Electric Kettle History

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History of Electric Kettles The earliest recognized kettle-shaped vessel was discovered in Mesopotamia and dates back to between 3500 and 2000 B.C.E. It’s made from bronze and features a decorated spout. However, aside from its similar shape, experts don’t believe that it shares any comparable functions with the kettle which has evolved over the past 200 years. The history of the electric kettle is linked with that of early iron and copper kettles, which were originally used for cooking. Kettles for cooking eventually evolved into tea kettles, which took different forms in various countries. The elegant Russian samovar, made of metal, is thought to have originated in Persia. In England, silver kettles became part of the English tea tradition …show more content…

Bulpitt & Sons, which used the Swan brand name for its products, claimed another advance with the introduction of a spring-loaded self-ejecting lead connector in 1937. During the inter-war period, kettle design still tended to be conservative, although some kettles were produced in more stylised Art Deco-influenced designs. It was only in the late 1940s that electric kettle design was truly modernised. One of the first distinctively modern kettles was HMV’s Bentinck model, designed by Christian Barman and registered in 1949. Its chromeplated finish became common in the 1950s. The British company Russell Hobbs, founded in 1952, established a reputation for stylish products. Its stainless steel K1 electric kettle of 1955 was the first fully automatic kettle. Automatic kettles have switches containing a bimetallic strip that flexes, when heated by steam, to cut off the current. The standard shape and material of electric kettles changed radically in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Until the early 1970s, the use of plastic had been confined to handles. Newer plastics, developed in the late 1950s, were lightweight yet durable and heat-resistant. Polyacetal was the first plastic to be used for kettle bodies, superseded in the

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