Object Details
maker
General Electric Company
Description (Brief)
G.E. glass bowl vacuum coffee maker. Has a metal and bakelite base and heater element. 7" in diameter. and 4" high. The bowls would sit on top of the base, one on top of the other. The upper bowl has a glass pipe about 5/8" diameter. running to the bottom of the lower bowl. Both bowls are about 7" diameter. and about 5 2/1" high. The bowls are made of pyrex glass. The base has tags with replacement part numbers, upper bowl is A8U, lower bowl is AD8L. "Built by General Electric Co., Bridgeport Conn. Ontario Calif. made in U.S.A. Cat. #139P8. Patents listed on bottom of heating element as follows: 1947274- Permanent magnet & method of making it (1934) - GE; 1968569 - Permanent magnet & method of making it (1934) - GE; 2027994- Magnet steel containing nickel and aluminum (1936)- Japan (Tokushichi Mishima); 2027996 - Strong permanent magnet with cobalt (1936) - Japan (Tokushichi Mishima); 2027997 - Permanent magnet containing copper (1936)-Japan (Tokushichi Mishima); 2137884- Coffee maker handle (1938)- GE; 2192743 - Sintered permanent magnet (1940) - GE; 2192744 - Sintered permanent magnet (1940) - GE; 2284359 - Coffee maker (1942) - GE; 2287580 - Coffee maker (1942) - GE; 2287582- Cover structure {for coffee maker} (1942)- GE; 2287883 - Switch control device (1942) - NY (David P. Joffo); 2287585 -Coffee maker (1942) - GE.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
from General Electric Company, Housewares Division
date made
ca. 1947
ca 1947
ID Number
EM.330691
catalog number
330691
accession number
299501
Object Name
Coffee Maker
electric appliance
coffee maker
Other Terms
Coffee Maker; Appliances
Physical Description
composition (burner material)
composition (pot material)
glass (burner material)
glass (pot material)
Measurements
overall: 15 in x 7 in; 38.1 cm x 17.78 cm
base: 4 in x 7 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm
bowls: 5 1/2 in x 7 in; 13.97 cm x 17.78 cm
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_702672