Mix-O-Matic® Hand Mixer-Sharpener
date: label: date made
content: 1930s
label: date made
content: 1956 - 1957
name: label: maker
content: Rival Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Model 431, 80W, 110-120V (AC only), 3-speed hand mixer and cutlery sharpener. Streamlined, bright yellow plastic motor body with matching bracket handle and horizontal, rocket-like, rear wings atop a polished chrome base with light brown, welded rubber cushion housing two, detachable, 4-blade, open rectangular beaters; smooth chrome cover conceals a small grinding wheel mounted in top front, and a yellow rubber power cord with 2-prong plug is attached at right back. Speed selector inside handle front has a yellow plastic knob above brushed metal plate printed "HIGH", "MED", "LOW / SHARPEN" and "OFF" in black. Product name debossed in metallic gold across right side of case; model specifications, manufacturer's name and UL safety mark stamped on base underside. Beaters unmarked.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Kansas City
topic: label: Subject
content: appliances
label: Subject
content: Food Processing
label: Subject
content: kitchen
label: Subject
content: Plastics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: Art in Industry
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jane Griffin Yeingst and William H. Yeingst
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0675.03
label: accession number
content: 1987.0675
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0675.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mixer, food
label: Object Name
content: sharpener, knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thermoplastic (case; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: chrome plate (base; grinder cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (base cushion; cord cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel, stainless (beaters material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (plug prongs material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 10 3/8 in; 6.985 cm x 20.955 cm x 26.3525 cm