Ironer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0575.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Electric Household Utilities Corp. Hurley Machine Division
- MODEL
- THOR 30
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- K24774
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST METAL (ALUMINUM OR ZINC?) BASE, STAND, SHOE &ROLL/ SHEET METAL HEAT SHIELD/ LINEN & UNIDENTIFIED FABRIC COVERED ROLL/ SYNTHETIC (BAKELITE?) KNOBS/ RUBBER CORD & PLUG TABLE AND RACKS WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 64.5 cm
- Width
- 54.5 cm
- Height
- 115.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE ON MOTOR HOUSING READS: 'No 30 Thor IRON[ER]/ PAT APPL'D FOR SERIAL NO. K24774/ ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD UTILITIES CORPORATION/ FORMERLY HURLEY MACHINE COMPANY/ CHICAGO NEW YORK'/ MFR'S PLATE ON SHOE READS: 'THIS MACHINE IS TO BE USED ON CIRCUITS OF/ 90 TO 110 VOLTS, EITHER A.C. OR D.C./ CURRENT REQUIRED IS 10 AMPS. AT 100 VOLTS./ IT MUST NOT BE USED ON REGULAR KEY SOCKETS'/ CONTROL PANEL READS: 'SHOE HEAT MOTOR/ PULL TO START/ PUSH TO STOP/ MOTOR CANNOT BE STOPPED/ WHEN SHOE IS AGAINST ROLL'/ MFR'S DECAL ON THREE SIDES OF BASE READS: ‘PATENT APPLIED FOR/ THOR/ HURLEY MACHINE CO./ CHICAGO, NEW YORK/ Electric Ironer'/ DECALS ON TABLE READ: ‘Thor/ Electric Ironer' & ‘APPROVED/ BY THE/ UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES/ 207 E. OHIO ST., CHICAGO, ILL./ ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE/ NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS/ FOR SERVICE, NOT PROFIT'/ PLATE ON SIDE OF HOUSING READS: ‘OILING INSTRUCTIONS./ BEARINGS IN THIS CASE/ ARE OILED BY ALLOWING/ MACHINE TO STAND IN/ FOLDED POSITION ABOUT/ 5 MINUTES, THEN RAISING/ TO WORKING POSITION./ DRAIN AND REFILL ONCE/ A YEAR WHEN USED IN/ HOME SERVICE, AND/ EVERY THREE MONTHS/ WHEN USED IN LAUNDRY SERVICE. USE AUTO CYL-/ LINDER OIL, DO NOT USE/ MACHINE OIL OR GREASE./ REMOVE MOTOR DUST-CAP/ AND OIL OUTER MOTOR/ BEARING ONCE A YEAR./ SEE THAT OILER SCREW/ IS REPLACED TIGHTLY.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BASE & STAND METAL PAINTED GREY/ SHOE & ROLL METAL UNFINISHED/ ROLL COVERING NATURAL LINEN & RUST-COLOURED COARSELY WOVEN FABRIC/ KNOBS RED & BLACK SYNTHETIC/ MFR'S DECAL RED & GOLD WITH BLACK PRINTING/ CORD & PLUG BLACK RUBBER/ TABLE WOOD ORIGINALLY VARNISHED/ DECALS GOLD & SILVER WITH REDBORDERS & BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Electric Household Utilities Corp. Hurley Machine Division, Ironer, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1992.0575, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0575.001/
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