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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1995
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0234.002

MANUFACTURER: TOTO LTD.
MODEL: NEW FEATURE
LOCATION: Orange, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: Remote control
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.2 PREDOMINANTLY SYNTHETIC: SOME METAL COMPONENT PARTS..2PT SUPPLIED WITH MOUNTING SCREWS & NUTS

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Plumbing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: TOTO
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Orange

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS ITEM BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED ONLY FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES 1995+.
Canada: PART OF THE EXHIBIT "TODAY'S JAPAN: DESIGN SAMPLING '95", PRODUCED SPECIFICALLY TO SHOWCASE TALENTS OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DESIGNERS, FOR CANADIAN PUBLIC. EXHIBIT VENUES INCLUDED HARBOURFRONTCENTRE, TORONTO & NMST OTTAWA
Function: Used to remotely control the main unit.
Technical: TOILET SEATS WHICH INCORPORATE A WATER JET MECHANISM TO BATHE THE USER ARE CURRENTLY USED BY APPROX. 20% OF JAPANESE POPULATION (1996). THEY ARE RELATIVELY RARE IN N. AMERICA.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 'WARM WATER' CONTROL LABELLED/.2 CONTROL BAR LABELLED '- +'. 2 BATTERY COMPARTMENTS MARKED 'AA/R6'; COVER FOR COMPARTMENT BEARS FOLLOWING TEXT: '520/ (CAUTION)/ - Use 2 batteries size/ AA/R6./ - Insert batteries in the/ correct direction as/ indicated by + -./ - DO NOT combine new/ and old batteries./ ABS'. 'RB 14' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER INSIDE BATTERY COMPARTMENT/.2PT HOLDER: 'ABS' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON EXTERIOR SURFACE
Missing: UNKNOWN _ APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1-.2 &.2PT FLAT-WHITE SYNTHETIC CASING HAVE SLIGHTLY ROUGH TEXTURE SUGGESTING CHINAWARE OR UNGLASED PORCELAIN. BACK PORTION OF.1 SEAT HOUSING PUMP MECHANISM & MOUNTING SCREWS, ETC. IS SMOOTH, HIGHLY REFLECTIVE WHITE PLASTIC. PALE BLUE CORD & SEAT SUPPORTS ON.1; BLUE & ORANGE CONTROLS ON.2
Decoration: N/A

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TOTO LTD., Controller, circa 1995, Artifact no. 1996.0234, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0234.002/

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