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lionsweeperuser

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12/09/06 at 8:28pm

Apparently the name "wind-tunnel" associated with an upright vacuum cleaner originated with Apex over 50 years ago. An ad from "The Saturday Evening Post," probably from the early 1950's, posted today under Vacuum Cleaner of the Day on the Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Club website, showed the Apex featuring "wind-tunnel" suction.

Now we have the Hoover Windtunnel models.

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Carmine_Difazio Ultimate Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5559	Re: Wind-tunnel Reply #1 - 12/09/06 at 8:56pm Hello Jim: Thank you for a fascinating historical perspective on the vacuum cleaner genealogy of the HOOVER WindTunnel. Maybe you can post the VCCC web site so persons can visit it and learn more about the past and current history of vacuums in the USA. Carmine D.
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Vacuumfreeeke Senior Member Posts: 125	Re: Wind-tunnel Reply #2 - 12/11/06 at 1:24am I noticed that very same thing yesterday when I saw the vac of the day! Those Apexes sure had style... what a fun looking machine!
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Reply #3 - 12/11/06 at 4:09am

The only thing the two brands have in common is the name. Apex uses the name to identify a diffent path the air and dirt take, after the fan, compared to other uprights at the time like Kirby, Royal, Eureka. HOOVER's technology has to do w/ the brushroll chamber.

There is no legal issues since decades have passed, plus there are no Apex vacuum cleaners.

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Reply #4 - 12/11/06 at 11:27am

The website of the Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Club is www.vacuumland.org.

Mike W., thanks for pointing out the difference between wind-tunnel suction as used by Apex and the windtunnel action of the Hoover Windtunnel. I didn't mean to imply that any legal issues might be involved in the use of the term "windtunnel." I just found interesting the Apex advertisement from years ago.

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Carmine_Difazio Ultimate Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5559	Re: Wind-tunnel Reply #5 - 12/11/06 at 5:27pm Hello Jim: Great website and you don't have to be a VCCC member to use it. It's open for all. Carmine D.
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