Regina vacuum cleaners

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Regina was a floor care company that started in 1892. Regina started out selling canister vacuums. By the 50s, they started selling stick cleaners, or how they called it, "Electrik Brooms". By the 70's they were selling carpet cleaners and shampooers. By the 80s, 90s, they were selling uprights and hand-held vacuums.

The first generation of uprights were well made, in the mid 80's the then CEO of Regina Don Sheelan redesigned the uprights replacing many of the metal parts with plastic, after that Regina became synonymous with poorly made vacuum cleaners. It is said that at one time Regina had 40,000 vacuum cleaners that had been returned defective in its warehouse, seems the new plastic parts led to the innards of the vacuums melting, and the new design had not been tested before being put on the market. In the early 90's Don Sheelan was charged with fraud and the company folded the article can be read here http://www.aicpa.org/PUBS/jofa/may2001/wells.htm .

The Regina logo changed during the years. There was a logo that lasted 1892 to the 1960s. Then it changed again in the 70s. The next change was in the 80s.

The, Regina name was adopted by the Royal Corporation in the early 2000s they make a carpet cleaner and a vacuum cleaner under the Regina name, the Logo is different from the 80's 90's logo. During the early 90s,before the company's demise the dirty Peanuts character, Pig-Pen, was put on commercials for Regina. His dirt was sucked up by the Regina logo.