Upright vacuum cleaner
Category
Technological items
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, metal and cotton
Measurements
94 mm (width); 107 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 662793
Summary
A 'Whirlwind 50' vacuum cleaner consisting of a black painted metal base and handle with a light brown cotton bag. The cleaner runs on two wheels with rubber tyres, whilst two smaller wheels also with rubber tyres, at the front of the base rotate the brush. A red painted fan consisting of a circle of blades facing inwards appears to be attached to the opening of the dust bag. When the vacuum cleaner is pushed along air is sucked into the bag. The bag is attached to the base by two metal clips. There is a button of unknown use on the front of the base. The handle is flat and made in several sections joined together by nuts and bolts. The hand grip is made of rubber with brass edges.
Marks and inscriptions
On bag: Whirlwind/ STANDARD/50 Front of base: inside winged triangle, triangle painted red lettering and wings painted gold: ALL STEEL/ WHIRLWIND/ FIFTY/ WHIRLWIND/ LIMITED/ BILLINGSHURST/ SUSSEX/ [PR] PAT. [434038] England Embossed: in rectangle: WHIRLWIND LTD. BILLINGSHURST ENG/ WORLD WIDE PATS