Heating pad

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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTRIC
DATE: 1913
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0593.001

MANUFACTURER: Hotpoint Electric Heating Co.
MODEL: EL COMFO
LOCATION: Ontario, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM ELEMENT HOUSING/ SYNTHETIC COLLAR/WIRE CONNECTION/ FIBRE CORD COVERING/ METAL RHEOSTAT/ SYNTHETIC, PORCELAIN & BRASS SOCKET CONNECTOR/ BRASS MFR'S PLATE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 24.5 cm
Width: 20.9 cm
Height: 1.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Patient care
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Hotpoint
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Ontario

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RECTANGULAR MFR'S PLATE WRAPPED AROUND RHEOSTAT READS: 'ALUMINUM CASE/ E1 Comfo/ VOLT. 100 - 25 AMP..35 DATE 12'13/ HOTPOINT ELECTRIC HEATING CO./ NEW YORK CHICAGO ONTARIO CAL. VANCOUVER TORONTO'/ 'LOW' & ARROW IN RAISED PRINTING ON ONE SIDE OF HEATING DISK BELOW TEMPERATURE CONTROL LEVER/ MARKS ON SOCKET CONNECTOR READ: 'Hotpoint [LOGO] 660 WATTS 250 VOLTS'
Missing: CLOTH COVER From CA of 03/14/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: ELEMENT HOUSING ALUMINUM UNFINISHED & POLISHED/ COLLAR BLACK SYNTHETIC/ CORD COVERINGS BLACK & BROWN/ RHEOSTAT METAL UNFINISHED & METAL PAINTED BLACK/ SOCKET CONNECTOR BLACK SYNTHETIC, WHITE PORCELAIN & BRASS UNFINISHED/ MFR'S PLATE BRASS UNFINISHED WITHBLACK BACKGROUND & BRASS PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Hotpoint Electric Heating Co., Heating pad, circa 1913, Artifact no. 1992.0593, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0593.001/

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