks like two external motor units on the one pictured here-at that house it had only one.Sounds like an interesting vacuum.Now Tornado industries is part of the Tacony group.

 

[ian88]

Had a female managing director at one place I had to put up with at one time, very formidable woman..fearsome, got the job done and didn't care if you didn't like it.

mmm.

 

[dial-a-nap]

Those centrals are just too cool, Reggie. Can you explain the filtering system on the front? I've never seen one of these before.

 

[compactc9]

They use a paper bag inside of a cloth one you take the top off, and pull the bag out.

 

[swingette]

the filtering system on the front

do you mean the double motors?

so Reggie, will one of these have more suction than my Hoover Portapower? Huh Reggie?

 

[tolivac]

That would be nice-the paper bag in the cloth one-would make it easier at emptying time.And the dirt is filtered out of the airstream before reaching the suction motors.Looks like the motors are in series-one has a sealed fancase-the other one the fancase is vented.Would figure the vented fancase motor is the last one in the suction circuit.

 

[compactelectra]

Here is a Filtex Central Brochure

They had two motor models with the option of parallel or series. One model with the motors piped in series had a high water lift and the parallel had a high cfm.

 

[dial-a-nap]

Oh, I see - I didn't realize they had two motors mounted on the sides like that. These are completely new to me, central vacs are quite rare around here for some reason and I've never seen a Filtex cleaner except the canister model at Fred's.