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- OBJECT TYPE
- RANGE/ELECTRIC/CONTOURED/WOK
- DATE
- 1996
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0286.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TELEDYNE STILL-MAN CANADA
- MODEL
- WOK-MATE AM008-003
- LOCATION
- Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION. PAPER & SYNTHETIC PACKAGING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.5 cm
- Width
- 24.1 cm
- Height
- 6.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TELEDYNE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Scarborough
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS ELEMENT NEVER USED. THIS TYPE USED 1996 +
- Canada
-
DESIGNED & MADE IN CANADA. THIS PRODUCT WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO'S CHINESECOMMUNITY THAT THEY COULD NOT USE THEIR WOKS EFFICIENTLY ON ORDINARY STOVE ELEMENTS. IAN CHAI OF TORONTO ENVISIONED A CONTOURED ELEMENT AND WORKED WITH TELEDYNE TO DEVELOP WOK-MATE. ( 1991 ) MR. CHAI'S PRODUCT RIGHTS EXPIRED IN 1996. TELEDYNE CO. DESIGNED NEW PACKAGING, AND CLOSED THE TORONTO PLANT MFG WOK-MATE. THE PRODUCT IS NOW MFD IN COOKEVILLE, TN USA. - Function
-
TO PROVIDE CONCAVE HEATING SURFACE ON ELECTRIC RANGE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE COOKING WOK. - Technical
-
MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, THE CONTOURED ELEMENT HEATS UP MORE QUICKLY AND PRODUCES SUPERIOR HEAT DISTRIBUTION, IN COMPARISON WITH TRADITIONAL FLAT ELEMENTS. THIS PRODUCT REFLECTS, AS DOES DOMESTIC DESIGN IN GENERAL, THE COSMOPOLITAN POPULATION & ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF CANADA. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " TELEDYNE/ STILL-MAN/ CANADA ", " 2400W- 250V/ 16- 208V/ 8S5CH CSA LR20693 5K842C-U" & " DO NOT IMMERSE/ NE PAS IMMERGER " stamped into metal supports below heating coil./Package front includes Chinese text characters & graphic of woman using product, and text: " TELEDYNE/ Wok-Mate/ ELEMENT. WOK. ", Full transcript of package markings, French & English text, front & back panels, reproduced in supp. info./ " AM008-003 " handwritten in black marker on back of package.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- DULL BLACK HEATING COILS; BRIGHT SILVER CENTRE. PACKAGE HAS GREEN BACKGROUND ON FRONT; WHITE BACK BEARS PRINTED INSTRUCTIONS & GENERAL INFO.
- Decoration
- N/A
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TELEDYNE STILL-MAN CANADA, Element, 1996, Artifact no. 1997.0286, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0286.001/
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