Vacuum cleaner
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/CANISTER
- DATE
- 1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1230.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GOBLIN ELECTRIC CLEANER CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- CLEAN SWEEP
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 23C279135
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CANNISTER COVERED WITH VINYL AND HAVING LEATHER HANDLE, PLASTIC HOSE COLLAR & METAL FITTINGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 52.0 cm
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- 17.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Housekeeping
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GOBLIN
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO REMOVE DIRT FROM CARPETS, FLOORS, ETC. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY CANNISTER-STYLE VACUUM CLEANER - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 DIAMOND-SHAPED MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO VACUUM TOP READS: 'MADE BY THE ORIGINATORS/ OF THE VACUUM CLEANER/ [ILLUSTRATION]/ GOBLIN/ CLEAN SWEEP/ VOLTS 110 A.C. OR D.C. CYCLES 25 TO 60/ C.E.S.A. APP. NO. 4728/ SERIAL NUMBER 23C279135/ 2.5 AMPS./ MADE IN/ GT. BRITAIN/ GOBLIN ELECTRIC CLEANER/ COMPANY, LIMITED, TORONTO'/ 'B.V.C. GOBLIN/ PROV. PAT. NO 7055/35' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON HOSE COLLAR/ ON-OFF SWITCH LABELLED/ 'PRO-PAT' STAMPED INTO HANDLE FITTING.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE, EXCEPT FOR SCREWS MISSING FROM HANDLE & MFR'S PLATE
- Finish
- BROWN IMITATION-COWHIDE VINYL COVERING; BLACK STRAP HANDLE; BRIGHT SILVER METAL CANNISTER CASING & FITTINGS; BLACK PLASTIC HOSE COLLAR
- Decoration
- LEAPING RED GOBLIN FIGURE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ON MFR'S PLATE ON .1
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GOBLIN ELECTRIC CLEANER CO. LTD., Vacuum cleaner, after 1935, Artifact no. 1992.1230, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1230.001/
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