Mixmaster® Hand Mixer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1961
label: patent date
content: 1961-06-06
name: label: maker
content: Sunbeam Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: Model X, 100W, 110-120V (AC-DC), 3-speed hand mixer. Rectangular block body has a white plastic shell with horizontal, open-back, top handle and an aqua or turquoise base with diamond-textured chrome front panel housing two, detachable, 4-blade, open rectangular beaters with red plastic tips; beater ejector button is at handle left and a red, sliding speed selector on top with "BEAT WHIP / STIR MIX / FOLD BLEND / OFF" printed in black alongside slot. Detachable gray rubber power cord with 2-prong plug at right back. Manufacturer's and product names debossed lengthwise on handle and printed in black across left side of case; UL safety mark, model specifications and patent information debossed on base. Beaters unmarked.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: appliances
label: Subject
content: Patented
label: Subject
content: Food Processing
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: kitchen
label: Subject
content: Plastics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edgar Wolf, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0076.05
label: accession number
content: 1988.0076
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0076.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mixer, food
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: chrome plate (case front material)
label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (beaters material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (cord material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (prongs material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 9 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 24.4475 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: motor in casing: 7 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 19.3675 cm x 10.4775 cm
label: Measurements
content: beaters: 5 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 4.1275 cm