Gamma II type A6a vacuum cleaner

The Gamma II model put into production in 1958 was designed as a small, light, handheld vacuum cleaner. In order to facilitate its operation the body has a Bakelite handle and a long rubber belt, allowing the vacuum cleaner to be carried on the shoulder. Its body was cut out of hot-rolled sheet steel. Metal sheets, cut into the required forms, were bent on a roller and then connected with a rabbet joint. To flatten the surface, the bodies were then hammered on a former with rubber or wooden mallets in order to achieve a cylindrical shape. The vacuum cleaner bags were hand sewn. Starting from 1958, some vacuum cleaner components were made of pressed plastic. The covers of the item presented here were made of Bakelite, and the nozzles and pipes were made partly from Bakelite and partly from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Manufacturer: Rzeszowska Fabryka Sprzętu Gospodarskiego, 1960 Inv. No. MIM318/IX-15 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric measurements Licence: CC BY-NC-SA