General Information

Serial #

16138

Part Number

1

Total Parts

12

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION: PORCELAIN ENAMEL FINISH, AND METAL TRIM. TEMPERED GLASS DOOR ON OVEN. SOME SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

77.0 cm

Width

70.0 cm

Height

159.6 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

TAPPAN GURNEY

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

St-Laurent

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS RANGE USED 1964-1999.

Canada

MFD BY TAPPAN-GURNEY LTD. OF ST. LAURENT (MONTREAL) PQ. GURNEY FOUNDRY CO. EST'D IN TORONTO IN 1843: BY 1930S. IT HAD BRANCHES IN WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER AND MONTREAL. C. 1957. THE MAIN FACTORY WAS LOCATED IN VILLE ST. LAURENT, AND 'TAPPAN-GURNEY' & 'KENMORE' BRANDS INTRODUCED C. 1960. TAPPAN IS U.S. FIRM, EST'D IN 1891.(REF.1)

Function

TO WARM AND/OR COOK FOOD AND BEVERAGES BY MEANS OF HEAT.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF 'DELUXE' MODEL OF ELECTRIC RANGE PRODUCED IN MID 1960S. IT FEATURED A 'HIDE AWAY' TOP SURFACE WHICH COULD BE PULLED OUT TO EXPOSE ALL FOUR COOKING ELEMENTS OR PUSHED IN SO THAT ONLY THE FRONT TWO WERE VISIBLE: PUSHING THE TOP SURFACE BACK WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF THESE REAR BURNERS. WAS EQUIPPED WITH 7 DIFFERENT HEAT SETTINGS. A FAN AND LIGHT WERE PROVIDED OVER THE COOKING TOP. THE OVEN WAS EQUIPPED WITH A TIMER, AND INTERIOR LIGHT (ACTIVATED WHENEVER THE DOOR WAS OPENED), AS WELL AS A ROTISSERIE. STORAGE FOR COOKING POTS, PANS, ETC. WAS PROVIDED IN A LAZY-SUSAN STYLE CUPBOARD BELOW THE COOKING TOP.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate under cooking top reads "120/240 V. 60 CY. 3 WIRE A.C ONLY/ TAPPAN-GURNEY LIMITED/ ST. LAURENT, QUE./ INDICATE ON ALL REPAIR PART ORDERS/ MODEL/ NUMBER/ PEDKNR 436AC/ LOT NO. 6/ SERIAL/ NO./ 16138/ [blank] INST. FORM/ 9000/ K.W. ", with CSA logo, and "T [logo] TRADE MARK/REGISTERED ". "TAPPAN" appears on upper edge of unit. "TAPPAN/ Fabulous 400/ ELECTRIC/ Visualite" printed on oven door. Label on range body back reads "MANUFACTURED/ UNDER/ ONE OR MORE OF/ THE FOLLOWING/ CANADIAN PATENTS./ PATENTED 1958/ 558,085 558,086/ 558,087 558,367/ 558,368/ PATENTED 1960/ 601,520/ PATENTED 1962/ 644,090 653,910 ". Sticker inside storage cabinet below cook top reads " TAPPAN GURNEY LTD./ ST-LAURENT QUE./ MODEL NO./ BC-300/ LOT NO./ [blank]/ INCLUDE ON ALL REPAIR/ PART ORDERS 1/ [printed label form number] ".

Missing

UNKNOWN. SOME PARTS ARE REPLACEMENTS. AUTOMATIC MEAT THERMOMETER AND BROILER PAN ARE MISSING.

Finish

WHITE ENAMELLED FINISH ON MOST SURFACES OF RANGE.

Decoration

N/A