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ELECTRIC MIXERS Through the 1920’s, electric mixers looked as though they would be used in a workshop rather than as a kitchen appliance. Smaller glass-bottomed electric mixers were made in the 1930’s, and except for a brief period during World War II, have remained the standard. The 1920s and 1930s were decades of consumer appliances, and the electric mixer was among them, as well as toasters and irons. The first mixer was a wooden-handled, hand-cranked egg beater. The electric mixer is over 100 years old. The first patent for an electric mixer was issued in 1885. These early electric mixers are very industrial looking. The motor of the electric mixer stood on a separate iron stand. The electric mixers of the 20’s and 30’s were designed by the man who also made the famous Erector Set. By the 1930’s, the glass-bottomed electric mixer with the motor built into the lid was the most popular. In 1911, Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Company developed the first practical electric mixer for William Horlick, who wanted to make it easier for his customers to mix up his powdered product called “malted milk.” An electric mixer, coffee grinder, mortar and pestle and a hair dryer were used to produce the first chocolate. Now we have hand-held electric mixers, electric automatic bread mixers, electric mixers with dough hooks, electric mini-mixers for very small quantities, electric drink mixers, electric mixer-grinder-chopper, stand electric mixers, electric egg mixer which looks a little like the old egg beater but the blades turn automatically, and electric cement mixers. Modern designers have created many styles of electric mixers, i.e., the hand-held electric mixer and many different counter-top electric mixers which we enjoy today.
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