Salton™ Peanut Butter Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
notes: label: Description
content: Model PB-5, 130W 120V AC, with white plastic base in original cardboard box.
label: Description
content: A. Opaque white plastic, flattened cylinder-shape power base housing motor is fitted with a colorless clear plastic bowl or hopper atop grinder at top back and has a D-shape platform extending below spout on front to hold bowl to catch the peanut butter; white rubber power cord extends from back; four black rubber feet on underside. “off/on” embossed and printed on side in black with white plastic switch; side of body embossed and printed in black sans serif: “Salton / Peanut / Butter / Machine”; “chunky/smooth” embossed on opposite side, with molded plastic knob. Bottom of base embossed: “LOT B760318 / SALTON INC. / BRONX, N.Y. / PEANUT BUTTER MACHINE. MADE IN U.S.A. / MODEL PB-5 130 WATTS 120 VOLTS A.C. 60 HZ. / CAUTION: DO NOT IMMERSE POWER BASE IN WATER ® UL 949D / U.S. PAT. PEND."
label: Description
content: B. Clear plastic bowl to fit under nozzle on base (A).
label: Description
content: C. Lid for bowl (B).
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangular four-flap top and bottom box is printed with a picture of two machines, one white and one brown, on front and back; features listed on end; and manufacturer information across one bottom flap: “THE SALTON PEANUT BUTTER MACHINE / From Salton, Inc., Makers of Hotray® Products / 1260 Zerega Ave., Bronx, N.Y. 10462 U.S.A.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Bronx
label: place used
content: United States: Maryland, Fort Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: appliances
label: Subject
content: Food Processing
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: kitchen
label: Subject
content: Nuts
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dorothy K. Burch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3165.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3165
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3165.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: peanut butter machine, electric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (cylinder material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-machine: 10 3/4 in x 6 5/8 in x 3 in; 27.305 cm x 16.8275 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall- in box: 11 7/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 30.1625 cm x 18.7325 cm x 12.065 cm