General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.2 METAL, CHROME PLATED, & BAKELITE; WINDOW IN.1 PROBABLY SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

30.7 cm

Width

28.7 cm

Height

18.0 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

Manning Bowman

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Meriden

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO SHAPE & COOK WAFFLES

Technical

REGARDED AS THE MOST MEMORABLE INNOVATION OF THE MANNING-BOWMAN CO. DURING ITS LONG PERIOD OF PRODUCTION/ MATERIALS USED IN IT INCLUDED CHROME & BAKELITE, WHICH WOULD BE INCREASINGLY USED FOR ELECTRICAL HOUSEWARES AS THE CENTURY PROGRESSED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ON GAUGE 'COLD BAKE HOT/ MANNING BOWMAN' & AROUND OUTER DIAL 'DARK 4 3 2 1 LIGHT OFF'/.2 PLATE ON BOTTOM 'TRADE MARK "TWIN-O-MATIC" REGISTERED/ MADE BY MANNING-BOWMAN & CO./ MERIDEN, CONN., U.S. AMERICA/ VOLTS 110-120 WATTS 1000 CATL. NO. 6060/ USE ON ALTERNATING CURRENT ONLY/ PAT. NO'S. 1,481,021-1,540,628-1,648,335-2,116,688-2,159,068'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1-.2 CHROME-LIKE FINISH, DARK BROWN PTS,.1 HAS WHITE ON GAUGE

Decoration

.1 END HANDLE HAS RIBS RUNNING AROUND IT, KNOB ON TOP HAS VERTICAL RIBS/ SURROUNDING KNOB ARE 2 CONCENTRIC SETS OF 7 GROOVES IN SEMI-CIRCLE SHAPE, WHERE THEY MEET ARE SETSOF 7 GROOVES RUNNING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SEMI-CIRCLES/ OPPOSITE SIDE IS THE SAME EXCEPT INSTEAD OF KNOB THERE IS A SET OF 7 CONCENTRIC GROOVES IN CIRCULAR SHAPE