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OBJECT TYPE: RANGE/ELECTRIC/CONTOURED/WOK
DATE: 1995
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1291.001

MANUFACTURER: TELEDYNE STILL-MAN CANADA
MODEL: WOK-MATE 8S5CH
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

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

Length: 32.0 cm
Width: 20.0 cm
Height: 7.0 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: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS ELEMENT NEVER USED. THIS TYPE USED IN 1990S +
Canada: DESIGNED & MADE IN CANADA. THIS PRODUCT WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO'S CHINESE COMMUNITY THAT THEY COULD NOT USE THEIR WOKS EFFICIENTLY ON ORDINARY STOVE ELEMENTS. IAN CHAI OF TORONTO ENVISIONED A CONOURED ELEMENT AND WORKED WITH TELEDYNE TO DEVELOP WOK-MATE ( 1991).
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.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " TELEDYNE/ STILL-MAN/ CANADA "; " 2400W- 250V/1660W-208V/ 8S5CH [Canadian Safety Association] LR20693 5K8[--]4C-U " and " DO NOT IMMERSE/ NE PAS IMMERGER " stamped into metal supports below heating coil./ PT box depicts product, and includes text " ONE YEAR WARRANTY ", " WOK-MATE/ CONTOURED/ RANGE ELEMENT/ FASTER HEAT-UP/ BETTER HEAT DISTRIBUTION/ MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT " & " TECHWISE/ CORPORATION ". Also marked " FOR BEAUMARK, GE,/ GSW, HOTPOINT,/ MCCLARY, MOFFAT/ RANGES ". Chinese, French & English text.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: DULL BLACK HEATING COILS; BRIGHT SILVER CENTRE. ORIGINAL BOX IS WHITE, WITH ORANGE AND BLACK PRINT.
Decoration: N/A

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TELEDYNE STILL-MAN CANADA, Element, circa 1995, Artifact no. 1995.1291, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1291.001/

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