General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

16

Total Parts

16

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cardboard

Dimensions

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

Length

21.0 cm

Width

22.7 cm

Height

25.7 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

Lever

Country

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Hong Kong

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

The coffee maker was purchased at Eaton in Pointe Claire, Quebec in 1985. Mrs. Graves Smith and her family used it all around Canada. It was one of Helen’s favourite appliances.

Function

Box used to sell, ship and store coffee maker.

Technical

An example of a high end coffee maker travel kit.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print on the front of box "Melitta", "Personal Coffeemaker [TM]/ Travel Kit". List below: "Take you Melitta Travel Kit anywhere./ It's light and compact.", "Make fresh, delicious coffee at the flip of a switch.", "Make a mug at a time as often as you like.", "Make tea and other hot beverages.", "Lighted on [/] switch lets you know when/ your coffeemaker is in operation.". Other list below the image "Complete with:/ One mug Automatic/ Cone Filter Coffeemaker", "340 ml (12 fl oz) ceramic mug", "Travel bag with plastic jars/ for coffee, cream and sugar", "40 Melitta No 1 Coffee Filters" and "Melitta Coffee Measure and two spoons". The same print is repeated on the other side, however, in French. Top of box reads “Personal Coffeemaker [TM] Travel Kit”. Orange logo “Melitta”. Print below “Cafetiere Personnelle [MC] Ensemble-voyage/ Model [/] Modele: ACM-1T”. Other print “Melitta Company (Canada) Limited/ Toronto-Montreal-Vancouver/ Product made in Hong Kong [/] Produit fabrique a Hong Kong”. Sides of box has information about the cone filter and coffee grinds, again in both French and in English. Print below “ACM-IT . CSA approved . 500 W heater [/] warming plate . 120 V AC only . 1 year warranty”, “Printed in Hong Kong”, “Melitta Company (Canada) Limited, 75 Westmore Drive, Rexdale, Ontario M9V 3Y6”, “R T.M. OF MELITTA WERKE BENTZ & SOHN, MELITTA COMPANY (CANADA) LTD. -REG’D USER”. Bottom of box has a bar code and a circular seal for the box’s certification. The box was made and printed in Hong Kong. Seal reads in part “LEVER PRINTING FTY., LTD./ HONG KONG”.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Cardboard box with brown and white background, black and white print and black and white images. "Melitta" name and logo are orange in colour.

Decoration

All sides of the box has images of the coffee maker and its accessories.