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The video showed a brushed motor, very similar to the first E Series motors in appearance. It looks like they've largely copied the E Series, and added multiple speeds. They've created their own styling, but it's pretty much a nineties E Series with a few improvements.
 
Simple reason for the similarities....

I'm willing to bet BIG MONEY that Librex, the company that makes Ritello, & Rexair, are probably owned by some corporate giant. That would explain why this company is getting away with making a thinly-disguised copy....they aren't!! Simply a different brand, changed the design a little, to suit a different market.

And I bet there are other companies that are owned by this same corporate giant. Look at the Ocean Blue, whose parent company is Hy-Cite Corp....that vacuum looks like an updated Rainbow D2!

Rob
 
Dan, I'm not saying Rexair is directly connected to Ritello, just they are probably owned by the same corporation. That's why they're getting away with this copy.

And if they ARE NOT, I'm willing to bet Rexair will be filing suit rather quickly, & this company won't be around long. This would be too blatant of a copy to survive a challenge in court.

Rob
 
Rob

I guess you forgot about the Oreck / Bissel Law suit ? Oreck sued Bissell for the Pro Lite 8lb vacuum that Oreck claimed that Bissell copied. Bissell used to build Oreck vacuums for them for many years. Oreck sued for patent infringement and the Judge threw it out of court. I am sure Bissell made the Pro lite as a we`ll get back at Oreck for pulling out of a contract to build their vacuums. Many companies have very good lawyers to help protect them to make sure they avoid a law suit.
Dan
 
Patents are a tricky business...

The separator is now fair game. Water filtration is fair game. Just because the Ritello has a similar body style does not mean Rexair will launch a lawsuit. Despite all the water filtration separator based vacuums on the market, most people have never heard of any but Rainbow. A lawsuit will only increase awareness of all seven or eight Rainbow competitors, and if the Ritello is substantially less expensive, it will increase Ritello's share at the expense of Rainbow's. The plaintiff has no control over the publicity the defendant gives to a lawsuit. Hoover executed a brilliant maneuver as the defendant by publicizing a lawsuit against them. Not 100% sure, but I believe it was Western Electric who sued Hoover. Hoover exploited the lawsuit to garner public sympathy and increase awareness of their product and its uniqueness. Hoover's patent on a rotating brush as up in 1925, and they scored an engineering coup with the invention of the beater bar. Air-Way copied it (sort of) and was successfully sued by Hoover, where after Airway concentrated on tank-type cleaners. If I were Ritello's legal team, I would be prepared to turn a lawsuit into a triumph.

Rexair has only themselves to blame for the proliferation of their competition. Upon closer examination, disgruntled and mistreated RGD's have been involved in the development of several of their competition.
 
And Tacony bought...

the rights to the Bissell because it was competition to their Riccar and Simplicity lightweights. It still available under the Tornado name
 
Dan & Distributor info source...

Hello Dan,

If this is the same Distributor who was providing info regarding the 'new' Kirby, then I genuinely apologize for the inaccurate info you seem to be receiving from him or her.


Distributors [or people in ANY business, NOT just Kirby] who 'spout-off' inaccurate info just to sell their products, are one of the very causes why 'people' get 'bent-out-of-shape' when later they find out they were lied to.

I understand, sometimes... it is innocently done; however, many times it is blatant.



If you refer to this old thread, you will find my take on this. See link (post #5):


http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?10038


I hope this is of assistance.

Cheers & hagd all,

Bill




http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?10038
 
Trebor (Robert Knox)

just a tiny remark - or a more expanded vision if you will.
The zip brush (Kirby's) and Vorwerk's "Textilbürste" are indeed very much alike.
While I cannot make out who invented what first, it is obvious that they follow the same basic scheme. (Rotating disc having bristles, both being air flow driven).

Some Kirby guys I had here claimed that Kirby was first, some Vorwerk guys that I had here as well, they claimed Vorwerk was first. (No idea, I am not a patent attorney, nor do I think that I will ever be).

Fact is: The Vorwerk turbo hand brush has the abbreviation "TKB" (Textilkehrbürste = textiles sweeper brush or textile brush for short). It was TKB 1 for the weaker VK something stick vacs and TKB 240 for their first canister VK240. Later there were other numbers as the model numbers of main units changed. Basic thumb rule: The canister models hat somewhat "stiffer" bushings to it, to make up for a stronger suction. Also: Green middle ejector buttons mean you have a first generation model in front of you, yellow ejector buttons mean you have a later, second generation model (with some added 1000 rpm.)

The "Polsterboy" units came up, when all air-driven brush patents expired here, Vorwerk was then launching this electric motor driven unit, along with it they would issue the electric suction hoses (it was basic on the tank type units because of their remote speed control in the handle, but sold as an extra to the stick vacs which had the switch in the main handle (telescopic steel stick).
Polsterboy started up with model 410, then 411 and so on, all of them featuring an oscillating swivel brush, powered by some 50 watts internal motor. (Some models had this extra electric hand grip to it, making it possible to grind cleaning powder or sprays into the couches - prior to vacuuming of the dried powder).
Today's "Polsterboy" (upholstery boy) has 2 counter-revolving brushes, electrically powered. Whether it has a different type of rollers for rubbing in the cleaning agents, this I don't know. Also whether today's model features the extra handle with 7 m cable, I don't know either. I had withdrawn from caring about Vorwerks long ago. Nonetheless, I might give your more elaborate links to go on with.

Cheers
Joe
 
Trebor (Robert Knox)

just a tiny remark - or a more expanded vision if you will.
The zip brush (Kirby's) and Vorwerk's "Textilbürste" are indeed very much alike.
While I cannot make out who invented what first, it is obvious that they follow the same basic scheme. (Rotating disc having bristles, both being air flow driven).

Some Kirby guys I had here claimed that Kirby was first, some Vorwerk guys that I had here as well, they claimed Vorwerk was first. (No idea, I am not a patent attorney, nor do I think that I will ever be).

Fact is: The Vorwerk turbo hand brush has the abbreviation "TKB" (Textilkehrbürste = textiles sweeper brush or textile brush for short). It was TKB 1 for the weaker VK something stick vacs and TKB 240 for their first canister VK240. Later there were other numbers as the model numbers of main units changed. Basic thumb rule: The canister models hat somewhat "stiffer" bushings to it, to make up for a stronger suction. Also: Green middle ejector buttons mean you have a first generation model in front of you, yellow ejector buttons mean you have a later, second generation model (with some added 1000 rpm.)

The "Polsterboy" units came up, when all air-driven brush patents expired here, Vorwerk was then launching this electric motor driven unit, along with it they would issue the electric suction hoses (it was basic on the tank type units because of their remote speed control in the handle, but sold as an extra to the stick vacs which had the switch in the main handle (telescopic steel stick).
Polsterboy started up with model 410, then 411 and so on, all of them featuring an oscillating swivel brush, powered by some 50 watts internal motor. (Some models had this extra electric hand grip to it, making it possible to grind cleaning powder or sprays into the couches - prior to vacuuming of the dried powder).
Today's "Polsterboy" (upholstery boy) has 2 counter-revolving brushes, electrically powered. Whether it has a different type of rollers for rubbing in the cleaning agents, this I don't know. Also whether today's model features the extra handle with 7 m cable, I don't know either. I had withdrawn from caring about Vorwerks long ago. Nonetheless, I might give your more elaborate links to go on with.

Cheers
Joe
 

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