Power Nozzle for Vintage Tank/Canister Vacs

[dysonman1]

Tacony Corporation recently introduced their cordless Simplicity Freedom/Riccar SupraLite. It's a big success, and the people who have purchased them love them.

Hide A Hose is a central vacuum hose that stores inside the wall, so there is no coiling or uncoiling of the hose. The problem has always been that this hose was non-electric. Tacony Corporation decided to make the cordless upright into a Tandem-Air Power Nozzle for the Hide A Hose system.

As an owner of a Hide A Hose (along with my beloved Vacuflo commercial central vacuum), I got to try one of the prototypes. It works like a dream, better (in my opinion) than a regular Power Nozzle. The Tandem-Air system means the suction fan is "pushing" the air into the hose, and the central vacuum is sucking the air through the hose. It's a win-win situation in the war against dirt.

A friend from the Vacuum Group on facebook suggested I hook it up to a vintage cleaner, so I did.

This is an Air-Way model 55A cleaning carpeting thoroughly for the first time in almost 70 years of 'living'.

Imagine what it would do to an Electrolux model XXX? Or an Atlas? Or a Compact?

 

[dysonman1]

Hooked to a Rexair model B from 1940.

 

[dysonman1]

The Sani-Way is getting the rug clean, for the first time ever.

 

[dysonman1]

Even a GE MV3 mini vacuum, can be a Tandem-Air canister that gets the rug clean.

 

[dysonman1]

Here it is, hooked up to a Compact from 1970.

 

[blknblu]

A cordless power nozzle? Ingenious.


Powered hoses are always heavier, and often times bulkier due to the wire inside.


Even better would be to re-engineer the power nozzle to hold the batteries using small-format cells like Tesla. (think laptop batteries.) This would give the base some weight which I feel is missing in modern power nozzles.

 

[blackheart]

Ooooh!

I was wondering what that was, i recall seeing a picture of that in another thread and thought it looked weird. That's a neat, and i'm sure effective idea.

 

[bikerray]

Just as long as we don't think batteries like the hoverboards that are starting fires all over the place.

Is that a Rexair Series A in the background???

 

[ocscott3085]

Oh I need one of those for my Hide a Hose! Right now I rigged a Nutone 598 powerhead with 30ft extension cord for use in my wall to wall areas when vacuuming with my HAH outlet.

 

[vacuumlad1650]

I need one, Tom, Darling!

 

[constellation86]

This is a great idea. How long will it run on a charge?
Nicholas

 

[kenkart]

Ill stick to

My nice vintage straight suction machines!!LOL

 

[dysonman1]

It runs 1 1/2 hours on a single charge, which can be accomplished in slightly more than 2 hours. It makes using the vintage cleaners so much more effective. While I love the vintage rug nozzles, they take far more work and time to get the sand and grit from the rug. Now, a vintage Model XXX Electrolux can beat, as it sweeps, as it double cleans. Not having to plug the power nozzle into anything is a blessing. It makes it truly an "attachment" as much as a dusting brush is an attachment. The power head can be removed completely from the machine when not in use, like the PN-1 on an Automatic F with the single length of cord.

Here is the nozzle being used with a Model XXX (1938 model). Finally, the ability to remove the deep down dirt that has eluded the Electrolux for 78 years

 

[dysonman1]

Doesn't even have to be a tank/canister. It can be a straight suction upright. Here is a 1930 Air-Way Deluxe Sanitary System, beating, sweeping, and cleaning rugs thoroughly. And not belching dust like the cloth bag uprights in the background.

 

[countryguy]

It doesn't have any type of bag right so why is the wand so thick (the dark grey part below the metal part of the wand)?

 

[blknblu]

I assume that thick part is where the batteries are.


That is why I suggested a re-engineering to put them into the base.


 

 

[dysonman1]

The outlet from the fan case is squared/oval so it has to 'taper down'.

 

[dysonman1]

The battery fits along the back side of the handle. There's an indicator at the top to let you know how much life is left. I always plug it back in when I'm finished with it.

 

[dysonman1]

The fan case entering the base of the handle.