The Anser Vacuum

[vacmo]

By the way, it's not a Universal, everything was similar to early hoover designs as Hoover began to allow patents to run out, and... wrong hood

 

[caligula]

Hi vacmo.

I used to go to the Henry company in Valipariso, Indiana quite often. It was run by John Henry, and yes, it was his father who started the company, which was then in Chicago. I lost touch with John Henry over 20 years ago, and don't know if he's even still alive. But he was the one who told me about the Hoover Historical Center way back in 1980. If you have any info on the Henry company, please share it.

Thanks,

Alex Taber.

 

[kenkart]

I hate to say it..

But it is nothing more than a Universal with a Hoover brushroll, I wone one at a raffle in 96 at the vccc convention, I also owned a Universal, the motors were interchangeable.

 

[dysonman1]

Oh it's definitely a Universal. I remember the Anser that Hans won - it's identical to a Universal. Patents on inventions last 18 years, patents on design (what something looks like not how it works) last for 10 years. Hoover HAD to come up with the agitator in 1926 because their patent was expiring on the motor driven brush roll. All patents do expire, which is what makes America great I think. After the patent is up, people are free to copy and sometimes, improve existing designs.