Electro Pointer Pencil Sharpener
notes: label: Description
content: The Electro Pointer pencil sharpener was designed by Edward C. Hoffmann of Saint Louis, Mo. One patent explained the motor started when the pencil was inserted. This example came to the Smithsonian in 1942. The case is molded plastic.
label: Description
content: Ref: Edward C. Hoffmann, “Pencil Sharpener,” U.S. Patent 2,251,053 (July 21, 1941), assigned to the Triple “E” Products Co. of St. Louis.
label: Description
content: Edward C. Hoffmann, “Sizer Construction for Pencil Sharpeners,” U.S. Patent 2,287,247 (July 21, 1941), assigned to the Triple “E” Products Co. of St. Louis.
label: Description
content: Edward C. Hoffmann, “Pencil Sharpener Construction,” U.S. Patent 2,335,148 (June 23, 1942), assigned to the Triple “E” Products Co. of St. Louis.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Modern Plastics Magazine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.6995
label: catalog number
content: A.6995
label: accession number
content: 162222
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pencil Sharpener, Bakelite
label: Object Name
content: Pencil Sharpener
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in; 15.875 cm x 8.89 cm x 20.955 cm