Plz, help me identify this oldie Sanyo and bag type

[pizzini79]

Hi, doing a long walk for my heart problem and I've found this Sanyo 1000W Made in Japan with the old Sanyo logo (80s?). I'd like to know if it is completed or there are missing filters and which type of bag this model uses?,
Sorry for the low quality pics, thanks a lot

 

[markus79]

sanyo

I am guite sure it's a Bagless vacuum so you don't have to buy any bags. It looks a lot of same like my 70's national and hitachi vacuums.
Best regards
markus

 

[michaelwalter]

Hi Pizzini79

This machine was quite popular in the mid 80's in Australia. GE also put out the identical machine with the only difference being the floor tool and filter.

It is a bagless machine like National and Hitachi where the dust collects in the body with either a cloth filter for the GE and a plastic cassette filter for the Sanyo

They were renouned for being a very reliable cleaner with the only thing to ever go wrong was the vinyl hoses splitting or the dust indicator would jam if dusty.

The machine was discontinued in 1987.

Apart from the dust compartment filter the only other filter was a sponge filter at the exhaust end inside the machine, it was not designed to be washed or replaced as it would involve unscrewing the motor housing.

Not a cheap vacuum but did appeal to those who wanted a fully featured vacuum without the price tag of the Electrolux, Nilfisk or Hoover TOL cleaners.

The Hose, extension tube and floor tool are original but I cannot identify the black coupling on the top of the extension tube.

I'm quite familiar with the cleaner so if i can help just ask.

Cheers

Mike

 

[fan-of-fans]

Nice machine there. As mentioned above there is a dust cassette so no bags needed. It appears yours is designed to shake off the filter when the cord is rewound, hence the little wheels on each part. I have a smaller version from 1983 with the same floor tool, hose and wand. Mine has a crank that clicks against the filter to clean it, then you remove the filter from the bin and dump the debris.

These are good quiet yet strong vacuums. I would wash the filter and put it to use!

 

[eurekaprince]

Doesn't the plastic filter open up?

Indeed, there is a little handle on the wheel for flicking the folds of the filter that is encased in the cassette. But the fine particles coming off the folds must be dumped somehow otherwise the fine dust will just get sucked back into the folds. So, there must be some way of opening up that plastic part to dump the fine particles.

 

[eurekaprince]

In fact, I now have noticed two indentations on either side of the plastic part - these must be designed to enable you to grab each side of the filter to pull it apart and open it up for cleaning.

 

[fan-of-fans]

I know on mine, the fine screen over the filter just hinges open so you can dump the fine particles out of that pleated part. The whole thing is washable, which does have to be done to keep it from clogging, I find.

I agree, it looks like a handle on the wheel, but if you look at the motor half there is a gear like piece that mates with another on filter half. This looks like it has what I have read about where the wheel turns to clean the filter as the cord winder rewinds the cord. Pretty ingenious to me.

 

[michaelwalter]

You are right fan-of-fans

The cog in the filter cage married up with the cog on the motor housing, each time the cord is pulled out of the machine it would shake / beat the filter. This was known as an automatic bag shaker.

The automatic bag shaker was first introduced in to national branded machines.

If you wash the filter and make sure the auto bag shaker mechanism is working correctly then you should have very little suction loss right up till the bag compartment is stuffed full of fluff and dirt.

Cheers

Mike