Hoover Minor with optional...

[vintagehoover]

...Model 800 powerhead!

 

[vacuumkid3]

NICE!

I just love MonsterVacs!! :-D

~~K~~

 

[hoover1060]

now that

is a powerhead with some BALLS

 

[charles~richard]

EXCELLENT!!!

 

[frkirby511]

A classic for sure!

 

[lux1521]

Now thats sweet looking. I'd considered rigging my 541 and 725 together like that but it would never look nearly as good at that.

It's just too bad that there is no real performance advantage that I can see. I think the 800 could actualy move more air than a minor could, even with the brush roll load. Now if you hooked it up to a 541/543 or earlier machine I think it could make for a performance increase.

Performance aside, what you do have is intimidation and wow factor! Between the rarity of the minor and the overall coolness of the rig it is very impressive!

 

[swingette]

I call that "The Major and the Minor"

 

[74simon]

Fantastic! We await the video ;-)

 

[ian88]

I'm sure it's just an aesthetic exercise rather than anything of any practical use.

Heck, for all I know Hoover really experimented with that lol.

 

[arh1953]

Ok, some of you have actual drawing talent. One or more of you should come up with concepts of what a 1920s-30s Hoover canister with a powerhead would look like if such a thing were made then. And the first picture in this thread is superb!

 

[swingette]

cool idea, alan!

 

[watsonw]

Does Jack have a 'Heavy Goods Vehicle' drivers licence for for this essemble ? LOL.

Jack, just how does the suction of the minor compare with that of say....the 800 ?

Regards, W.

 

[vintagehoover]

Here's one they patented earlier!

Voila! Genuine patent, filed on behalf of Howard Earl Hoover in 1919, for a powerhead for a central-vacuum system!

 

[vintagehoover]

View 2

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[vintagehoover]

View 3

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[vintagehoover]

A similar design...

...filed a few days later:

 

[vintagehoover]

Side view:

...

 

[ian88]

I do wonder why they didn't make it in the end.

I feel the industry would still feel the (positive) repercussions even now

 

[vintagehoover]

My theory is...

I'd guess the reason they designed and patented their powerhead, at a time when they didn't manufacture any machine that would benefit from it, was to stop other manufacturers using the idea and selling them with their central vac / canister systems. This way, Hoover could ensure they always had the upper-hand over the central-vac design - however convenient a C-V was, the manufacturers would only ever be able to make straight-suction machines, which Hoover had already made largely obsolete.

It's a good technique; think of all the good ideas first, even if you don't intend to use them. Then patent the technology to stop other manufacturers using them, so your machine is always superior!