I'm in Southern Ontario Canada across Lake Erie from Erie PA. From what I've heard the Roll-Easy wasn't available in Canada but what do I know...
However, all my Vac Shop contacts around here say these are a most peculiar hose to vacuum connector specific to GE and hasn't been used since the late 50s.
As you can see, the latch hook engages 3/4" inside the socket and the gray O-ring seals against the opening. Thus the trigger button must be 1 3/4" back from the latch hook.
The pipe diameter is a nonstandard GE specific 1 3/8" O.D.
Meanwhile, the nozzle end of the hose uses the usual GE latch hook/button distance of only 3/8". Generously, the nozzle attachments all accept only a 1 3/8" pipe.
I do have a lovely gray GE vinyl hose from a 1970s canister vac but sadly the hose-to-vacuum connector latch spacing is the same as the nozzle end and the button is too close to the latch to be usable.
So I'm hunting for a trashed 50's GE hose just to salvage the ends & copperplate 'em. The hose that came with the Roll-Easy leaks like a sieve dispite its lovely cloth weave and will not be sacrificed for the cause.
Dave
