General Information

Serial #

K24774

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST METAL (ALUMINUM OR ZINC?) BASE, STAND, SHOE &ROLL/ SHEET METAL HEAT SHIELD/ LINEN & UNIDENTIFIED FABRIC COVERED ROLL/ SYNTHETIC (BAKELITE?) KNOBS/ RUBBER CORD & PLUG TABLE AND RACKS WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

64.5 cm

Width

54.5 cm

Height

115.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Laundry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

Unknown

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE ON MOTOR HOUSING READS: 'No 30 Thor IRON[ER]/ PAT APPL'D FOR SERIAL NO. K24774/ ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD UTILITIES CORPORATION/ FORMERLY HURLEY MACHINE COMPANY/ CHICAGO NEW YORK'/ MFR'S PLATE ON SHOE READS: 'THIS MACHINE IS TO BE USED ON CIRCUITS OF/ 90 TO 110 VOLTS, EITHER A.C. OR D.C./ CURRENT REQUIRED IS 10 AMPS. AT 100 VOLTS./ IT MUST NOT BE USED ON REGULAR KEY SOCKETS'/ CONTROL PANEL READS: 'SHOE HEAT MOTOR/ PULL TO START/ PUSH TO STOP/ MOTOR CANNOT BE STOPPED/ WHEN SHOE IS AGAINST ROLL'/ MFR'S DECAL ON THREE SIDES OF BASE READS: ‘PATENT APPLIED FOR/ THOR/ HURLEY MACHINE CO./ CHICAGO, NEW YORK/ Electric Ironer'/ DECALS ON TABLE READ: ‘Thor/ Electric Ironer' & ‘APPROVED/ BY THE/ UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES/ 207 E. OHIO ST., CHICAGO, ILL./ ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE/ NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS/ FOR SERVICE, NOT PROFIT'/ PLATE ON SIDE OF HOUSING READS: ‘OILING INSTRUCTIONS./ BEARINGS IN THIS CASE/ ARE OILED BY ALLOWING/ MACHINE TO STAND IN/ FOLDED POSITION ABOUT/ 5 MINUTES, THEN RAISING/ TO WORKING POSITION./ DRAIN AND REFILL ONCE/ A YEAR WHEN USED IN/ HOME SERVICE, AND/ EVERY THREE MONTHS/ WHEN USED IN LAUNDRY SERVICE. USE AUTO CYL-/ LINDER OIL, DO NOT USE/ MACHINE OIL OR GREASE./ REMOVE MOTOR DUST-CAP/ AND OIL OUTER MOTOR/ BEARING ONCE A YEAR./ SEE THAT OILER SCREW/ IS REPLACED TIGHTLY.'

Missing

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Finish

BASE & STAND METAL PAINTED GREY/ SHOE & ROLL METAL UNFINISHED/ ROLL COVERING NATURAL LINEN & RUST-COLOURED COARSELY WOVEN FABRIC/ KNOBS RED & BLACK SYNTHETIC/ MFR'S DECAL RED & GOLD WITH BLACK PRINTING/ CORD & PLUG BLACK RUBBER/ TABLE WOOD ORIGINALLY VARNISHED/ DECALS GOLD & SILVER WITH REDBORDERS & BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A