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An Electric Kitchen Maid (1911)
With the exception of scrubbing the floor, this electric cabinet is designed to do practically every kitchen chore requiring that commodity commonly known as “elbow grease.” It is simply a case of turn on the current and the motor does the rest.
In a special compartment, of of harm’s way and protected from dust and damp, is a little electric motor somewhat more powerful than an average man and so economical that if it were to run tow hours a day, the cost for electric current would only be about 13 cents a week, at the average city rate for electric power.
On the table top of the cabinet there projects a standard on either side of which is a revolving power arm. At the end of each arm there is a simple clutch that gears with the spindle of the kitchen utensils. These devices are fitted with a standard base for sliding in a grooved channel under either power arm and can be connected up or detached while the motor is running. In the illustration, there is shown a vegetable slicer connected to the power arm on the left, and a coffee grinder on the right.
Besides these, there are, compactly arranged in the base of the cabinet, a bread mixer, cake mixer, egg beater, meat chopper, potato and lemon grater, cherry pitter, knife sharpener, knife polisher, and ice-cream freezer. A special extension shaft can be fitted to operate a pulley at the right side of the cabinet for running the ice-cream freezer or any household device, such as a dish washer, clothes washer or sewing machine. The upper part of the cabinet contains a flower bin and sifter, besides compartments for spices, tea, coffee, sugar, and the like.
Popular Mechanics: June 1911