General Information

Serial #

143449

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL WITH SYNTHETIC CORD & TRIM/.2 SYNTHETIC WITH METAL END/.3 METAL WITH SYNTHETIC CLIP/.4 SYNTHETIC WITH METAL CLIP/.5 SYNTHETIC/.6 SYNTHETIC WITH BRISTLES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

35.5 cm

Width

35.5 cm

Height

35.0 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

HOOVER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

North Canton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

The Constellation vacuum cleaner is featured in Richard Hamilton's "Just what is it that makes today's homes so different" from 1956.

Function

TO EXTRACT DIRT FROM CARPETS, FLOORS, DRAPERIES ETC. BY A COMBINATION OF SUCTION & FRICTION

Technical

ORIGINAL MODEL OF THIS DESIGN WAS FIRST ROUND CANISTER-TYPE VACUUM/ IT ALSO HAD THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SEALED SUCTION OF ANY CLEANER ON THE MARKET & CAME WITH A 'DOUBLE STRETCH'HOSE/ THIS MODEL HAS 'AIR LIFT', LIFTING IT SLIGHTLY OFF FLOOR SO IT 'FLOATED' ALONG WITHOUT NEED OF WHEELS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 TOP PLATES 'HOOVER CONSTELLATION' & 'HOOVER'/ ON BASE 'THE/ HOOVER/ CLEANER/ Model 454/ Des. 186,359 PATENTS 2,766,844/ Des. 186,872 2,780,826/ 2,614,186 2,781,103/ 2,614,196 2,814,064/ 2,739,616/ HOOVER UL/ 120 VOLTS D.C. TO/ 60 CYCLES A.C./ 750 WATTS/ 143449/ THE HOOVER COMPANY/ NORTH CANTON/ OHIO'/.5 'PAT. IN CANADA 1957'/.6 'HOOVER'

Missing

PROBABLY CAME WITH MORE ATTACHEMENTS - THESE ARE PROBABLY NOT ALL ORIGINAL

Finish

.1 TURQUOISE ENAMEL WITH BEIGE BASE, TRIM & HANDLE, SILVERTONE & RED PLATES/.2 CREAM BEIGE WITH DARKER BEIGE & SILVER PTS/.3 SILVER WITH WHITE CLIP/.4 CREAM BEIGE & DARKER BEIGE/.5 BEIGE WITH RED 'BRUSH'/.6 GREY-BEIGE WITH BLACK BRISTLES

Decoration

.1 3 CONCENTRIC GROOVES AROUND CENTER TRIM, FRONT PLATE HAS CROSS-HATCHING