Seat, toilet & water control
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SELF-DIRECTED/WATER JET
- DATE
- 1995
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0234.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TOTO LTD.
- MODEL
- NEW FEATURE
- LOCATION
- Orange, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.2 PREDOMINANTLY SYNTHETIC: SOME METAL COMPONENT PARTS..2PT SUPPLIED WITH MOUNTING SCREWS & NUTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 52.0 cm
- Width
- 43.0 cm
- Height
- 14.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
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
-
PROVIDES PHYSICAL SUPPORT FOR USER, AND HOUSES MECHANISMS USED TO SUPPLY STREAM OF WATER FOR WASHING GENITALS & ANAL AREA. - 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., Seat, toilet & water control, circa 1995, Artifact no. 1996.0234, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0234.001/
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