General Electric model 139P8 coffee maker
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1947
label: date made
content: ca 1947
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: G.E. glass bowl vacuum coffee maker. Has a metal and bakelite base and heater element. 7" in diameter. and 4" high. The bowls would sit on top of the base, one on top of the other. The upper bowl has a glass pipe about 5/8" diameter. running to the bottom of the lower bowl. Both bowls are about 7" diameter. and about 5 2/1" high. The bowls are made of pyrex glass. The base has tags with replacement part numbers, upper bowl is A8U, lower bowl is AD8L. "Built by General Electric Co., Bridgeport Conn. Ontario Calif. made in U.S.A. Cat. #139P8. Patents listed on bottom of heating element as follows: 1947274- Permanent magnet & method of making it (1934) - GE; 1968569 - Permanent magnet & method of making it (1934) - GE; 2027994- Magnet steel containing nickel and aluminum (1936)- Japan (Tokushichi Mishima); 2027996 - Strong permanent magnet with cobalt (1936) - Japan (Tokushichi Mishima); 2027997 - Permanent magnet containing copper (1936)-Japan (Tokushichi Mishima); 2137884- Coffee maker handle (1938)- GE; 2192743 - Sintered permanent magnet (1940) - GE; 2192744 - Sintered permanent magnet (1940) - GE; 2284359 - Coffee maker (1942) - GE; 2287580 - Coffee maker (1942) - GE; 2287582- Cover structure {for coffee maker} (1942)- GE; 2287883 - Switch control device (1942) - NY (David P. Joffo); 2287585 -Coffee maker (1942) - GE.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from General Electric Company, Housewares Division
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330691
label: catalog number
content: 330691
label: accession number
content: 299501
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coffee Maker
label: Object Name
content: electric appliance
label: Object Name
content: coffee maker
label: Other Terms
content: Coffee Maker; Appliances
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: composition (burner material)
label: Physical Description
content: composition (pot material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (burner material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (pot material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 7 in; 38.1 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: base: 4 in x 7 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: bowls: 5 1/2 in x 7 in; 13.97 cm x 17.78 cm